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Culture discounts for students

Many of Karlsruhe's cultural institutions offer discounts or free admission, learning spaces or exciting events for students, so discover the diverse cultural offerings for students in Karlsruhe!

Museums

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Reduced admission: 2 Euro

The Max Café Bar in the Prinz-Max-Palais also offers food and drinks, including outdoor seating in the garden.

How to get there:
stop Europaplatz / Postgalerie
Karlstraße 10 | 76133 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 721 133-4234, -4230, -4231
www.karlsruhe.de/stadtmuseum
Reduced admission: 6 euros

Free admission on Fridays from 2 pm

How to get there:
stop Marktplatz
Schlossbezirk 10 | 76131 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 721 926-6514
www.landesmuseum.de
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Reduced admission: 3 euros

Free admission to the collection exhibition and small special exhibitions on Fridays from 1 pm

How to get there:
stop Marktplatz
Erbprinzenstr. 13 | 76133 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 721 175-2111
www.smnk.de
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Reduced admission: 6 euros

Free admission on Fridays from 2 pm

In the fascinating architecture of a listed industrial building, the Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe shows changing special exhibitions and a permanent presentation with highlights from its own collection and the renowned Garnatz Collection on three floors. The focus is on art in Karlsruhe and the German southwest since the mid-19th century and on German art from 1945 to the immediate present. Numerous works by teachers and graduates of the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe are represented.

How to get there:
stop ZKM
Lorenzstr. 27 | 76135 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 721 133-4401/-4444
www.staedtische-galerie.de
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Pfinzgaumuseum

Free admission to the permanent exhibition and all guided tours

In its permanent exhibition, the Pfinzgaumuseum in the Karlsburg Durlach shows the history of the town of Durlach, which was independent until 1938. Numerous objects relating to the history of art, culture, social history and everyday life bring the past to life. If you live in Durlach and want to know what it used to be like in your district, this is the right place for you.

How to get there:
Schlossplatz stop
Pfinztalstr. 9 | 76227 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 721 133-4217
www.karlsruhe.de/pfinzgaumuseum
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Reduced admission: 6 euros

Free admission on Fridays from 2 pm

The ZKM Karlsruhe is a globally unique cultural institution - experience a wide range of exhibitions and events on the subject of media art! The Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe is an institution of all media and genres, a house of space-based arts such as painting, photography and sculpture as well as time-based arts such as film, video, media art, music, dance, theater and performance. Founded in 1989 with the mission of continuing the classical arts into the digital age, the ZKM is sometimes referred to as the “electronic or digital Bauhaus” - a term attributed to its founding director Heinrich Klotz. By combining research and production, exhibition and performance, collection and archive, the ZKM is able to adequately reflect the development of art in the 20th and 21st centuries, not least because the ZKM's collection, exhibition and research activities are accompanied by symposia and other platforms for theoretical discourse between philosophy, science, art, politics and business. From the very beginning, the ZKM has taken on the task of creating innovative and favorable conditions for the creation of art. To this end, the ZKM's Hertz Lab works with guest artists and guest scientists from all over the world to research, develop and present artificial intelligence, augmented reality, virtual reality and many other current topics. This interplay of research and production activities as well as exhibitions and performances sets the ZKM apart from other cultural institutions. It is therefore much more than a museum, it is a center and a laboratory for the future. In addition to presentation and production, the ZKM is also dedicated to the preservation of interactive, digital media artworks and develops new technical methods for new forms of art.

How to get there:
stop ZKM
Lorenzstraße 19|76135 Karlsruhe
www.zkm.de
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Currently closed

The Kunsthalle is currently closed due to renovation work. The “KunsthalleKarlsruhe@ZKM” exhibition can be viewed at the ZKM.
Students receive reduced or free admission to permanent and special exhibitions.

How to get there:
stop Europaplatz / Postgalerie
Hans-Thoma-Straße 2–6 | 76133 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 721 926 2696
www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de
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Reduced admission: 1.50 euros

Students receive reduced admission to the exhibitions (1.50 euros); admission is free for students of the HfG, Kunstakademie or art history in general.

