Yes. The big hall (Hamburg Sport Hall) for the program with Lama Ole and Jigme Rinpoche has a maximum capacity of 4200 participants (including children and adolescents) and you can only enter the big hall if you have a registration. Small children have to be registered as well in order to enter the hall.

Yes. You have to pay in advance. We have chosen prepayment to ensure that the limited number of 4200 seats inside of the lecture hall are only used by those who really come.

You can pay by credit card. Other methods are not supported.

Sorry, no. Due to technical reasons you cannot register with gaps. If you would like to skip one or more days in the middle, please make one (or more) further bookings. The price will not change.

You can cancel your registration until 10th December 2019 and you will get most of your money back. We will charge you 5 EUR as our payment service provider charges a fee for each refund.

No. Food and accomodation are not included in the day tickets. We will offer a limited number of sleeping places in sleeping halls (1200 places) as well as various dishes at a reasonable price. The party on New Years's Eve is included in the day ticekt of December 31st.

No. We only sell full-day tickets to cover the costs of the course.

We have reduced prices for adolescents (14 to 17 years old) but not for adults. There is also no special price for parents.

Children between the ages of 0 and 13 do not have to pay, but they must also be registered. For legal reasons, children also count against our contingent of 4200 participants in the big hall. Young people between the ages of 14 and 17 pay a reduced price.

In case there is any problem with the registration, that you can not solve on your own or together with friends, please send us an email to: registration@buddhismus-hamburg.de

Please also check your spam folder. If the mail does not arrive within a couple of hours, you may have entered a wrong address or something else is broken. Please send us an email to: registration@buddhismus-hamburg.de

The registration website does not work with outdated versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer. On Windows computers, please use the Microsoft Edge Browser, Firefox or Chrome.

No. Due to regulations we have some restrictions in the Big Hall (and only in the Big Hall, not in the other halls).

• 1 small bag: You can enter the Sporthalle Hamburg with 1 bag/person, not larger than DIN A4 (20x30cm) + your meditation cushion & blanket
• No glass bottles (liquids in plastic are fine)
• No weapons (e.g. knifes, tactical pens, pepper spray)
• No Mandala-set (unless you can fit it into your A4 bag)

• Larger items for the blessing table such as Thangkas and Statues can be brought into the hall in addition to your A4 bag
• Parents can bring a stroller, diaper bag, babyfood in glass containers in addition to the A4 bag

Yes. We rented one of biggest event locations in Hamburg and the venue has to provide professional security staff. There is also a service to store luggage and for everything else, that is too big to be taken into the lecture hall.

Yes.

Bags and suitcases can be stored in the cloakroom of the big hall, which is guarded by the hall personnel. The storage costs 2.50 EUR. We are not allowed to offer a self-organized free storage at the lecture hall!

Yes. We invite all first-time visitors to grab a seat for their cushion in the first rows. If you are a first-time visitor, please mention this when you receive your wristband at the check-in.

Yes - on most of the days. At the moment, the plan is: during the program from December 28th until 30th with Lama Ole Nydahl and Jigme Rinpoche we will have a childcare. There is also childcare during the Travelling Teacher program on 31st. There will be no childcare on December 27th.

Yes. For legal reasons everbody has to be registered to enter the big hall.

Children from 0 to 13 years do not have to pay. Adolescents from 14 to 17 years pay the reduced price. If you are 18 years or older, you pay the full price.

Yes. We have two big sleeping halls with plenty of space. At the current state (December 4), the first hall is only filled half. There are still several hundred places available. The halls are located in the Diamond Way Village. They can only be reserved when you arrive at the course. In the unlikely event that both sleeping halls should be full, we have more sleeping options ready.

No. It is not possible to guarantee you a place to sleep during registration process. However, we will have 1200 places and we do our best to offer you a place when you check in at the course.

Yes. In the Diamond Way Village, we will offer simple dishes and snacks at a reasonable price. There are also several restaurants, cafes and supermarkets nearby.

No. The day ticket does not include food and accomodation. In the Diamond Way Village, we will offer various dishes as well as 1200 places to sleep at a reasonable price. The party on New Years's Eve is included in the day ticekt of December 31st.

Unfortunately we have no sleeping places directly in the Buddhist Center. If you are arriving in Hamburg earlier and would like to help with building up the course, please send us an e-mail to: veranstaltungen@buddhismus-hamburg.de

Yes. The big hall (Hamburg Sport Hall) for the program with Lama Ole and Jigme Rinpoche has a maximum capacity of 4200 participants (including children and adolescents) and you can only enter the big hall if you have a registration. Small children have to be registered as well in order to enter the hall.

Yes. You have to pay in advance. We have chosen prepayment to ensure that the limited number of 4200 seats inside of the lecture hall are only used by those who really come.

You can pay by credit card. Other methods are not supported.

Sorry, no. Due to technical reasons you cannot register with gaps. If you would like to skip one or more days in the middle, please make one (or more) further bookings. The price will not change.

You can cancel your registration until 10th December 2019 and you will get most of your money back. We will charge you 5 EUR as our payment service provider charges a fee for each refund.

No. Food and accomodation are not included in the day tickets. We will offer a limited number of sleeping places in sleeping halls (1200 places) as well as various dishes at a reasonable price. The party on New Years's Eve is included in the day ticekt of December 31st.

