22 dates for anyone who wants more of everyday GDR life than its recipes: meets for Simson mopeds, Trabants and Wartburgs, GDR camping, exhibitions and comedy. Fixed dates come first, followed by the meets that come back every year. Dates can change, so check with the organizer before you travel.
At many vehicle meets the participants camp with their vehicles. Whether day visitors are welcome, and what it costs, is up to the organizer.
On now
- Genossen! Stillgestanden! – DDR-Comedy mit Bockwurst und Kartoffelsalat Showbühne Berlin Stage and music
until December 13, 2026
Sergeant Wichtig, a mock East German neighbourhood policeman, leads an evening of memories about the small quirks of everyday GDR life. As the title promises, Bockwurst sausage and potato salad are part of it.
Organizer: Stage Mosaic GmbH · Updated: 11/2026
- Ausstellung „Platte. Leben in der Großwohnsiedlung“ Zeitgeschichtliches Forum Leipzig (Forum of Contemporary History) Exhibition and talk
until January 17, 2027 Tue–Fri 9 am–6 pm, Sat, Sun and holidays 10 am–6 pm, closed on Mondays.
Fifty years of Leipzig-Grünau: the exhibition tells the story of life on a prefab housing estate, from construction to today, mostly through amateur photos taken by people who lived there.
Grimmaische Straße 6, 04109 Leipzig · Organizer: Stiftung Haus der Geschichte · Website: hdg.de · Updated: 11/2026
- Vorwärts immer, rückwärts nimmer – DDR-Comedy-Tour Including Leipzig, Gera, Freiberg, Rostock, Dessau, Magdeburg, Dresden, Jena, Halle and Zwickau Stage and music
until March 18, 2027
After its run in Berlin, Sergeant Wichtig's comedy show goes on tour and brings a little order to memories of everyday GDR life, tongue firmly in cheek. Dates are listed with the ticket sellers. In German.
Organizer: Stage Mosaic GmbH · Updated: 11/2026
- Sonderausstellung „2 Konzepte – 1 Jubiläum: 60 Jahre Trabant mit Wankelmotor“ August Horch Museum, Zwickau Exhibition and talk
until June 27, 2027
In the 1960s, Zwickau tested a Trabant with a rotary engine. On show are two restored prototypes: the P 602 V with its large tailgate and “Felix” from the collection of the Trabant owners' register.
Audistraße 7, 08058 Zwickau · Organizer: August Horch Museum Zwickau · Website: horch-museum.de · Updated: 11/2026
- Karat: 45 Jahre „Der blaue Planet“ Including Rostock, Neubrandenburg, Schwerin, Schwedt, Gotha and Lutherstadt Wittenberg Stage and music
until December 18, 2027
The East German rock band celebrates the anniversary of its best-known album, with songs such as “Über sieben Brücken musst du gehn” and “Der blaue Planet”. The tour has more than 80 dates.
Updated: 11/2026
November 2026
- Alltag auf 8 Millimetern: Privatfilme aus der DDR DDR Museum, conference room Exhibition and talk
November 25, 2026, 6 pm
Family parties, holidays, everyday life: historian Sebastian Thalheim shows clips from Standard 8 and Super 8 home movies from the 1950s to the 1980s and explains how families filmed their lives. Free admission. In German.
Sankt Wolfgang-Straße 2, 10178 Berlin · Organizer: DDR Museum · Website: ddr-museum.de · Updated: 11/2026
December 2026
- Mit dem Trabi durch die USA DDR Museum, conference room Exhibition and talk
December 9, 2026
A travel talk with pictures: across the United States in a Trabant, presented in the DDR Museum's conference room. In German.
Sankt Wolfgang-Straße 2, 10178 Berlin · Organizer: DDR Museum · Website: ddr-museum.de · Updated: 11/2026
- DDR-Winterzauber: Die große DDR-Comedy-Show Theater an der Spree, Köpenick Stage and music
December 26, 2026 – January 10, 2027, 6:30 pm
Comedy between Christmas and New Year: everyday East German life meets slapstick, for people who lived in the GDR and for those who only know it from stories. Twelve shows, in German.
Wilhelminenhofstraße 89, 12459 Berlin · Updated: 11/2026
January 2027
- OLDTEMA – Oldtimer- und Teilemarkt Messe Erfurt (Erfurt exhibition centre) Parts market
January 16–17, 2027
This classic car and parts market opens the year for anyone who tinkers with old vehicles: around 250 exhibitors in two halls, plus clubs showing their vehicles and talking shop.
Updated: 11/2026
July 2027
- Bitterfelder Trabant- & Ostfahrzeuge-Treffen Pouch peninsula, Muldestausee lake Vehicle meet
July 9–11, 2027
A weekend for Trabants and other East German vehicles on the Pouch peninsula, between Lake Goitzsche and the Muldestausee reservoir.
Website: Seite des Treffens · Updated: 11/2026
Every year
These meets take place every year. The new date appears here as soon as it is set.