How to get there:
stop Marktplatz / Europaplatz
Waldstraße 3 | 76133 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 721 28226
www.badischer-kunstverein.de
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Free admission

Directions:
stop Kronenplatz / Durlacher Tor
Am Künstlerhaus 47 | 76131 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 721 373376
www.bbk-karlsruhe.de
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Reduced admission: 2 euros

Directions:
stop Kongresszentrum / Werderstraße
Werderstraße 63 | 76137 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 721 56 26 22
www.verkehrsmuseum-karlsruhe.de

Theater

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Up to 50 % discount in advance booking

On presentation of their student ID, students receive a discount of around 50% on almost all performances and festival subscriptions in advance. This is now also very convenient online!

LAST-MINUTE-TICKETS
Remaining tickets are available at the box office from 60 minutes before the start of the performance: in the GROSSE HAUS on weekdays for 10.00 euros, at weekends and for premieres 12.00 euros, in the KLEINE HAUS for 9.00 euros, in the STUDIO and in the INSEL or in the JUNGEN STAATSTHEATER 7.00 euros.

UNICARD
Five vouchers to choose freely between three opera or ballet performances and two theater performances for only 45 euros. Also valid for premieres. The vouchers or the redeemed tickets can also be given as a gift to fellow students.

STUDI-FLATRATE
For students of the Hochschule für Musik, the Hochschule für Gestaltung, the Hochschule Karlsruhe and the Pädagogische Hochschule, there are free tickets for remaining seats from three days before the performance at the theater box office in cooperation with the student self-administrations. These tickets can also be booked online via our homepage under “Login for”. We look forward to further flat-rate cooperations!

THEABIB & BARD
The MITTLERE FOYER becomes a place of learning during the exam periods. Mondays to Fridays between 9.00 and 16.30. In addition to WLAN and a coffee bar, you will also find a work equipment service there. Access via the terrace on the 1st floor.

Directions:
stop Volkswohnung / Staatstheater
Hermann-Levi-Platz 1 | 76137 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 721 933-333
www.staatstheater.karlsruhe.de
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30% discount on the regular admission price

The Kammertheater is a modern stage in a former bank with drama, musicals and cabaret as well as many famous actors such as Hugo Egon Balder, Susanne Pätzold (known from "Switch reloaded") or Richy Müller (e.g. "Tatort"). The private theater shares the listed building with the ALTE BANK restaurant, which serves delicious food and drinks - including in the beautiful beer garden in summer. A second venue, K2, was opened in 2013. A former church was converted into a theater for this purpose. The “new” theater in Karlsruhe is particularly popular due to its cosy and intimate atmosphere. K2 also offers drinks and snacks. Pupils, trainees and students receive a 30% discount on the regular admission price for all performances - with the exception of guest performances, special events and New Year's Eve. Proof of eligibility (pupil/student ID etc.) must be shown when purchasing tickets and at the performance.

How to get there:
stop Marktplatz
Herrenstr. 30/32 | 76133 Karlsruhe
Kreuzstr. 29 | 76133 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 721 23111
www.kammertheater-karlsruhe.de
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8-10 Euro discount on all regular events

For students 8-10 € discount on all regular events!

“DAS SANDKORN - Theater & Mehr” is located in the listed Theaterhaus am Mühlburger Tor and has a firm place in the Karlsruhe theater landscape as a cabaret center and theater manufactory with its finger on the pulse of the times. A particular focus is on specially developed plays, both for the evening program and for children's and youth theater.
The stage is life - and the program is as varied and colourful as life itself. Guests are offered good entertainment, but an attitude is also important. It is therefore a major concern to also show serious, thought-provoking and stirring plays beyond the mainstream. As projects with social and integrative cohesion are very close to the Sandkorn's heart, it is particularly pleased that the integrative theater group D!e SP!NNER! has been based there for many years. The productions of the in-house youth club and the annual school theater week also find an enthusiastic audience here.

