25 Years of Twin Cities Windhoek – Berlin 

Windhoek and Berlin are celebrating 25 years of being twin cities. Since becoming twin cities in the year 2000, this partnership has stood for an active culture of remembrance and future-orientated collaboration. For the occasion of this anniversary and its historic and political relevance, a varied programme of events is being created that invites people from both cities to meet and exchange ideas and experiences.  

The anniversary programme is taking place from the 14th to the 19th of October in Windhoek and from the 17th to the 23rd of November, 2025 in Berlin. Both anniversary weeks invite the public to a programme of exhibitions, music theatre, guided tours, discussion formats, workshops and much more. In collaboration with a large number of partners and in close collaboration between the cities, an anniversary programme has been created that focuses on themes such as remembrance culture, education and civil society dialogue, the creative industries, the sciences and archives, as well as contemporary art, culture and music.    

The full programme is coming soon.

The anniversary programme will be accompanied by official delegation trips with the Governing Mayor of Berlin, Kai Wegner, visiting Windhoek, followed by the Mayor of Windhoek, Ndeshihafela Larandja, visiting Berlin. 

The Berlin anniversary programme celebrating “25 Years of Twin Cities Windhoek – Berlin” is being curated and organised by Kulturprojekte Berlin, on the initiative of and in collaboration with the Governing Mayor of Berlin – Senate Chancellery, as well as a large number of partners. The programme in Windhoek is taking place in cooperation with the City of Windhoek, the Namibia Institute for Democracy and the Creative Industry Institute Africa.

Made possible by funds from the Lotto Foundation Berlin.