GoHs: AIKI MIRA (GERMANY), BECKY CHAMBERS (USA), BERNHARD HENNEN (GERMANY), STJEPAN & LINDA ŠEJIĆ (CROATIA)
Berlin is calling — and the future is already humming beneath its skyline.
From July 2 to 5, 2026, Berlin will pulse with the energy of dreamers, thinkers, and storytellers converging for EUROCON / METROPOLCON 2026.
Imagine the air thick with ideas, laughter, and the electric crackle of imagination as Europe’s finest minds in science fiction gather under one roof to celebrate the art of possibility.
Imagine this: Berlin, July 2026.
The air hums with the electric buzz of a thousand conversations, the clink of glasses raised in toast to futures yet unwritten, and the kind of laughter that only erupts when strangers become co-conspirators in the grand, chaotic experiment of what if.
This is EUROCON 2026, the beating heart of European science fiction, where the boundaries between nations dissolve into a kaleidoscope of ideas, languages, and sheer, unapologetic wonder.
This isn’t just a convention.
It’s a rebellion. A celebration. A four-day fever dream where the architects of tomorrow—writers, artists, thinkers, and dreamers—gather to set the continent ablaze with possibility.
From the first Eurocon in Trieste back in 1972, born from the minds of professional storytellers who dared to ask why not?, to this moment, right here, right now, in the pulsating core of silent green Kulturquartier, we’re not just talking about the future.
We’re building it.
Picture yourself in the Betonhalle at 13:30 on July 2nd, as the opening ceremony cracks the sky wide open.
The ESFS Awards—those glittering tributes to the best of European SF—will be handed out, but the real magic?
It’s in the spaces between.
In the hushed awe of Kim Stanley Robinson’s voice beamed in from California, dissecting Green Earth with the kind of urgency that makes you forget to breathe.
In the riotous energy of Becky Chambers, Alastair Reynolds, and Peter F. Hamilton trading war stories and space opera secrets like they’re plotting the next revolution.
In the quiet corners where a Romanian SF short film leaves you speechless, or a workshop on utopian hopepunk has you scribbling manifestos on napkins.
This isn’t just another convention.
It’s a living, breathing experiment in what humanity can become when creativity meets courage.
The halls of the silent green Kulturquartier will echo with voices from every corner of the continent — writers, artists, translators, fans — all speaking the universal language of wonder.
Panels will ignite debates about utopias and technofascism, about bridges built across borders and futures written in hope.
Films from Romania will flicker on the screen, Italian and Scottish and Czech and Serbian visions will dance through centuries, and the ghosts of past Eurocons will whisper their stories to the new generation.
Kim Stanley Robinson will beam in from California to talk about saving our planet through imagination.
Becky Chambers will remind us that worlds worth living in are born from empathy.
Aiki Mira will unravel the threads of language and identity that weave Europe’s speculative soul.
And everywhere — in every conversation, every laugh, every spark — you’ll feel the heartbeat of a continent dreaming together.
This is where Europe speaks.
Not in one tongue, but in a symphony of them—English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Finnish, Polish, Czech, Romanian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Croatian, and a dozen more, all weaving together in panels that ask the hard questions:
What unites us? What divides us? And how do we turn the raw material of today into the utopias of tomorrow?
From the post-Soviet shapes of SF to the uncharted territories of Scottish speculative fiction, from the anthropological deep dives into humanity’s past to the astronomical leaps of the European Southern Observatory, every moment is a spark.
And the guests!
Oh, the guests. Aiki Mira, Becky Chambers, Bernhard Hennen, the Šejić powerhouse duo—these are the voices that have redefined what it means to dream.
And among the constellation of brilliant minds gathering in Berlin, a galaxy of renowned voices will shine. Kim Stanley Robinson will beam in from California, his words bridging oceans; Alastair Reynolds, Peter F. Hamilton, and Charles Stross will unravel the architecture of tomorrow; Farah Mendlesohn, Neil Clarke, and Cheryl Morgan will dissect the pulse of speculative thought; Vincent Docherty, Dave Lally, and Bridget Wilkinson will bring the legacy of fandom alive.
From Francesco Verso and Cora Buhlert to Erik Simon, Rogério Ribeiro, and Cristina Alves, voices from every corner of Europe will rise — Carolina Gomez Lagerlöf, Nina Horvath, Roberto Quaglia, Flora Staglianò, Johan Anglemark, Anouk Arnal, Pascal Ducommun, Mariano Martin Rodriguez, Valentin D. Ivanov, Gérard Kraus, Claudia Rapp, Arno Behrend, Julie Nováková, Lucie Lukačovičová, Magdalena Hai, and Piotr W. Cholewa — each ready to share their knowledge, their experience, their imagination with fans and readers hungry for discovery.
They will speak, debate, and dream aloud — not as distant stars, but as companions in the great conversation of science fiction. In Berlin, their words will spark like comets across the night sky, and those who listen will feel the thrill of standing at the edge of the possible.
But they’re not here to lecture.
They’re here to play.
To debate, to create, to stumble into the unknown alongside you.
Whether it’s a workshop on breaking publishing barriers, a brainstorming session on the future of Eurocon itself, or a late-night argument about whether dystopias are overrated (spoiler: they are), you won’t just watch history.
You’ll make it.
So ask yourself:
Do you want to be the one who heard about the time Europe’s SF scene exploded in Berlin?
Or do you want to be the one who was there, heart pounding, hands shaking from too much coffee and not enough sleep, as the continent’s wildest minds turned the silent green into a carnival of the impossible?
The answer’s obvious.
Get to Berlin!
So come to Berlin!
Step into the current of ideas that refuses to stand still. Join the thinkers who dare to imagine better tomorrows.
Raise a glass to the impossible, the improbable, the beautifully human.
The future won’t write itself.
We are Eurocon 2026 — and the future starts here.
EUROCON /METROPOLCON 2026:
https://www.metropolcon.eu/en/about-us/the-team/https://www.metropolcon.eu/en/2026-eng/the-2026-program/