No. We only sell full-day tickets to cover the costs of the course.

We have reduced prices for adolescents (14 to 17 years old) but not for adults. There is also no special price for parents.

Children between the ages of 0 and 13 do not have to pay, but they must also be registered. For legal reasons, children also count against our contingent of 4200 participants in the big hall. Young people between the ages of 14 and 17 pay a reduced price.

In case there is any problem with the registration, that you can not solve on your own or together with friends, please send us an email to: registration@buddhismus-hamburg.de

Please also check your spam folder. If the mail does not arrive within a couple of hours, you may have entered a wrong address or something else is broken. Please send us an email to: registration@buddhismus-hamburg.de

The registration website does not work with outdated versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer. On Windows computers, please use the Microsoft Edge Browser, Firefox or Chrome.

No. Due to regulations we have some restrictions in the Big Hall (and only in the Big Hall, not in the other halls).

• 1 small bag: You can enter the Sporthalle Hamburg with 1 bag/person, not larger than DIN A4 (20x30cm) + your meditation cushion & blanket
• No glass bottles (liquids in plastic are fine)
• No weapons (e.g. knifes, tactical pens, pepper spray)
• No Mandala-set (unless you can fit it into your A4 bag)

• Larger items for the blessing table such as Thangkas and Statues can be brought into the hall in addition to your A4 bag
• Parents can bring a stroller, diaper bag, babyfood in glass containers in addition to the A4 bag

Yes. We rented one of biggest event locations in Hamburg and the venue has to provide professional security staff. There is also a service to store luggage and for everything else, that is too big to be taken into the lecture hall.

Yes.

Bags and suitcases can be stored in the cloakroom of the big hall, which is guarded by the hall personnel. The storage costs 2.50 EUR. We are not allowed to offer a self-organized free storage at the lecture hall!

Yes. We invite all first-time visitors to grab a seat for their cushion in the first rows. If you are a first-time visitor, please mention this when you receive your wristband at the check-in.

Yes. We have two big sleeping halls with plenty of space. At the current state (December 4), the first hall is only filled half. There are still several hundred places available. The halls are located in the Diamond Way Village. They can only be reserved when you arrive at the course. In the unlikely event that both sleeping halls should be full, we have more sleeping options ready.

No. It is not possible to guarantee you a place to sleep during registration process. However, we will have 1200 places and we do our best to offer you a place when you check in at the course.

Yes. In the Diamond Way Village, we will offer simple dishes and snacks at a reasonable price. There are also several restaurants, cafes and supermarkets nearby.

No. The day ticket does not include food and accomodation. In the Diamond Way Village, we will offer various dishes as well as 1200 places to sleep at a reasonable price. The party on New Years's Eve is included in the day ticekt of December 31st.

Unfortunately we have no sleeping places directly in the Buddhist Center. If you are arriving in Hamburg earlier and would like to help with building up the course, please send us an e-mail to: veranstaltungen@buddhismus-hamburg.de

The Diamond Way Village is our most important place between the lectures of Lama Ole and Lama Jigme Rinpoche. It is the place where we meditate together, where our traveling teachers will give their program, where we can eat and where you will find a limited number of places to sleep (1200). It is also the location for the Bodhisattva Promise on New Year's Eve with Lama Ole and the New Year's Party will happen there as well.

You can use the public transport system. The bus/metro ticket is already included in the day ticket price and your wristband is your ticket for travelling between Diamond Way Village and lecture hall. Please check the section 'Locations' on this website for directions. Please notice: the ticket ist NOT VALID on the last day, December 31st. Please buy a bus/metro ticket for this day, if required.

When you arrive at the course, we will give you a wristband as always. This wristband is also the ticket for the public transport. The wristband ticket is valid for all travels between the accomodation and the lecture hall. Please notice: the ticket ist NOT VALID on the last day, December 31st. Please buy a bus/metro ticket for this day, if required.

Yes. The HVV-ticket is valid for all travels between the accomodation (if it is in Hamburg!) and the lecture hall. Please notice: the ticket ist NOT VALID on the last day, December 31st. Please buy a bus/metro ticket for this day, if required.

If you need help to manage the transport between locations, please send us an email to: veranstaltungen@buddhismus-hamburg.de

Only a little bit.

• on 27.12. from 10-15;
• on 28.12. CLOSED;
• on 29. and 30.12. from 10-14;
• on 31.12. from 10-18;
• on 01.01. open as usual (whatever that means, we will see!)

The big hall (Hamburg Sport Hall) is only used for the sessions given by Lama Ole and Lama Jigme Rinpoche. Everything else (and also the Bodhisattva Promise on New Year's Eve with Lama Ole) takes place in the Diamond Way Village.

Yes - on most of the days. At the moment, the plan is: during the program from December 28th until 30th with Lama Ole Nydahl and Jigme Rinpoche we will have a childcare. There is also childcare during the Travelling Teacher program on 31st. There will be no childcare on December 27th.

Yes. For legal reasons everbody has to be registered to enter the big hall.

Children from 0 to 13 years do not have to pay. Adolescents from 14 to 17 years pay the reduced price. If you are 18 years or older, you pay the full price.

Please ask friends how to join. This will be fanstastic!