GEOMAR Open Day 2026
Hotels in Kiel for the GEOMAR Open Day
On its open day, the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research opens its doors. Visitors explore research vessels, laboratories and hands-on stations about the secrets of the oceans at the Seefischmarkt site.
GEOMAR, the Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, is one of Europe's leading marine science institutes, and on its open day the laboratories and the research vessels at the Seefischmarkt site are open to the public. If you have ever wanted to stand on the deck of a working research ship or look at the gear that samples the deep sea, this is the day to be in Kiel.
Good to know before you book
- The Seefischmarkt site is on the eastern bank of the fjord, across the water from downtown.
- It is a one-day event, which is why the hotel window below is short.
- GEOMAR publishes its own program for the day. We track the date and the rooms around it, not the schedule.
Dates and where it happens
- Event dates
- June 7, 2026
- Location
- GEOMAR Seefischmarkt, Wischhofstrasse, Kiel, Germany
- Check-in used here
- June 6, 2026
- Check-out used here
- June 8, 2026 (2 nights)
These dates have already passed. Once the date for the next edition is confirmed, we update the hotel search here. In the meantime, browse the complete hotel index for Kiel.
More of Kiel while you are here
Kiel is the capital of Schleswig-Holstein and sits on a long Baltic inlet, the Kieler Foerde (Kiel Fjord). It is also the Baltic end of the Nord-Ostsee-Kanal (Kiel Canal), the busiest artificial waterway in the world, and a cruise and ferry port with terminals right in town.