Firespace takes conferences, seminars, workshops, product presentations, galas, company and Christmas parties and weddings for up to 199 guests standing or 120 seated, and each event has the venue to itself. The hall is in the historic Edison-Höfe at Schlegelstraße 26c in Berlin-Mitte.
Seminars and company events
For meetings, the 150 m² hall seats 120 in rows for a keynote, 85 parliamentary style with writing space for training, 100 at round tables for group work, 120 at long tables for a strategy day and 50 in a U-shape. The technology is included: a 2 by 4 m stage, a 100-inch LED screen, a 92-inch touchscreen, a Denon 4.1 sound system with two wireless headsets, adjustable lighting and Wi-Fi throughout. A video conference setup for hybrid sessions, a sound technician and whiteboards can be added and should be requested early. The 50 m² terrace serves as an outdoor break area. Firespace also stages gala dinners, summer parties and Christmas parties.
Weddings and receptions
Couples can hold a free ceremony in the hall, with the stage as the ceremony area, for up to 120 guests in rows. Dinners seat up to 120 at long tables or 100 at round tables, and receptions take up to 199 standing. The terrace hosts the welcome drink, after-dinner cigars and summer evenings. Couples and vendors can enter two hours before the start. The terrace and doors close at 10 pm for the neighbours, and music, a DJ or a band can continue indoors until 1 am. Open flames are not allowed, so candles must be electric. Couples may bring their own wedding cake.
Rooms and capacities
The hall measures about 150 m², or 280 m² with its side rooms, under a six-meter vaulted ceiling with exposed brick walls and windows onto a green courtyard. The terrace adds about 50 m² in the courtyard. The basement holds the kitchen, storage rooms, cloakroom, a changing room and restrooms, and a mobile bar can be set up where it is needed. The hall is reachable without steps and has an accessible restroom.
Catering
Organisers can use Firespace's catering or bring an outside caterer, while all drinks come through the venue. The in-house offer runs from breakfast, coffee breaks and business lunches with two main courses and dessert, to finger food, buffets, seated dinners and family-style meals, always with at least one vegan or vegetarian main course. Packages make sense from about 20 guests. Menu choices are due 14 working days ahead and final numbers 10 working days ahead.
History and setting
The Edison-Höfe are where the first light bulbs in Germany were produced, around 1900. The Firespace building was the factory's fire station and later housed the starred restaurant Reinstoff. Its brick walls, vaulted ceilings and window front onto the courtyard date from the original building. The venue is run by Zinnober, a Berlin florist, with Timotheus Hilverling in charge of sales and planning and florist master Lukas Ernle leading the floristry.
Getting there
Nordbahnhof S-Bahn station is about five minutes on foot and Naturkundemuseum on the U6 about seven minutes. Trams M5, M8 and M10, S-Bahn lines S1, S2 and S26 and bus 142 serve the area, and Berlin Hauptbahnhof is about 10 minutes away. There is no parking in the courtyard, but public car parks are nearby.