- DDR-Camping am Birnbaumteich Ferienpark Birnbaumteich, Harz mountains GDR camping
Twice a year, in spring and in September. The first meet took place in 2015.
More than a hundred GDR caravans, from the Qek to the Intercamp, gather for this meet in the Harz mountains. Many people have been coming since the very first one.
Updated: 11/2026
- Ostfahrzeugtreffen Finowfurt Luftfahrtmuseum Finowfurt (aviation museum) Vehicle meet
Every year at the end of April. In 2026 for the 19th time, on 24 and 25 April.
Trabants, Wartburgs, Barkas vans, MZ motorcycles and Simson mopeds on the grounds of the aviation museum, with a parts market and plenty of shop talk.
Updated: 11/2026
- DDR-Kult-Treffen am Auensee Knaus Campingpark Leipzig, by Lake Auensee GDR camping
Twice a year: early May and in September, Friday to Sunday. In 2026 from 1 to 3 May and from 11 to 13 September.
A meet for GDR caravans, tents and vehicles at what used to be the International Campsite on Lake Auensee. On Friday and Saturday evenings everyone barbecues together, with a flea market and lots of shop talk.
Website: ddr-kult-treffen.de · Updated: 11/2026
- DDR-Camping Pütnitz Technik-Museum Pütnitz near Ribnitz-Damgarten GDR camping
Every year in early June. In 2026 for the fourth time, from 5 to 7 June.
Camping the old way on the Saaler Bodden lagoon: only vehicles and accommodation from GDR times are allowed, from a Trabant with a roof tent to a Qek caravan. Guests can visit the museum halls.
Flugplatzallee 5, 18311 Ribnitz-Damgarten · Organizer: Technikverein Pütnitz e.V. · Updated: 11/2026
- Grenzzaun Mopedz Treffen Pingelhof in Alt Damerow near Parchim Vehicle meet
Every year at the end of July or in early August. In 2026 for the seventh time, from 31 July to 1 August.
Anything old, motorised and from the GDR is welcome: Simson, MZ, Schwalbe, Trabant and Wartburg. Plus two stages and a large campsite.
Ringstraße 6, 19374 Domsühl · Updated: 11/2026
- Internationales Ostblocktreffen Pütnitz Technik-Museum Pütnitz near Ribnitz-Damgarten Vehicle meet
Every year in early July. In 2026 from 3 to 5 July.
Vehicles from the GDR and the former Eastern Bloc meet on the old airfield by the Saaler Bodden lagoon, around the technology museum.
Flugplatzallee 5, 18311 Ribnitz-Damgarten · Organizer: Technikverein Pütnitz e.V. · Updated: 11/2026
- Simson-Treffen Suhl (STS) Suhl-Goldlauter airfield Vehicle meet
Every year on the first weekend of July. In 2026 for the tenth time, from 3 to 5 July.
Since 2016, Simson fans have been coming to the town where their mopeds were built. The highlight is the big ride-out with thousands of two-wheelers through Suhl, past the former factory.
Bocksbergstraße 27, 98528 Suhl · Website: sts-festival.de · Updated: 11/2026
- Simsontreffen Zwickau (STZ) Zwickau airfield Vehicle meet
Every year at the end of July, Thursday to Sunday. In 2026 for the 24th time, from 23 to 26 July.
Germany's largest Simson meet, held at Zwickau airfield since 2002. Four days of races, crankshaft throwing, camping and music in the evening.
Reichenbacher Straße 131, 08056 Zwickau · Updated: 11/2026
- Heimweh – Das internationale Wartburg-Treffen Festplatz Spicke, Eisenach Vehicle meet
Every year on the first weekend of August, Friday to Monday. In 2026 from 31 July to 3 August, marking 60 years of the Wartburg 353.
Wartburg fans from all over Europe meet in the town where their car was built. The programme includes a ride-out on Sunday and a farewell horn concert on Monday.
Adam-Opel-Straße, 99817 Eisenach · Organizer: Allgemeiner Wartburgfahrerclub Eisenach · Website: wartburgtreffen.de · Updated: 11/2026
- Trabant- & IFA-Fahrzeuge-Treffen Nossen Nossen Vehicle meet
Every year in early August. In 2026 for the 22nd time, from 7 to 9 August.
The last meet in Nossen drew around 400 Trabants, plus other vehicles made in the GDR.
Updated: 11/2026
- Zwickauer Trabant- und Ostfahrzeugtreffen Zwickau airfield Vehicle meet
Every year in late summer. In 2025 from 22 to 24 August.
A weekend for Trabants and other East German vehicles in the town where the Trabant was built.
Updated: 11/2026
- Simson- und Oldtimertreffen Ursprung Ursprung sports ground, Ore Mountains Vehicle meet
Every year in September. In 2026 for the 25th time, on 19 September.
At the sports ground in Ursprung, prizes go to the most original Simson, the oldest one and the best tuning. Then everyone sets off on a ride together.
Organizer: Simsonfreunde Ursprung · Website: simsonfreunde-ursprung.de · Updated: 11/2026
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