{"id":16707,"date":"2024-02-01T20:30:34","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T19:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kulturprojekte.berlin\/ueber-uns-kulturzug\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T19:18:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T18:18:36","slug":"culture-train-about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kulturprojekte.berlin\/en\/culture-train-about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us (Culture Train)"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"block block-header-headline hyphen\" >\n    <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n        <div class=\"row padding-bottom-third\">\n                            <div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-11\">\n                    <div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-motion-text='{\"child\":\"h1\",\"force\":true,\"threeD\":true}' role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"zeplin-heading zeplin-headerheading\">About us <\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"border-position-bottom border-thickness-small border-color-black\"><\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"block block-standard-image-copy align-left\" style=\"\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row middle-xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-10 col-md-5 padding-bottom-minimal padding-top-minimal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template>\n\t\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_69e3160b216e3\">\n\t\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"2_Copyright_Anastasiia-Zazuliak_ZZL-300x200.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":200,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":19072},\"large\":{\"file\":\"2_Copyright_Anastasiia-Zazuliak_ZZL-1024x681.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":681,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":125679},\"thumbnail\":{\"file\":\"2_Copyright_Anastasiia-Zazuliak_ZZL-150x100.jpg\",\"width\":150,\"height\":100,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":6730},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"2_Copyright_Anastasiia-Zazuliak_ZZL-768x511.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":511,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":80829},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"2_Copyright_Anastasiia-Zazuliak_ZZL-1536x1022.jpg\",\"width\":1536,\"height\":1022,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":235410},\"2048x2048\":{\"file\":\"2_Copyright_Anastasiia-Zazuliak_ZZL-2048x1362.jpg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":1362,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":376871},\"small\":{\"file\":\"2_Copyright_Anastasiia-Zazuliak_ZZL-440x293.jpg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":293,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":34733},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"2_Copyright_Anastasiia-Zazuliak_ZZL-580x386.jpg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":386,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":53568},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"2_Copyright_Anastasiia-Zazuliak_ZZL-720x479.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":479,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":73824},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"2_Copyright_Anastasiia-Zazuliak_ZZL-1280x852.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":852,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":177475},\"full\":{\"file\":\"2_Copyright_Anastasiia-Zazuliak_ZZL-1920x1277.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1277,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":337673},\"original\":{\"file\":\"2_Copyright_Anastasiia-Zazuliak_ZZL.jpg\",\"width\":4000,\"height\":2661}},\n\t\t\t\t\"alt\" : \"People are laughing and interacting at an event while someone in a safety vest speaks.\",\n\t\t\t\t\"path\" : \"https:\\\/\\\/kultur-projekte.berlin\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"video\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"autoplay\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtube\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtubelabel\" : \"Trailer abspielen\",\n\t\t\t\t\"brightness\" : 100,\n\t\t\t\t\"crop\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"background\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"scale\" : 1\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:66%; \" v-if=\"sizes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<lazy-media :inline=\"true\" :alt=\"alt\" :sizes=\"sizes\" :scale=\"scale\" :brightness=\"brightness\" :path=\"path\" :video=\"video\" :autoplay=\"autoplay\" :youtube=\"youtube\" :crop=\"crop\" :youtubelabel=\"youtubelabel\" :background=\"background\"><\/lazy-media>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">\u00a9 Anastasiia Zazuliak <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/lazy-media-inline>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-5 col-md-offset-1 padding-bottom-minimal padding-top-minimal copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Culture Train Berlin &#8211; Wroc\u0142aw connects regions, generations and cultures across national borders every weekend. With its multilingual, diverse cultural program on board, the Culture Train is a unique project in Europe, financed by the states of Berlin and Brandenburg. Since 2022, the state-owned Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH has been responsible for the cultural program on board the Culture Train together with the long-standing curatorial team.<\/p>\n<p>Since the start of the Culture Train on the occasion of Wroc\u0142aw being the European Capital of Culture in 2016, there is a new program each weekend. The Culture Train makes a significant contribution to the intercultural exchange of the German-Polish border region and provides important impetus for cultural cooperations between Berlin and Wroc\u0142aw.