As an open house, it is pleased to have numerous artistic cooperation partners and has many top-class guest performances in its program that enrich the schedule. This means that guests can enjoy a diverse range of performances - whether musical highlights such as in-house music revues or top-class concerts, thought-provoking plays about socially relevant topics, children's and youth theater, political cabaret or readings. Pupils, trainees and students receive a discount on the regular admission price for all performances - with the exception of guest performances, special events and New Year's Eve.

Directions:
Stop Mühlburger Tor
Kaiserallee 11, 76133 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 721 83 152 970
www.das-sandkorn.de
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Reduced admission

Discounted theater: modern classics, comedies, cabarets and more. The Jakobus-Theater is a dedicated amateur theater that works with professional directors and has been in existence since 1972. Organizationally, the non-profit association is made up of volunteer members of all ages. The theater welcomes interested people on and behind the stage. Contemporary plays, modern classics, German classics, comedies, literary cabarets, readings, chanson and music evenings, children's and youth plays, guest performances, etc. are performed.

Directions:
stop Mühlburger Tor
Kaiserallee 11 | 76133 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 721 854245
www.jakobus-theater.de
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Reduced admission

Discounted admission to the theater for funny dialect comedies

How to get there:
stop Entenfang / Blohnstraße
Durmersheimer Str. 6 | 76185 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 721 55 25 00
www.badisch-buehn.de
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Discounted improv courses for students

Various locations
Tel.: +49 721 6607727
www.buehnensprung.de
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Discounted courses and tickets for shows for students

Various locations
Tel.: +49 176 72509397
www.improtheater-karlsruhe.com
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Reduced admission

Discounted admission to the theater for students

How to get there:
stop Mühlburger Tor
Kaiserallee 11 | 76133 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 721 841555
www.marotte-theater.de
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Reduced admission

Discounted admission to the theater for students
How to get there:
stop Waldstadt Schneidemühler Straße / Glogauer Straße
Königsberger Str. 9 | 76139 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 721 684207
www.kaeuze.de

Film and music

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KONS student subscription

Flexible nine-card for making music: The KONS Studi-Abo pays off! With the Studi-Abo you receive nine lessons of 45 minutes each on an instrument or in a subject of your choice. It costs €289.10 once and the lessons can be redeemed flexibly within six months. The Studi-Abo is aimed at beginners, advanced learners or those returning to music. Have you always wanted to make music with others? We look forward to welcoming many new players to our orchestras, chamber music and vocal ensembles or bands!

Directions:
Stop Mühlburger Tor
Kaiserallee 12c | 76133 Karlsruhe
Tel.: 0721 1334301
https://kons.karlsruhe.de
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Pre-festival, main stage, cultural area: immerse yourself in the festival summer for little or no money! Every year on the third weekend in July, over 250,000 visitors celebrate DAS FEST in Karlsruhe, one of the largest open-air events in Germany. On the main stage at Mount Klotz, well-known and current artists create a festival atmosphere, while the large free area offers the best experiences for young and old on three other stages and a large sports area. The FEST AM SEE, which gets the FEST weekend off to a good start every evening with regional music, is also free of charge.

How to get there:
stop Europahalle / Europabad
Günther-Klotz-Anlage | 76135 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 721 782045-0
www.dasfest.de
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Kinemathek+ streaming service

Kinemathek+ is the new streaming offer from the Kinemathek Karlsruhe. The subscription 4 (discounted) offers access to all films available online. It costs €21 once and is valid for one year from the date of purchase. Subscription 4 is available to pupils, students and trainees.
You can now enjoy the Kinemathek's curated program from home.
Support cultural professionals with an online subscription: the subscription fees to be paid serve solely to finance our communal cinema work. The program starts with four films selected by us (one of which is a children's film) and is constantly being expanded and supplemented with a new film every week. The films will be available for four weeks at a time. In the future, there will also be self-produced content such as film contributions, essays and interviews. Have fun!

www.kinemathek-karlsruhe.cinemalovers.de
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Discounts with the purchase of a festival pass

Reduced prices & donation option when purchasing a festival pass: The festival, which is unique in Germany, takes place annually with a focus on documentaries. In addition to an extensive film program, dokKa also presents audio documentaries and installations in the Kinemathek and offers a wide range of discussions with artists and guests.

