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About
A Decade of Germany in Brisbane!
Brisbane German Week is celebrating its 10th birthday in 2025!
Get ready for another round of inspiration, fun, and meaningful connections. Brisbane German Week offers something for everyone - from language and trivia lovers, science buffs to business professionals and Oktoberfest fans. Brisbane German Week is a series of events showcasing the rich spectrum of collaborations between our two countries. We are delighted to present you the highlights across education, business and economy, science and innovation, arts, culture - but most of all news, connection and networking. We will bring you established events such as the Science and Innovation Day with the latest updates on joint research outcomes as well as the Business Day featuring the German-Australian Chamber (AHK), iGABA - innovative German Australian Business Alliance and GABWA - the German-Australian Business Women Alliance. The Arts Evening has made space for an exploration of the positive impacts of artificial intelligence on learning a foreign language and bilingualism while the crowd pleasing Oktoberfest will showcase you our mini Bavaria experience. The language competition will take a new format with the support of the Goethe-Institute Australia, the German Kino Club will be there to satisfy the cravings of German cinephiles and you can enjoy three of Brisbane’s iconic bridges lit up in the colours of the German flag on 3 October.
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. A new multicultural event was born on 2 October 2016: Brisbane German Week #1. Since then, and over the last nine years, Brisbane German Week has become an integral part of Brisbane’s event calendar. In fact, the event has scaled up far beyond Queensland. In 2019 the language competition became an national event, since 2020 we have been hosting a national Science and Innovation Day (AGRN). In 2022, Adelaide German Week as well as Australia Week in Munich have been established inspired by our work. In 2024, Melbourne and Canberra are also getting creative joining the forces and in 2025, Perth is finally joining the family of German Weeks Australia!
"DAS IST DOCH WUNDERBAR!" (Isn't that wonderful!)
Love what we do? Get involved!
Stay connected and be part of the celebration! Brisbane 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 #brisbanegermanweek and #BGW, 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 1. Oktober”!
We’re thrilled to share that Brisbane German Week has inspired sister events across the country - find them here: germanweeks.com.au.
Now also happening in these other major Australian cities:
Our friends from South America living in Brisbane have grown to hold Brazil Week (September) for the fourth time and in four locations!
To the 300.000 (!) Queenslanders that have German heritage - and anyone who loves schnitzel, innovation, 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 Brisbane – YOU KNOW (S)HE’S IN THERE!
We are super excited to bring our culture to you each year and cure some of that "Heimweh" (homesickness). We will be celebrating our unified country (1990) with a worthy Reception at the Opening Night and the must-do Oktoberfest. Other exciting events include a Trivia Night, a Movie Party, Science, Innovation and Business Days, as well as days on Language, Arts and Heritage.
