The NRW event industry regularly attracts around six million visitors to more than 100 leading trade fairs. After all, the metropolitan region in the heart of Europe around Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Essen and Cologne is the world’s No. 1 location for trade fairs with venues offering more than 700,000 square metres of exhibition space. Conferences, festivals, awards ceremonies and leading international events for the industry and general public make NRW a year-round location for new market trends and current debates. NRW offers suitable locations of all sizes and types, professional service providers and, last but not least, an inspiring cultural environment and the Rhenish way of life.
Facts and figures
- leading trade fairs, conferences and professional events with millions of visitors from all over the world
- gamescom, DMEXCO, ANGA COM, Film Festival Cologne, Seriencamp Festival, VideoDays Festival
- lit.Cologne – Europe’s largest reading festival with more than 111,000 visitors
- important awards ceremonies from the Germany Television Award through the Grimme Award and Grimme Online Award to the 1LIVE Krone
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Events in NRW