Alte Pumpe in Berlin hosts galas, standing banquets, conference dinners, product presentations, summer parties, Christmas parties and weddings for up to 500 people, and up to 750 with mixed seating. The venue is a former sewage pumping station at Lützowstraße 42, with a restaurant, a gallery and a garden.
Seminars and company events
The house presents itself for company events: conference dinners, gala evenings, fashion shows, dance nights and product presentations with a moderator. Summer parties use the green Pumpenhof courtyard, and Christmas parties use the rooms inside. Floor plans for each room are published on the venue's rooms page, which helps you choose a layout before you write to the team. The site does not list meeting-room setups, so treat the house as a place for evenings and receptions rather than a daytime seminar address.
Weddings and receptions
The team asks for wedding enquiries alongside summer parties and conference dinners. A reception can combine the restaurant hall, the gallery and the garden: dinner inside, drinks in the courtyard. The site does not describe a ceremony on site, so ask which spaces are held for a wedding on your date.
Rooms and capacities
The whole venue takes up to 500 people, and up to 750 with mixed seating. The restaurant occupies the former main hall, which once held three further pumps. The gallery and the garden courtyard complete the offer. The site does not give a capacity per room, so ask for the floor plans and the figure for your layout.
Catering
A restaurant operates in the main building. The venue also runs a Currywurst Express, a Berlin Hot Dog Express with seven flavors and a Schrippen-Taxi, which can add street food to a party. Ask whether outside caterers are allowed.
History and setting
The building is Pumpwerk VII, part of the first citywide sewer system of Berlin. It was built between 1881 and 1883. Steam engines drove the pumps until the 1930s, and electric pumps took over. Operations ended in the 1970s. All pumps were removed except one, which was restored and placed under heritage protection. The boiler and machine house, the officials' residence and two workshop buildings still stand. The venue also shows exhibitions, for example calligraphy and gouache works.
Getting there
The address is Lützowstraße 42, 10785 Berlin. The nearest U-Bahn station is Nollendorfplatz, on lines U1 and U2. Bus lines 100, 129, 148 and 341 are listed on the site.
