Kosmos hosts conferences, congresses, trade shows, product presentations, training days and evening events for groups from a few dozen people up to 1,200. The venue is a former premiere cinema on Karl-Marx-Allee in Berlin-Friedrichshain, and it now rents ten rooms to companies, agencies and cultural producers.
Seminars and company events
The main hall seats up to 900 people in rows for a plenary session, or up to 450 at parliamentary tables. Two former cinema auditoriums, Saal 2 and Saal 10, suit keynotes, talks and screenings for up to 260. Saal 4 and Saal 7 work as meeting and workshop rooms for 200 and 150, and Saal 6 is a theatre room with a stage for 320. The house is clearly built around business events: congresses, roadshows, networking evenings, staff parties and trade fairs all appear among the formats it lists. Every room can be fully blacked out, which helps with programs that rely on projection. A large congress can run its plenary in Saal 1, its breakouts in Saal 4, 5 and 7, and its exhibition along the Umlauf, the circulation area that takes up to 300 people.
Rooms and capacities
Saal 1 is the centerpiece: an oval room of about 1,000 m² with an average ceiling height of 8 m, two levels, a black granite floor and a VIP area. Its main projection surface measures 11.5 by 6.5 m, flanked by two screens of 4 by 3 m, and two mobile bars can be brought in. For galas and seated evening events the venue gives up to 450 guests; for trade fairs, roadshows or screenings, up to 1,200. Saal 5 doubles as a meeting room or a party room with a bar for up to 200. The Kosmos Lounge, with its own bar, takes 120. The foyer and lounge area handles receptions for up to 500, and the outdoor bar and pavilion area welcomes 235. Floor plans, a technical list and a rate card can be downloaded from the official site.
Catering
Food comes from the venue's own kitchen. Formats range from finger food and flying buffets to themed buffets, live cooking stations, barbecue in the outdoor area and plated gala dinners. The team quotes seated dinners for up to 450 guests and buffets for up to 1,500. Vegan menus are part of the offer.
History and setting
The building opened in 1961, according to the venue, as the largest cinema in the GDR, and it served as a premiere house of national standing. It sits on Karl-Marx-Allee, the monumental boulevard of former East Berlin, and is a listed monument. It has since been restored and fitted with current conference and media technology while keeping its oval main auditorium and the generous foyers of a 1960s film palace.
Getting there
The address is Karl-Marx-Allee 131A, 10243 Berlin. An underground garage offers 200 parking spaces, and there is a loop for coaches and taxis plus truck access for build-up and dismantling. The U5 underground line runs beneath Karl-Marx-Allee, with Weberwiese and Frankfurter Tor stations nearby, and Berlin Brandenburg Airport is reachable by train.