www.dokKa.de
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The Protestant City Church of Karlsruhe stands on the market square in the heart of the city and, with its striking columned portico, sets an important urban accent opposite the town hall. The episcopal church of the Protestant regional church in Baden was built in 1816 by Friedrich Weinbrenner, destroyed in 1944 and rebuilt in 1957 under the direction of Professor Horst Linde. With its excellent choirs and two outstanding organs, the Stadtkirche is considered an important church music center for the city and region with a wide range of concerts: choral concerts with vocal soloists and orchestra, a cappella choral music, contemplative music in church services, impressive organ music, e.g. as part of the International Organ Summer Karlsruhe and chamber music formats.
The Bach Choir Karlsruhe was founded in 1905 and has been under the artistic direction of KMD Christian-Markus Raiser since 1996. Large oratorio works are performed two to three times a year. Rehearsals take place on Tuesdays from 8pm to 10pm at Kreuzstr. 13. The CoroPiccolo Karlsruhe is the vocal ensemble of the Ev. Stadtkirche Karlsruhe and is suitable for singers with previous musical training. Rehearsals take place on Thursdays from 8 to 10 pm at Kreuzstr. 13. Are you interested? Then come along to a rehearsal - by prior arrangement: kantorat@stadtkirche-karlsruhe.de

Directions:
stop Marktplatz
Kreuzstr. 13 | 76137 Karlsruhe (Kantoratsbüro)
Tel.: +49 721 92049-17
www.musikanderstadtkirchekarlsruhe.de

Literature

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Free admission & services for students

Free admission: The bibWerkstatt, training courses, the studierBar and many other offers make the BLB an integral part of your studies. Central place of learning in the city center with many services for studentsThe Badische Landesbibliothek is an integral part of many students' studies. It not only offers 2.8 million media from all disciplines and a large number of workstations, but also an intensive range of training and advisory services for students. In the bibWerkstatt every Wednesday at 5 p.m., interested students can learn more about academic writing, soft skills, efficient research and the further use of literature during their studies. Students can also find specific literature on these topics in the studierBar on the first floor of the SU. In addition, individual and subject-specific research advice can be booked for support with longer writing assignments in the final phase of your studies. Registration for the bibWerkstatt appointments via the SU homepage: Service > Advice and training > bibWerkstatt

How to get there:
Stop Marktplatz oder Europaplatz
Erbprinzenstr. 15 | 76133 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 721 175-2221
www.blb-karlsruhe.de
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Offers & services for students

Students will find plenty of places to study and work in the city library with free W-LAN. During opening hours, students and all learners are welcome at any time. In the media departments, there is a wide range of audio books, magazines, e-books, non-fiction books and lots of fiction, graphic novels, crime novels, music CDs, feature films and console games on many topics. The city library and its facilities are spread across the entire city: The Central Library and the separate Children's and Youth Library in the city center are of interest to students, as is the American Library, which only offers media in English. All facilities are open to everyone. Visits are free and uncomplicated. You can come and be inspired, read and browse, relax or learn, research on the internet or in databases, try out e-learning portals, take part in events and more. Borrowing media is subject to a fee and a valid library card is required. The student ID card is also valid.

How to find us:
stop Marktplatz
Ständehausstr. 2 | 76133 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 721 133-4201
www.stadtbibliothek-karlsruhe.de

Education

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Workshops, excursions & other offers

Workshops, excursions, self-experiments - what does sustainability mean? Students from all faculties are invited to take a fresh look at the concept of sustainability. With workshops, excursions, self-experiments and simulation games, the Spring Days offer up to 360 participants the opportunity to combine theoretical sustainability concepts with practical applications. You can always secure a place to take part in the Spring Days of Sustainability in late spring.

