OSTEN Festival in Bitterfeld Aims to Heal Post-Reunification Frustration
The OSTEN Festival will launch in Bitterfeld one week after the Saxony-Anhalt state election, taking place in a decommissioned power plant and a prefabricated housing estate (Plattenbausiedlung). The festival involves building, celebrating, and discussing topics that are otherwise avoided. A press conference for the upcoming autumn edition was held aboard a vintage 1983 Mercedes-Benz bus, owned by the Nahverkehrsfreunde Dessau association, which was once the pride of the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe. Journalists and festival participants rode the bus, which still runs on diesel and smells accordingly. The festival seeks to address the 'Wendefrust' (reunification frustration) in the region.
Key facts
- OSTEN Festival starts one week after Saxony-Anhalt state election.
- Venues include a decommissioned power plant and a Plattenbausiedlung.
- Festival activities: building, celebrating, and discussing taboo topics.
- Press conference held on a 1983 Mercedes-Benz bus.
- Bus owned by Nahverkehrsfreunde Dessau.
- Bus was once the pride of Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe.
- Journalists and festival participants attended the bus ride.
- Festival aims to heal 'Wendefrust' (post-reunification frustration).
Entities
Institutions
- OSTEN Festival
- Nahverkehrsfreunde Dessau
- Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Locations
- Bitterfeld
- Saxony-Anhalt
- Germany