NEB Festival 2026 Events

The GreenInCities event in Nova Gorica will gather projects and institutions active in the field of re-greening, biodiversity and participation and display them trough a number of activities related to recreation, health, nature, biodiversity vulnerable social groups and communal cooperation.

The European Garden at EEB4 is a Green and Clean School initiative, promoting cross-curricular learning about European identity, nature and sustainability.

Designing Together: Rethinking Living Spaces for a Sustainable Future' will present a selection of innovative student and mentor projects that explore sustainable, inclusive and aesthetically meaningful approaches to contemporary living.

The project proposes turning our gaze inland after decades of prioritising coastal areas.

Join a debate about NEB and all the pathways of building NEB regional policies with a focus on the experiences related to NEB chapter and other good practices that could inspire and drive the process.

Smart Cities: Between Design, Sustainability and Innovation is organised by University for SDGs and Echoes Cooperation as a forum dedicated to the cities of the future.

Experience art without seeing it. Housed in a 17th-century former monastery, eight immersive rooms of textile artworks featuring 12 international artists aim to gently reverse habitual hierarchies of visual perception.

Why Is Ortica More Beautiful? is an experiential walk exploring the perception of urban biodiversity by city users and enhancing its recognition in the Ortica neighbourhood in Milan.

This satellite event takes place over two online sessions on 9 and 11 June. It will convene four Horizon Europe projects and will explore how manufacturing value chains and communities shape each other.

t Event engages local and European stakeholders through two main components.

Non Tox Talk explores how the way we think about projects shapes the world we build.

Greening Italy is a community-driven initiative inspired by the European Green Deal promoting urban and territorial regreening across Italy.

Angelo Gregorio's Jazz Sailor combines original music, poetic and participatory storytelling, and performance to take audiences on a marine journey that will reconnect them with the environment.

SEXY BEANS Bootcamp Rome Edition brings together education, experimentation and public engagement through a transdisciplinary and place-based format.

Walking with Water #2 builds on the first edition held during the second Festival of the New European Bauhaus.

Chorales Equinox is a non-profit organisation that provides children, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds or living with disabilities, with access to music through inclusive choirs in Belgium and Burundi.

Opening Ceremony featuring official speeches from President Ursula von der Leyen, President Antonio Costa setting the stage for the days ahead

A special building is to be constructed at Dresden University of Technology: the “Projekthaus Zukunft”. The construction of this building not only meets functional requirements but also reflects the visions of the New European Bauhaus.

'Projekthaus Zukunft' on the campus of TU Dresden serves as an interface between science and research.