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Capital of Culture 2025 in Chemnitz
Chemnitz as European Capital of Culture: program & places
In 2025 Chemnitz is the European Capital of Culture, together with Slovenian Nova Gorica. Under the motto 'C the unseen', the city puts the often overlooked into the light: the legacy of makers and inventors, the European neighborhood and the creative energy of its residents. Throughout the year, numerous projects, exhibitions and festivals fill the whole city and region.
Among the highlights are art in public space, the revival of vacant places, a European network of industrial heritage and participation projects in the districts. The surrounding towns and communities in the Erzgebirge and the Chemnitz region are also involved, making the Capital of Culture year a regional event.
This category gathers the places and themes around the Capital of Culture year. It is the best entry point for everyone who wants to discover Chemnitz right now and understand why the city of modernism is at the center of the European cultural map in 2025.
Attractions
City Center
Karl Marx Monument (Nischel)
The 7.10-meter bronze head of Karl Marx on Brückenstraße is the city's unmistakable landmark, affectionately nicknamed the 'Nischel' by locals.
Free entry
City Center
Theaterplatz
The city's most beautiful preserved square unites the magnificent opera house, the Neo-Gothic St. Petri Church and the King Albert Museum into a coherent turn-of-the-century cultural ensemble.
Free entry
City Center
Chemnitz Art Collections
In the monumental King Albert Museum on Theaterplatz, the Art Collections show major works from Romanticism through Expressionism to the present, including pieces by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff.
from 8 EUR
City Center
Museum Gunzenhauser
Housed in a sober New Objectivity building, the museum holds one of the world's largest Otto Dix collections as well as masterpieces of classical modernism from the Gunzenhauser Foundation.
from 8 EUR
City Center
smac – State Museum of Archaeology
The state archaeology museum resides in the famous Schocken building by Erich Mendelsohn and tells 300,000 years of Saxon cultural and human history across several floors.
from 7 EUR
City Center
Chemnitz Stadthalle and Stadthalle Park
The striking 1970s concrete Stadthalle is the largest event center in Chemnitz and sits by the green Stadthalle Park directly opposite the Karl Marx Monument.
Free entry
Kapellenberg
Villa Esche (Henry van de Velde Museum)
Designed by Henry van de Velde, the home of textile manufacturer Herbert Esche is considered a total work of Art Nouveau and today houses the Henry van de Velde Museum.
from 6 EUR
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