Programme in December and January: The "Culture Train" will showcase a unique array of literature, music, theatre and exhibitions. Over 40 artists have agreed to participate in the programme.

Christian Lillinger's "GRUND": As they represent different generations and scenes within the fields of jazz and improvised music, echoes of their various affiliations are manifested through their diverse approaches toward the music and the way in which they play together.

To cap off its year-long tenure as European Capital of Culture in 2016, Wroclaw will host the prominent European Film Awards on the 10th of December.

From the International Contemporary Art Collection of Wroclaw Contemporary Museum. The first presentation of the international collection of contemporary art that has been built up at Wrocław Contemporary Museum since 2011 addresses the issue of today’s “labor relations”.

Starting on 18 September 2016, the City Museum of Wroclaw will host an exhibition titled "19th Century Masterpieces from the National Gallery of the State Museums of Berlin". For the very first time, roughly 67 paintings drawn from the collection of the Berlin banker and art patron Joachim Heinrich Wilhelm Wagener – predominantly the work of German masters from the first half of the 19th century – will be on display in Wroclaw.

GROPPER/GRAUPE/LILLINGER – the band formerly known as HYPERACTIVE KID: Ronny Graupe – guitar, Philipp Gropper – sax, Christian Lillinger – drums

In the film "We are Jews from Wroclaw", 14 eyewitnesses recount and recall their lives in Wroclaw. They describe their fates of flight and exile, the loss of their homes as well as their new beginnings in countries such as the United States, Israel, England, France and even Germany. The current situation of the Jewish community in Wroclaw is also reflected in the film.

Highlights of the Marx Collection will be on display in Wroclaw, thus creating a link between the cultural imaginations of both cities. The exhibition will be held under the title Summer Rental and feature several exemplary works of well-known artists such as Joseph Beuys, Anselm Kiefer, Robert Rauschenberg, Cy Twombly and Andy Warhol, who form the heart of the collection.

In 2016, Berlin and Wroclaw will be connected to one another directly by means of a new "Culture Train" (Kulturzug). The train will operate at the weekend and on holidays at the special price of €19 per trip. The ride takes about 4½ hours. Starts in Berlin-Lichtenberg, via Berlin-Ostkreuz, Cottbus, Forst.