Maschinenhalle
Pump hall
The original 1915 machine hall with preserved pump units, used as a performance space.
Capacity
- Seated
- up to 130
Up to 130 spectators, per the venue's own page.
Unconventional space
1 hireable space
Jazz
Comedy
Altes Pumpwerk
Former sewage pumping station from 1915 in Bremen-Findorff, now a heritage museum whose original machine hall seats up to 130 for concerts, cabaret, readings and theatre.
Up to 130
capacity
1 space
hireable
Contact the venue for dates and times
available for hire
About this venue
The Altes Pumpwerk on Salzburger Straße pumped Bremen's wastewater out of the city from 1915 until it was shut down in 1995. The largely original building is now a listed technical monument and a museum run by the volunteer association Altes Pumpwerk e.V., which offers guided tours of the machine hall and the underground sewer on selected Sundays with free entry. The preserved pump hall also serves as a stage: the association programmes concerts, theatre, cabaret and readings there beside the old machinery, with room for up to 130 spectators. Listings on the venue's own site for autumn 2026 include a jazz evening, readings by a Findorff book initiative and a comedy-and-music show. Apart from the basement, the building is step-free, and free parking is available on site.
The Spaces
Facilities
- Parking: Free parking on site
Accessibility
- Step-free access to venue
Location
Salzburger Straße 12, 28219 Bremen, Germany
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