The Festival. One Week One Europe | Share the European Spirit

Barcelona, December 6 2011 // It’s time to move on. Since 2006 we only focused on Berlin as the potential first host city of The Festival. But - nothing in life is more constant than change… Barcelona is a metropolitan city widely loved and admired by people from all over Europe. The weather conditions in June/July are superb for a cultural festival. Football, food, fun - Barcelona speaks for itself.

Barcelona, August 2 2011 // Natalia Kim, founder and manager of Promopress based in Barcelona has been interested in cooperating with us for a long time. With The Festival project on local Catalan TV, with the first One Day, One Europe event realized in Barcelona her moment has arrived.

Barcelona, July 24 2011 // Do you remember your first time? Do you remember the innocence you felt before? Do you remember the insecurity you sensed not being sure whether you were doing the right thing? You did it anyway. When we did it for the first time on that beach of Barcelona on July 23 2011 we’d had the same feelings. Insecurity, innocence, doubt. But - we did it anyway.

Barcelona, June 1 2011 // There is a before May 30 2011 and an after May 30 2011. On that day, for the first time, we could present The Festival project on a public TV station. We were invited by the renowned Catalan journalist Jaume Barberà who hosts the weekly interview show Singulars on C33.

Barcelona, April 24 2011 // Spontaneous, flashmob style, European - on July 23 we will share the European spirit for the first time in the real world. Where? On the vibrating beach of Barcelona! This is not an event, this is not a party, it’s a manifesto. It’s a milestone on the long, sweaty path to making The Festival happen.

Barcelona, February 22 2010 // For more than three years we have been promoting this European communication platform among YOU, the protagonists, and those who will make it happen. Of course… someone has to pay the party! For more than three years we have been convinced that it just makes perfect sense to engage people European-wide with the idea of getting together - and YES, IT DOES…

The night of the 6th of September 1997 was the night that changed the way I looked at Europe forever… I had arrived to the beautiful city of Barcelona a couple of days beforehand. The summer still covered this Mediterranean town with its hot and humid sheet. Barcelona had exceeded my best expectations, for I had never been to the city of Mediterranean wonders. Gaudí’s crazy constructions, the warm summer beaches, the picturesque Barrio Gótico. Straight away I felt at home. There I was, an ERASMUS student far away from home. Great!

¿Qué es The Festival?
The Festival es una plataforma bianual que tiene lugar en distintas capitales europeas donde alrededor de 1.000.000 personas de toda Europa se unen para crear y compartir una experiencia puramente europea.
La misión de este movimiento europeo es la de promocionar el sentimiento pan-europeo y coeditar una narrativa europea gracias a nuestros ciudadanos.
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Barcelona, June 16 2009 // The Festival movement is built upon people and stories. In our new series “European Thinkers” we present personalities from the fields of culture, entrepreneurship, politics, and diplomacy who share with us their European stories; multicultural experiences showing us that Europe is already a reality in our everyday lives…

The Circle of German speaking Executives (KDF) is a platform for leading corporate, diplomatic and cultural representatives based in Barcelona, Spain. Founded in 1980, today the circle is the oldest private association of its kind in Spain.