Long Night of the Sciences

The public can usually visit the institutions between around 5pm and 1am on the "Long Night of the Sciences" in exchange for a fee.

Berlin organized a similar event the following year and gained a larger response, with a total of 61,972 visitors.

Besides Berlin, this event format has also been successfully implemented in other scientific locations, including: The program for the 9th "Long Night of the Sciences" in Berlin and Potsdam on 13 June 2009 featured more than 2,000 individual events held by 67 participants in 160 buildings.

"The Long Night of the Sciences" in Nuremberg, Fürth and Erlangen debuted in 2003 and is held every two years, its 11th edition taking place on Saturday, October 21, 2023.

During the children’s program in the afternoon and long into the night, exhibitions, experiments, and presentations are open to over 20,000 visitors across ca.