Greatlive is a loft in Cologne, in a former motorbike shop at Luxemburger Straße 41-43. The main room of about 100 m² hosts workshops, conferences, seminars, product presentations and kick-off events for up to 120 people. Side rooms add about 40 m² on the same level. The site is close to the Südbahnhof and a few minutes on foot from Barbarossaplatz.
Seminars and company events
The venue lists workshops, conferences and seminars among its uses, alongside product presentations with or without sales, exhibitions, galleries and kick-off events. It also organizes business events, company anniversaries and Christmas parties. Past projects on the official site include a team event, a pop-up store, an anniversary party, a press conference, a reading and a shoe release.
The standard offer covers a technical package with light, image and sound, an internet connection, furniture and drinks cooling. On request the venue adds service staff for social events, DJ and artist booking and security. The room can be combined at short notice with the adjacent bar LittleLUI, which helps when an event runs longer than planned.
For a workshop day, the main room can serve for plenary sessions while the small meeting room is used for a breakout group. The venue is open to individual ideas for the use of the space, and the team agrees the layout with each client.
Rooms and capacities
The main space is about 100 m² and is set up on one level with side rooms of about 40 m². The venue gives these capacities as a guide:
Rows of chairs: 50 people. Parliamentary seating: 30. U-shape: 30. Banquet or gala: 40. Reception: 80. Get-together: 80. Kick-off with buffet: 80. Events: 120.
A meeting room of about 15 m² and a storage room of about 20 m² can be added. A vaulted cellar is also listed as an extra space. The venue stresses that the capacity figures are a guide, so the final layout is confirmed with the team. The large shop windows are a feature of the loft and suit presentations that face the street. Raw high walls, an old wooden floor and angled rooms leave a lot of room for custom layouts.
Catering
The official site does not describe a catering offer beyond drinks cooling and service staff. Planners who need food should ask the team which options exist and whether an outside caterer is possible.
Getting there
The loft is in central Cologne near the Südbahnhof, with good public transport connections, and a few minutes on foot from Barbarossaplatz. The office is staffed Monday to Friday from 11:00 to 18:00.
