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BESONDERE ORTE is a location agency and full-service provider for events in Berlin. Founded in 2000, the company now employs 70 people (as of 12/25) and operates three extraordinary event venues. BESONDERE ORTE also runs the Hugo & Notte restaurant and the 360° viewing platform at the Französischer Dom.

BESONDERE ORTE combines historic buildings with modern events and a sustainable overall concept. The company aims to “fill with life” listed buildings in accordance with their original use and to ensure their preservation through event use. Since its foundation, sustainability has been at the heart of the company's philosophy, which means that every event is carried out in harmony with ecological and social aspects.

The shareholders of BESONDERE ORTE are church institutions: the Protestant Church District Berlin City Center, the Protestant Parish Auferstehung, and the Protestant Parish Tabor. These institutions have committed the company to sustainability-oriented corporate management.

BESONDERE ORTE operates three exceptional event locations in Berlin:

• Umweltforum (Auferstehungskirche, near Alexanderplatz)
• Tagungswerk (Jerusalem Church, between the Jewish Museum and Checkpoint Charlie)
• Französischer Dom (including the French Friedrichstadt Church, at Gendarmenmarkt)

The company also has two other areas of business:

• Hugo & Notte restaurant in the Französischer Dom (at Gendarmenmarkt)
• 360° viewing platform in the Französischer Dom (with spectacular panoramic views over Berlin)

The locations offered by BESONDERE ORTE provide ideal conditions for a wide range of events, including:

• Conferences, congresses, seminars, workshops
• Gala dinners, anniversary celebrations, product presentations, and corporate events.

Capacities range from 10 to 500 people and offer flexible room concepts that can be individually adapted to the needs of your event.

BESONDERE ORTE has been participating in the European environmental management system EMAS since 2012. The registration now covers our event venues: Umweltforum, Tagungswerk and Französischer Dom. In our environmental statement, we publish details of our environmental measures and how they have developed.

Since 2018, we have been a partner of Sustainable Berlin. In the annual audits to date, we have been classified in the highest category, ‘Leader’.

Our catering services are certified in accordance with the Organic Out-of-Home Catering Regulation (AHVV). We are regularly inspected by the relevant certification body, the ‘Gesellschaft für Ressourcenschutz’ (DE-ÖKO-039). We explain which organic products and ingredients we use on our pages about coffee breaks, snacks and drinks.

In 2025, BESONDERE ORTE was awarded the “German Sustainability Award for Companies 2026” as the winning company in the events and trade fair sector. We are delighted to have our work to date recognised. At the same time, this serves as an incentive for us to further develop our environmental management and our offer.

As a full-service provider, BESONDERE ORTE offers everything from a single source:

• Location rental with flexible room concepts
• State-of-the-art event technology (sound, lighting, streaming)
• Catering (some organic and/or regional quality, vegetarian/vegan)
• Event equipment and furniture
• Branding and decoration
• Professional event support from an experienced team

In 2025, around 200 events with a total of approximately 50,000 participants were held at the BESONDERE ORTE locations.