Overview

• The city’s Expo-Park officially opens today at 14:00 with a ceremony featuring Sigmar Gabriel, Mousse T. and Herbert Schmalstieg.
• Free admission to all pavilions, exhibitions and concerts is expected to draw around 30,000 visitors over the two-day event.
• Live performances kick off Saturday at Peppermint Park Studios and Sunday’s schedule includes a reading by author Malin Thunberg-Schunke.
• Guided tours and lectures span architecture in the Finbox, energy talks in the Danish pavilion and research showcases at the Leibniz Fachhochschule.
• Originally attracting 18 million attendees, Expo2000 funded major expansions of the S-Bahn, autobahn and airport that continue to benefit Hannover.