Dear participants, welcome to Berlin on the occasion of the Berlin Dance Festival 2024! How to get there ...To the venue… By car:Please take northern directions to get to Falkplatz. There are no car parkings and parking on the public streets requires a fee.We do recommend to take public transportations… By public transportation:There are some railway (Gesundbrunnen) and underground stations (e.g. U2 | Eberswalder Straße) in walking distance. The closest tram stop to the venue is at Eberswalder Straße: M10 gets you here from Berlin main station within a few minutes. At the venue Doors open on Friday at 7:45am, on Saturday and Sunday at 8:00am. When entering the arena all bags are checked. So please reduce the number of bags to a minimum. Checked bags are marked by a tag. This is for our common safety. Inside the arena you will find several dancesport retailers, the info-point/ticket office and the check-in. There are several dressing rooms. Hall A/B and hall C have dressing rooms for the participating couples of those tournaments taking place there.The majority of dressing rooms and especially for the european championships resp. the arena competitions are on level -1. Please use the stairways from the arena level 0 to get to these dressing rooms.Friday morning there are dressing rooms at hall C available only and the remaining dressing rooms are accessible at 11:30am.Please take care of your valuables and do not leave any in the dressing rooms. The organizers cannot be held responsible for any loss. There are some safe deposit boxes in the entrance area. There are some catering options inside the arena. However, couples are allowed to take their own beverages (no glas bottles!) and reasonable snacks for their own needs into the venue. Smoking is allowed in designated areas outside and is prohibited inside the venue complex. Animals are not allowed inside the venue. Tickets This is a cashless event regarding ticketing and to skip the lines: please tell your accompanying people to get their tickets in advance and online. The ticket shop is open 24/7 even on the competition day. All ticket options allow access to all competition halls. Payments are possible thru apple-pay, google-pay, creditcards (Visa, Mastercard, AmEx) as well as SEPA direct-debit and direct-pay via "Sofortüberweisung". Tickets can be purchased in our ticket shop.   The following guidelines are for your introduction to the specifics of our dancesport festival and there are some rules that apply to this venue: Competitions Please do not grit or use wax or similar adhering powder on the dance floors. When using spray cans please keep distance to fire and smoke detectors in the dressing rooms. And –very important: for spray cans there are special and designated collection bins! In respecting the audience and others, please make use of regular trash bins and keep all areas clean. Most competitions are organized interlayed, i.e. the rounds of two or three competitions are performed alternately. Please consult the screens for details and listen carefully to the announcements. The heat drawings are not announced however displayed on the screens. Please familiarize yourself with the drawings and pay attention to compete always in the correct heat. At each floor there is a designated entrance that has to be used as the number of couples is counted there. The timetable has been updated. The most important changes are: Friday April 12th 10:00 am   WDSF Senior II Latin (Hall C) Saturday April 13th 10:00 am   WDSF/DTV Junior II Standard (Arena) 10:00 am   WDSF Senior III Latin (Hall C)10:30 am   WDSF Senior I Latein (Hall C)12:30 pm Opening Ceremony WDSF European Championship Senior II Standard (Arena) 04:30 pm   WDSF/DTV Youth Latin (Arena)   Cancellations If necessary, please cancel your registration asap at startmeldungen@ltv-berlin.de We ask for your understanding that in the case of cancellation the registration fee is not refunded. For further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at the Info-Point or check-in in the entrance area. We wish you a successful and pleasant stay in Berlin.