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Confluence of European Water Bodies 2026
We are confluencing, and you can join us. We are happy to announce that the Confluence of European Water Bodies 2026 will take place in Berlin from 3 to 6 September 2026, along the River Spree. Curated by Symbiotic Lab, the Berlin edition places the River Spree at its centre and is developed in close dialogue with the growing …
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Try out Dogger Bank expedition successful!
Impressive encounters June 10 2026 with the North Sea! On tallship Morgenster we sailed the North Seas waves under a radiant sun. Not an easy meeting for everyone, some of us discovered what seasickness feels like ;) With marine biologists, artists, donors, nature organizations and documentary makers, we sailed from Den Helder, passed sandbanks full …
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Rights of Nature case dialogue
A plunge into the river Reuss We invite ecologists, lawyers, philosophers, artists, designers, and activists to join the first online GARN EU Hub x Confluence of European Water Bodies Rights of Nature Case Dialogue. A plunge into the river Reuss on May 7, 2026, at 7:30 pm. Reuss Initiative This online dialogue spotlights the Reuss Initiative —a pioneering popular initiative (and …
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From Restoring to Restorying the Dogger Bank
A Dogger Bank Cultural Diplomacy programme in Museum Panorama Mesdag: June 4 2026, 13.00 – 16.30 (including a visit to the exhibition drift. dune to dogger bank) This programme is in English The Embassy of the North Sea, Doggerland Foundation and Museum Panorama Mesdag are pleased to invite you to the programme Dogger Bank Cultural …
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Diplomatic Suitcase travels to Slovakia
After Berlin, Venice, Lisbon and Amsterdam, the Diplomatic Suitcase has arrived in Trnava in Slovakia. As part of the exhibition Contracts of Recognition, the Diplomatic Suitcase has been unpacked this time in Galéria Jána Koniarka in Trnava to represent the Confluence of European Water Bodies. The Diplomatic Suitcase is a multimedia installation telling the stories …
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In the Eyes of the Water at Stroom The Hague
How do we view the things we spit on, deface, push aside, and hide away? In de ogen van het water (In the eyes of the water) is a visual and narrative exploration featuring an integrated audio piece, which focuses on the emotional impact of the history of slavery in the Netherlands. The work stems …
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DRIFT. Dune to Dogger Bank at Museum Panorama Mesdag
March 21 2026, DRIFT. Dune to Dogger Bank opens in Museum Panorama Mesdag, an exhibition co-curated by the Embassy of the North Sea. DRIFT. Dune to Dogger Bank is a deeply affecting exhibition in which twenty-two contemporary artists unite past, present and future in order to explore a single, urgent question: what is our relationship …
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Robert Macfarlane opens Confluence 2025
‘’𝘐 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴: 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘴, 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴. W𝘩á𝘵 𝘢 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴.’’ Robert Macfarlane As we work hard on the new Confluence of European Water Bodies in Berlin in September 2026, we are look back at the launch of the Dutch edition …
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Launch Dogger Bank Coalition & Rewilding Dogger Bank Programme!
In 2025, a movement has begun to emerge around an often-forgotten underwater land: the Dogger Bank, a shallow sandbank of over 25,000 km² in the middle of the North Sea; an area almost the size of Belgium. Both above and below the waves, you’ll find its riches: sharks, rays, cod, herring, whales, and birds. However, …
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Thank you water bodies of Europe for confluencing at the Dutch North Sea coast
REPRESENTATIVES FROM 35 EUROPEAN WATER ECOSYSTEMS MEET IN THE NETHERLANDS We look back with great pleasure on the Confluence of European Water Bodies, held in Amsterdam and Bergen aan Zee from September 21–24, 2025. It filled us with pride and gratitude that no less than 70 representatives (Rights of Nature experts, artists, ecologists, and designers) …
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