NØRDEN Festival 2026 — Thursday, 27 August

From 27 August to 6 September 2026, the NØRDEN — the nordic arts festival runs in the Königswiesen city park in Schleswig. Thursday was the opening day, the grounds open from 5 pm to 11 pm.

Programme on Thursday — stages and tents:

• 17:15 — Chorcolores, Schlei stage
• 17:30 — Bellefolie (NO), garden stage
• 17:45 — Sveriges Kortfilmfestival, cinema
• 18:00 — Paravicini Circustheater “Kaputt”, Manege im Park
• 18:30 — Martina Behm, culture tent
• 18:45 — Cinemare International Ocean Film Festival, cinema
• 19:15 — The Sensitives (SWE), garden stage
• 19:15 — Paravicini Circustheater “Kaputt”, Manege im Park
• 19:45 — Nordic Talking with Aminata Touré, culture tent
• 19:45 — Green Screen nature film festival, cinema
• 20:30 — Sun Byrd (NO), Schlei stage
• 20:45 — Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, cinema

On the grounds:

• 17:45, 19:45 and 21:15 — Oakleaf Streetshow, NØRDEN Lights
• Workshop and studio — upcycling fabric, German Sign Language
• Königswiesen — cornhole, hobby horsing, live animal drawing with Jeremias Drave
• Beach — SUP courses

And then it gets dark, and the festival starts all over again. What was a meadow with sculptures during the day becomes a light installation after nightfall: an elk glows between the trees, icosahedra shine in the bushes, wafts of fog, a tunnel of fairy lights and much more..

Fitting to that, the Oakleaf Streetshow in the dark. A walking light “installation” of its own.

Out on the Schlei, the festival lettering NØRDEN shimmers in the water.

At 11 pm the evening is over. A small selection in pictures is captured in the series.