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Everything about indoor surfing at Wellenwerk. Tips for your first session, level guides, event recaps, and news from the hall. We’re still building out this magazine, more articles are coming soon.

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Contest air at the Berlin Surf Open

Berlin Surf Open: our home contest becomes a series

Wellenwerk has now hosted its own contest on the citywave three times, in 2023, 2024, and 2025.

Contest action at the O2 Surf Masters at Wellenwerk

O2 Surf Masters: home win and runner-up title for Team Wellenwerk

In spring 2026, the o2 SURF MASTERS Tour made a stop at Wellenwerk, with Team Wellenwerk finishing in the top 5.

The renovated waterworks hall of Wellenwerk Berlin from outside

From waterworks hall to standing wave: the Wellenwerk story

How an old waterworks hall in Lichtenberg became Berlin’s first standing wave. Construction, topping-out ceremony, first wave, and the 2019 opening.

A packed house at the 2020 German Championship at Wellenwerk

German Championship on the standing wave

Wellenwerk has hosted the German Indoor Surfing Championship since 2020. What makes rapid surfing a sport in its own right.

The citywave in motion at Wellenwerk Berlin, water surface and current visible

How does the citywave work? The technology behind the wave

Standing wave, infinitely adjustable height, 27°C year-round: the technology behind the citywave, explained simply.

Beginner during their first indoor surf session, coach spotting

Indoor surfing in Berlin: how your first surf session goes

Process, cost, tips: everything you need to know before your first indoor surf session at Wellenwerk.

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