Update as of 10/2025: Due to the hurdle of obtaining official approval, the project and the conversion of the Kaffee HAG building could not continue. However, Kollektiv Barrieren Sprengen e.V. and ZfK e.V. remain in contact, and are keen to continue collaborating in other ways in the long term.
KAFFEE HAG

As part of this project, a venue for clubs, concerts, theater, performances and other events, as well as an open workshop, studios, studio and rehearsal rooms will be created in parts of the old coffee roasting building at Bremen harbor.
In cooperation with the collective Barrieren Sprengen e.V., the project is being conceived in the light of accessibility and inclusion of people with disabilities.
Spatial/physical barriers on the site have already been identified and corresponding options for structural adaptations have been discussed with an architect on site. Funding applications are currently being submitted for their implementation, but approval is still pending. Barriers of an administrative and conceptual nature, which are generally found in event concepts and planning structures in particular, will be addressed at a later date.
We see our work in this project as process-oriented work in which we can constantly implement and expand our ideal ideas step by step through communication and reflection.
The project is supported by the Bremen State Disability Commissioner. Mr. Arne Frankenstein supports the Kaffee HAG project, especially in light of the cooperation with "Kollektiv Barrieren Sprengen e.V." and assured us of his advice and support.
More specific overview of the use of the premises:
- Studios, rehearsal rooms, recording studios
- Rental of inexpensive rooms for artists
- Common rooms
- Places for exchange, plenums and a kitchen
- Cultural activities
- Club operations, concerts, exhibitions, workshops, lectures, film screenings
- Open workshop
- Teaching and learning space for DIY, stage sets, event technology
Further information on the Center for Collective Culture and the Kaffee HAG project can be found at