All CTM venues are wheelchair accessible with the following notes or exceptions:
- Berghain is accessible. If you are unable to wait in line for long periods of time due to a disability, you can bypass the line and ask to be admitted directly at the door. Accessible toilets are available, please contact Berghain staff (bar staff, runners, door staff, or security) to use them. All floors are connected by an elevator, which can be used when accompanied by Berghain’s staff. Please ask door staff for help with the elevator whenever you would like to change floors or move around the club.
- daadgalerie is fully accessible. The space has two floors, the ground floor is accessible through a heavy glass door which opens inwards. The first floor can be reached via elevator. The accessible toilet is on the ground floor only.
- Haus der Visionäre: please follow the signs to the accessible entrance located between Arena and Haus der Visionäre. Heated accessible toilets are located in the entrance courtyard. An area is reserved for wheelchair users to view the concerts.
- Morphine Raum: the venue is accessible via a flight of stairs. A service elevator can be used upon request—please get in touch with CTM’s accessibility team in advance to make arrangements
- RSO.Berlin: the Robus Floor is not wheelchair accessible via the main entrance. Please ask door staff for assistance, they will help you enter via an alternate entrance.
We offer free access for an accompanying person for holders of a »Schwerbehinderten Ausweis mit Kategorie B« card. Please get in touch with us in advance to make arrangements.
Handicapped parking spaces can be found in front of Radialsystem, RSO.Berlin, and Volksbühne, as well as in the courtyard area at Haus der Visonäre.
Persons taking public transit may check the current status of elevators at the subway stops nearest each venue, via the BVG (both in German and English). The CTM Venue Map is also available online.
We encourage you to get in touch with us or the relevant venue staff in advance so that we can help plan your visit. Venue staff can always be asked for help with regards to mobility and elevator usage. Contact information:
- CTM accessibility team: accessibility(at)ctm-festival.de
- radialsystem box office: ticket(at)radialsystem.de
- Volksbühne: besucherservice@volksbuehne-berlin.de
The below list includes events with the heaviest usage of high volumes and stroboscopic lighting effects, however these may also be used within other performances or programmes. We encourage you to get in touch with us for detailed information or specific concerns.
Stroboscopic lights and loud volumes will be used at:
- 23.1. – Haus der Visionäre
- 24.1. – Haus der Visionäre
- 25.1. – Haus der Visionäre
- 27.1. – Berghain & Radialsystem
- 28.1. – Berghain & Radialsystem
- 29.1. – Berghain & Haus der Visionäre
- 30.1. – Radialsystem & Haus der Visionäre & RSO.Berlin
- 31.1. – Radialsystem & RSO.Berlin
- 1.2. – Radialsystem
Hearing protection will be available free of charge at the entrance (ticket check) of each venue. Venue staff can also be asked for assistance in finding this. Visitors arriving with young children are asked to bring age-appropriate hearing protection (eg. baby headphones) with them. Failure to do so may result in not being granted entry, even with a valid ticket.
Access to clubs is 18+.
Youth 16–18 years of age can join events that end before midnight, unaccompanied by an adult at venues: Haus der Visionäre, Radialsystem, Morphine Raum, Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, and HAU Hebbel am Ufer. Under 16s are only allowed entry to these when accompanied by a legal guardian.
The Discourse programme, Research Networking Day, Resynthesising the Traditional finale, and CTM 2026 Exhibition are accessible to all ages.
Young children should be accompanied by an adult.
Our team shares a wide pool of languages between all of us; please ask our staff if you require assistance in a language other than English and German and we will do our best to accommodate you. Please note that CTM’s daytime Discourse programme and workshops take place in English.
A number of CTM 2026 events are offered free of charge:
- Exhibition 23.1.–22.3.2026 at Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien and daadgalerie
- Discourse talk programme 24.–30.1.2026 at daadgalerie and Radialsystem
- Growlers Choir Open Casting session 25.1.2026 at Radialsystem
- Ambrio Sound Spatial Mixer Presentation 27.1.2026 at Radialsystem
- Artist radio show broadcasts 27.–29.1.2026 at Refuge Worldwide
- Research Networking Day, 31.1.2026 at daadgalerie
Elements of CTM’s daytime Discourse programme are documented in audio/video each year, and we have been sharing as many of the talks, presentations, and discussions as possible via our SoundCloud and YouTube channels after the festival. Certain concerts and performances are also documented.