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Culture Train is operated in its 10th season under the motto \u201cExpedition Europe Ekspedycja,\u201d which ended on December 28, 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From April 19 to December 29, 2024, the culture train ran its 9th season with the motto \u201cHistory\/s in the luggage &#8211; Czas podr\u00f3\u017cy, czas historii\u201d. On 140 trips, almost 14,000 passengers took part in the varied program, which focused on history, stories and historical narratives with readings, concerts, workshops, talks, club nights, performances and many other formats.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"block block-standard-quote\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row text-align-right\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-10 col-xs-offset-2 col-md-offset-6 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\" data-motion-text='{\"child\":\".block-headline-motion\",\"threeD\":true}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"zeplin-quote block-headline-motion\"  aria-label=\"This train is not just a train that travels from A to B, but one that connects people, cities and regions.\">This train is not just a train that travels from A to B, but one that connects people, cities and regions.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-accordion\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-3 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<block-accordion inline-template>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<block-accordion-item inline-template>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div ref=\"item\" data-id=\"HistoryoftheCultureTrain\" class=\"block-accordion-item active vue-initialize\" aria-expanded=\"true\" :aria-expanded=\"active ? 'true' : 'false'\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion-button-with-icon block-accordion-item-head\" :class=\"{'accordion-active': active}\" ref=\"head\" aria-controls=\"acc_69e3160b27879\" id=\"acc_title_69e3160b2787b\" @click=\"toggle\" @keydown=\"key\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><span class=\"button-label zeplin-subHead05\">History of the Culture Train<\/span><\/div><span class=\"button-icon icon-arrowDown\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div ref=\"body\" class=\"block-accordion-item-content\" id=\"acc_69e3160b27879\" role=\"region\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy padding-bottom-third\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>April 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On April 30, the Culture Train travels to the European Capital of Culture Wroc\u0142aw for the first time. After just a few weeks, the Culture Train is already running at full capacity. The vehicle used is a class 628 diesel railcar, with a journey time of 4.5 hours. The German-Polish Society Berlin e.V. takes over the sponsorship of the program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>November 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Culture Train is awarded the &#8220;Kulturmarkenaward&#8221; as a European trend brand.<\/p>\n<p><strong>August 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The German Rail Customer Association awards the Culture Train the German Rail Transport Prize.<\/p>\n<p><strong>December 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Culture Train gets accessible railcars of the 642 series.<\/p>\n<p><strong>January 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Over 70,000 passengers have already traveled with the Culture Train.<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and the border closure between Germany and Poland, the Culture Train is only able to operate virtually via livestream. During the subsequent lockdowns, the &#8220;KulturStreifZ\u00fcge&#8221; videos to Wroc\u0142aw, Poznan, Szczecin, Swinoujscie and Zbaszyn are created.<\/p>\n<p><strong>May 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Culture Train is back in regular service.<\/p>\n<p><strong>December 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Berlin state government includes the Culture Train in its coalition agreement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine, the Culture Train operates as a &#8220;Humanitarian Train&#8221; and transports refugees and relief supplies on daily journeys.<\/p>\n<p><strong>June 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Polish Tourist Board awards the Culture Train with the FilmPolska Award.<\/p>\n<p><strong>October 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Culture Train becomes a project of Kulturprojekte Berlin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>May 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Culture Train team is awarded the European Certificate of the State of Brandenburg for the &#8220;Humanitarian Train&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>June 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 8th season of the Culture Train starts on 16 June 2023 with the motto: &#8220;What connects us&#8221; with new stops in Wei\u00dfwasser\/O.L., W\u0119gliniec (Kohlfurt) and in the ceramics town of Boles\u0142awiec (Bunzlau).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/block-accordion-item>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/block-accordion>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16707","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kulturprojekte.berlin\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kulturprojekte.berlin\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kulturprojekte.berlin\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kulturprojekte.berlin\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kulturprojekte.berlin\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16707"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/kulturprojekte.berlin\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31679,"href":"https:\/\/kulturprojekte.berlin\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16707\/revisions\/31679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kulturprojekte.berlin\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}