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Get in Touch

Contact
General Inquiry: backsteinboot@gmail.com
Artist Residency: artistresidencybacksteinboot@gmail.com
Raum für Kunst e.V.
Eiswerderstraße 18, Gebäude 129 / Aufgang F
13585 Berlin

https://maps.app.goo.gl/EPHQFSNZfczY6U8KA

52°32'51.9"N 13°13'11.4"E

01632016490

credit: https://www.inselcampus.berlin/kontakt

Opening Hours

Backsteinboot opens its doors during its cultural events (the opening hours, specific to the events, are indicated on the event page in question) and by appointment or visits with the artists.

If needed, do not hesitate to contact us at the indicated email address or phone number.
During the week, the caretaker locks the Insel Campus EISWERDER buildings' doors starting at 7 PM unless he has been informed to leave them open.

With public transport

From Berlin-Spandau station, take bus 136/X36/M36 and get off at Eiswerderstr. stop, then walk about 10 minutes for 800 meters.

From U Haselhorst station, take bus M36 and get off at Kleine Eiswerderstr. stop, then walk about 9 minutes for 650 meters.

Parking
The parking spaces at Insel Campus EISWERDER are only for certain tenants. It is recommended to park off the island to avoid unpleasant surprises (which are recurrent!).

Accessibility

Entry
Entry to events at Backsteinboot is budgeted for sustainability and adaptability, is free or donation-based.

Pets
There are two cats at Backsteinboot, who are to be respected. Regarding related allergies, please feel free to contact us at the provided email address or phone number.

Pets that are cat-friendly and respectful of this environment and all its entities are welcome.

Mobility
The two nearest stations, Berlin-Spandau and U Haselhorst, have elevators. From Berlin-Spandau, take the bus to the Eiswerderstr. stop, 800 meters from Backsteinboot, and cross a long bridge with a slope. From U Haselhorst, take the bus to the Kleine Eiswerderstr. stop, 650 meters from Backsteinboot, and cross a small bridge without a slope.

There is no specialized parking on Insel Campus EISWERDER. A parking space can be reserved in advance if necessary.

The private area of the island, Insel Campus EISWERDER, is almost entirely paved outside. The public area of the island is suitable for walking. It is possible to take the walking path around the island and enter the Insel Campus EISWERDER through the small fenced gate to the south. However, there is a ledge that poses an obstacle, and this entrance is not always open.

Inside, the floor of Backsteinboot is covered with polished concrete.

Backsteinboot is served by a freight elevator from entrance F, which can be made available.
The space is located on the top floor (3rd floor) of an industrial building with high ceilings. Climbing the staircases requires some effort.

Backsteinboot and the Insel Campus EISWERDER do not have specialized restrooms. However, a large sanitary area can be provided, located in the northern part of the top floor of the building, the area occupied by Raum für Kunst e.V.

The entrance doors of Backsteinboot can be difficult to open.

Seating and resting furniture can be provided.

If needed, please feel free to contact us at the provided email address or phone number.

Languages
Upon request, Backsteinboot promises to do its best to offer active assistance by organizing guided tours, tactile or audio descriptions, as well as translations into sign language, audio language, braille, or easy language.

If needed, please feel free to contact us at the provided email address or phone number, relatively in advance.

Ethic of inclusivity and its respect

Under construction, coming soon!

Concept on/of sustainability

Holding Space as Cultural Practice

For us, cultural work does not begin with programming: it begins with holding space.

Independent cultural spaces in Berlin often disappear not because they lack artistic relevance, but because they lack the long-term spatial security needed for communities to mature. Temporary use ("Zwischennutzung") has enabled countless important projects, yet it has also normalised impermanence. Artists and collectives invest years of unpaid labour into activating vacant buildings, frequently increasing their cultural and economic value without participating in that value themselves.

Backsteinboot was founded in response to this condition.

From the beginning, we understood that sustaining culture requires more than organising events. It requires developing long-term relationships with private owners, investing in infrastructure, negotiating contracts, maintaining buildings and continuously reinvesting every surplus back into the space itself.

After a year of searching, we deliberately chose the former Royal Fireworks Laboratory on Eiswerder Island, not only because of its extraordinary architecture, but because its industrial heritage offered the possibility of long-term growth. Rather than occupying space temporarily, we set out to inhabit it.

Over the past years, this strategy has transformed a single hall into more than 1,700 m² of cultural infrastructure comprising 37 artist studios, sound studios, production spaces and a warehouse venue, supporting around 50 resident artists alongside numerous Berlin-based and international collectives.

Every expansion has been financed through reinvestment into the project itself. As new spaces became available, we deliberately acquired and developed them, creating resilience against the pressures that continue to displace independent culture across the city.

For us, this is cultural work.

Programming, concerts and club nights are only possible because there is an infrastructure capable of supporting them over many years.