A heartfelt thank you for this wonderful German Unity Day!

“What a weekend! As I look back on these three days, one feeling stands out: great pride in our city and deep gratitude toward all the people who made this celebration possible,” writes Bremen’s Mayor Andreas Bovenschulte in an email to everyone who contributed to the German Unity Day festival.

We couldn’t agree more: A wholehearted thank you to everyone who helped us prepare and staff our booth at “BREMENwelt Wissenschaft,” and also to the many visitors who showed us that all that hard work was worth it!

At the booth of the Max Planck Institute in Bremen, visitors could immerse themselves in the world of the tiniest marine creatures. Water samples from our labs and our institute’s pond came to life under the microscope. For our young guests, there were various games with small prizes and fun coloring pictures. Some visitors embarked on a digital journey through different habitats of marine microbes, or discovered on the screen which marine microbe they themselves might be. In the slime lab, visitors could touch sugars produced from algae, which play a crucial role in the world’s carbon cycle. In addition, our volunteers were always ready to explain our research and answer questions.