Overview
- A glass studio will be installed on Burgplatz beside Essen Cathedral for continuous on-site programming.
- Hosts Steffi Neu, Sabine Heinrich, Thomas Bug and Jan Malte Andresen will live and broadcast there around the clock.
- Essen Marketing says the Christmas market Ferris wheel must be removed by November 30 at the latest to make room for the setup.
- WDR is soliciting fundraising ideas now, with music requests and donations accepted via wdr2.de starting November 24.
- The 2024 stop in Paderborn raised €12 million for more than 30 aid projects and food banks in North Rhine-Westphalia.