Your update on city life, tips, and upcoming events in Jena.
On March 14, 2026, JenaKultur and its partners will host the 14th Day of City History, exploring the city’s lost architectural heritage under the theme ‘Memory Spaces’.
The Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, together with its partner universities in Leipzig and Halle-Wittenberg, will present current research and new publications at the “Forum Unibund” during the 2026 Leipzig Book Fair.
On Tuesday, a state-of-the-art new research building for the Fraunhofer Institute was ceremoniously inaugurated in Jena. With the new facilities and laboratories, research capacity at the site will be significantly expanded.
Hamburg / Jena, March 10, 2026. Science City Jena has secured an immensely important away victory in the fight for survival in the easyCredit BBL. In a dramatic final phase, the team from the Saale city narrowly prevailed 84:82 against Veolia Towers Hamburg.
Jena/Thüringen, 10.03.2026 – Commuters and students in the Free State are facing a difficult week. The union Verdi has once again called for extensive warning strikes in public transport (ÖPNV), which is massively disrupting the regular schedule in large parts of Thüringen.
Drivers in Jena must pay close attention to their speedometers this Tuesday. Authorities are conducting mobile speed checks at several locations across the city to increase road safety.
In the Jenaer Oberaue, a traffic accident occurred on Monday afternoon between an e-scooter rider and a cyclist. Both women suffered minor injuries in the collision and required medical treatment.
Jena, March 10, 2026. The Federal Environment Agency (UBA) is currently warning of significantly increased particulate matter pollution in Jena. According to the latest measurements from Tuesday, the air quality is in an unhealthy range, which can be particularly noticeable for sensitive groups of people.
Thanks to the generosity of Jena’s citizens, two urgently needed power generators have arrived in the Ukrainian twin city of Brovary to secure critical infrastructure and essential services.
Following a theft investigation in Jena’s city center, the police are searching for the rightful owner of a black “Compel” mountain bike found in Angergasse.