You can find more information at https://www.forum.kit.edu/fruehlingsakademie/

How to get there:
stop Durlacher Tor
InformatioKOM 2. OG
Adenauerring 12 | 76131 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 721 608-4384
www.forum.kit.edu
© Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe

Free admission

Free entry and PCs switched on: Hacking and programming, discussing and being creative! The Gulaschprogrammiernacht is a regular congress organized by Entropia e. V. - Chaos Computer Club (CCC), which takes place in the atriums of ZKM & HfG Karlsruhe. It sees itself as a hacking event with a focus on programming, tinkering and creative work. While the conference participants work on their projects and exchange ideas, interested guests can find out about them and attend the lectures in a relaxed atmosphere. The focus is on IT/technology, but other topics such as society, art and philosophy are also addressed.
The name says it all: goulash is served in large quantities.

How to get there:
stop ZKM
Lorenzstr. 15 | 76135 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 721 8203-0
www.hfg-karlsruhe.de
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Free admission

Every year, students from the Karlsruhe Academy of Art show their artworks in the classrooms free of charge. You should definitely make a note of the summer exhibition. Every summer, the academy opens its doors with a colorful program. One big party!

How to get there:
stop Kunstakademie
Reinhold-Frank-Str. 67 | 76149 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 721 926-5205
www.kunstakademie-karlsruhe.de
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Tour of the atriums

Traditionally, at the end of the summer semester, the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design invites you to take a tour of the atriums and take a look behind the scenes of the university for a weekend.

How to get there:
stop ZKM
Lorenzstr. 15 | 76135 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 721 8203-0
www.hfg-karlsruhe.de
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A wide range of activities for all Francophones: whether it's a language course, exam preparation or leisure program, the Centre Culturel offers you support. The Centre Culturel Franco-Allemand Karlsruhe foundation - centrally located on Europaplatz - offers a contemporary program: participatory projects, exhibitions, concerts, readings, performances, workshops and much more - in German and/or French. You can learn or improve your French. It is a recognized examination center for DELF and DALF and of course prepares you for these exams.

How to get there:
stop Europaplatz
Karlstraße 16b | 76133 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 721 160380
www.ccfa-ka.de
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It may be nice in the lecture hall, but it's even nicer in the studio... Come to Campusradio Karlsruhe! Here you can give your campus a voice and give free rein to your creativity: write texts, present, choose music. In addition, the FORUM offers you various seminars and workshops on moderation, research and conducting interviews. Get started in the world of media and register at: redaktion@campusradio-karlsruhe.de

How to get there:
stop Durlacher Tor
InformatiKOM 2. OG
Adenauerring 12 | 76131 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 721 608-4384
www.forum.kit.edu
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Free admission

100 % discount: Free tickets are available for events at the University of Music. The offer is valid for everyone up to the age of 18, students at all universities, vocational school students and those doing a voluntary social year or federal voluntary service.
The free tickets are available at the box office, subject to availability. Only performances of the children's opera are excluded from this regulation.

How to get there:
Stops Gottesauer Platz / BGV und Schloss Gottesaue / Hochschule für Musik
CampusOne Am Schloss Gottesaue 7 | 76131 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 721 662 90
www.hfm-karlsruhe.de

Other

© SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE Light Festival 2023 Foto KME Juergen Roesner

Free admission

Every year, Karlsruhe Palace becomes the center of attention in the city during the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELEN Karlsruhe. For six weeks, the baroque façade is transformed into Germany's largest and most beautiful screen, with a projection area of 3,000 m², for breathtaking projection mapping by the best international video artists – and admission is free!

How to get there:
stop Marktplatz
Schlossplatz | 76131 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 721 782045-0
www.schlosslichtspiele.info
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Free Wi-Fi

KA-WLAN is a free internet service for Karlsruhe that is available in numerous public locations. Whether using a smartphone, tablet, or laptop, residents of Karlsruhe, students, and tourists can surf the internet free of charge without any time restrictions or data limits.

KA-WLAN is a joint project of INKA e.V., CyberForum e.V., and the Science Office of the City of Karlsruhe.
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Every March, it's time to clear the stage for young scientists!
FameLab is an international competition for science communication that brings young scientists to the stage. Whether it's your bachelor's thesis topic, doctoral dissertation, or your last lecture, the goal is to present a scientific topic in an entertaining way with charm and wit in just three minutes.
www.wissenschaftsbuero.karlsruhe.de