New action program for Bremen: Downtown should become more alive!

New action program for Bremen: Downtown should become more alive!

Bremen, Deutschland - On June 19, 2025, the fourth inner city dialog of the project office city center Bremen took place in the former Horten department store. Around 200 guests took part in the event, which under the motto "Do you do the mix?" stand. It was all about the mix of use to revive the city centers. The event was an important platform to present the new "Centrum Bremen 2030+" campaign plan, which offers updated strategies for the further development of downtown Bremen. Jan Casper-Damberg and Prof. Klaus Overmeyer presented the details of this plan, while Mayor Dr. Andreas Bovenschulte emphasized the overall social responsibility for downtown change. Carl Zillich, managing director of the project office, underlined the essential role of cooperation of all actors. Senatspressenstelle.bremen.de reports that the action plan has been reaction to the challenges since 2019 Change and other factors were amplified.

The "Centrum Bremen 2030+" action plan is not carved in stone. It is created in a multi -stage process and takes into account the views of different actors of the city society. The Senate for Climate Protection, Environment, Mobility, Urban Development and Housing As well as the Senator for Economics, Labor and Europe are important partners. The "Urban Catalyst" office from Berlin has been responsible for the documentation and elaboration of the action plan. The Bremen Chamber of Commerce is also involved in the process. bau.bremen.de emphasizes that the strategy takes important topics such as public spaces, mobility and a varied use in the inner city area.

important fields of action and measures

The strategy itself mentions clear action requirements that are made in various fields of action. These are divided into the areas of "reaching, arriving and moving", "lingering and encountering" as well as "benefits and experience". Five focus rooms were identified, including the impressive area "Am Brill" and the "Center on the Weser". In addition to the quality of stay, traffic management should also be significantly improved here. bremen-city.de points out that an interactive document with twelve cards and two spatial "magnifying glasses" is part of the action plan to offer citizens a better overview.

an action program for the future

The downtown Bremen not only has to cope with the effects of pandemic, but also faces new challenges caused by digitization and climate change. In order to meet these changes, Bremen has launched an extensive action program. The aim is to improve the quality of stay and experience as well as the accessibility of the inner cities. Numerous initiatives are planned, such as the revival of empty buildings and open spaces. The program is supported by various offices and organizations of the city and the economy.

The project office inner city Bremen has formulated clear goals in order to make the city center alive by 2030 and attractive for all citizens. The measures should be divided into three periods of time: by 2027, until 2030 and for the time afterwards. A regular update of the plan is planned in order to always be able to react to the needs of the city society. The full action plan is available as an interactive PDF at www.binnenstadt.de/aktionplan.