About
DARWIN GERMAN WEEK
The Inaugural German Week in Darwin!
Darwin is celebrating it's first ever German Week!
Get ready for a round of inspiration, fun, and meaningful connections. Darwin German Week offers something for everyone - from language and trivia lovers, movie fans to Feinschmecker and Oktoberfest fans. Darwin German Week is a series of events showcasing a spectrum of German culture lived here in the Top End of Australia. We are delighted to present you the highlights across language, culture and food. We will bring you established events such as Oktoberfest and German movie night. The movie night is inviting again for a night of German comedy and will be complemented by a Trivia Night this year, while the crowd pleasing Oktoberfest will showcase you our mini Bavaria experience. The German Club will be there to satisfy the cravings of Pretzels and you can enjoy German style and inspired beer and food throughout the Darwin German Week.
How it all began...
Brisbane’s German Honorary Consul Prof Michael Rosemann is a Professor for Innovation Systems and the Director of the Centre for Future Enterprise at the Queensland University of Technology. From a young age, he had a dream - to build bridges. Michael was fascinated with these connective constructs. Initially, just the engineering kind as a Brückenbauingenieur, but that soon evolved to building bridges between cultures, ideas, and people. His passion for innovation and connection led to the founding of Brisbane German Week in 2016, the same year he took office.
From a local idea to national impact…
In August 2016, Prof Michael Rosemann proposed the idea to create a German Week covering significant topics such as innovation, business, history and culture. Within just eight weeks, a vague idea became reality and has now spread to a total of 6 cities across Australia.
Darwin German Week is celebrating it's first appearance this year and can't wait to welcome you in October 2026.
In 2022, Adelaide German Week as well as Australia Week in Munich have been established. In 2024, Melbourne and Canberra and in 2025 Perth are also getting creative joining the forces. Now in 2026 Darwin is finally joining the family of German Weeks Australia! ​
"DAS IST DOCH WUNDERBAR!" (Isn't that wonderful!)
Love what we do? Get involved!
You can be part of making the Darwin German Week an ongoing success story – get involved as a volunteer, committee member, sponsor or even an event coordinator! We can’t wait to hear your ideas and proposals.
In the meantime, spread the word, bring your friends along and celebrate German culture, language and food with us – we look forward to seeing you at many events over the week!
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Volunteer and be part of the team, we’ll reward you even more for it - culturally!
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Stay connected and be part of the celebration! Darwin German Week offers something for everyone. Follow us on socials (check socials button on the right) and come back here often. Tag your "Heimat" (home) experiences with #darwingermanweek, we'd love to see your highlights and can’t wait to see how you’re celebrating with us!
Volunteer and be part of the team, we’ll reward you even more for it - culturally!
Stay tuned and “tschüss, bis Oktober”!
We’re thrilled to share that Darwin German Week has sister events across the country - find them here: germanweek.com.au.
Now also happening in these other major Australian cities:
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To the Territorians that have German heritage - and anyone who loves schnitzel, German culture, or a good stein of beer - this one's for you! Get ready to embrace your inner German and celebrate with us right here in Darwin – YOU KNOW (S)HE’S IN THERE!
We are super excited to bring our culture to you and cure some of that "Heimweh" (homesickness). We will be celebrating our unified country (1990) with a German comedy movie at the Opening Night and the must-do Oktoberfest. Other exciting events include a Trivia Night and cooking class.