Overview

• The dormant congress center opens under the "49 h ICC" program, giving visitors rare access across the weekend.
• Free guided-tour tickets are already sold out, while paid options are still available online, the organizer Visit Berlin said.
• Programming includes architecture tours, eyewitness talks, yoga, cycling, running, lightsaber workshops and film screenings.
• Economics Senator Franziska Giffey states the building will be preserved, and a global concept competition is seeking proposals for its reuse and refurbishment.
• Closed in 2014 after 35 years due to high costs and asbestos-related needs, the ICC is lauded by State Conservator Christoph Rauhut as Germany’s most important example of High-Tech architecture.