Parking lot worries at the Altenburg game festival: You need to know!

Parking lot worries at the Altenburg game festival: You need to know!

The Altenburg game festival is on everyone's lips and promises an exciting weekend for the whole family. On July 19 and 20, 2025, the city center of Altenburg will become the scene of this exciting event, which makes the hearts of players beat faster. Preparations are already in full swing, and the weather seems to want to play along.

Some traffic -related restrictions have to be accepted. The first parking space closures will come into force on Friday, July 18 at 6 p.m. Affected parking spaces include the parking lot at the islandoo, the motorhome parking space and the Südbad parking lot. These closures apply until Sunday, July 20 at 6 p.m. The main market is also completely closed to traffic, from today, July 16, up to and including July 21. Due to these restrictions, the weekly market on Wednesday, July 16, and on Saturday, July 19th. The city of Altenburg asks for understanding and recommends that visitors plan enough time to arrive. Alternatives to parking offer the large fairground, the underground garages on the Roßplan and Kunstgasse as well as parking spaces to Anger and on the small pond. For those who arrive without a car, the Festival Express commutes every half hour between the various event areas such as the market, the Baderei and the park on the large pond. So nothing stands in the way of a relaxing day.

a festival for big and small

The festival program has something to offer for every taste! From a variety of offers such as the sound channel, XXL games and the "sloping labyrinth" to a chilled atmosphere with party music and live acts from artists like Eddy Soto in the chill-out lounge-boredom is guaranteed not to arise here. A huge sandpit and a VR arena are waiting for the little visitors at the stand of the Altenburg Game World Yosephinum. In the evening, the adults can relax on “Swinging on the moon” in the Altenburg Baderi or try in the Halma in the dark.

The various events take place in several places, including:

• Park am Große Teich
• around the sand surface
• sports and leisure area small fairground
• forecourt cinema capitol
• courtyard of the ACC and Interim Lindenau Museum
• Mühlpforte
• Baderei
• Markt
• Inselzoofest

An almost endless range of games for adults and children makes it clear that at the Altenburg game festival not only chess and lady are on the program. The traditional event promotes interactive encounter and play together in a unique atmosphere. A real highlight in the summer calendar, it only remains to be said: on the game festival!

For more precise information on the traffic regulations and the festival program, the interested parties can be the pages of Abg-info and the city Altenburg