Discover the great diversity of culture - the KulturPass as an app and on the web!

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How to unlock your KulturPass budget:

 

  • Download the KulturPass app
  • Create your KulturPass account (register)
  • Find your PIN or apply for a new PIN at the Citizens' Office
  • Identify yourself with your ID card and PIN

 

Your budget will then be available in your KulturPass account from your 18th birthday.

You can find more information here in our Help Center.

 

  Help Center

Advantages for you

  • An in-app budget for culture
  • Find concerts, exhibitions, books, vinyl and much more 
  • Discover new cultural offers in the KulturPass app 
  • Support local culture providers 

Help Center

  • Slide 1: You will finally turn 18 in 2024? Then you'll get a 100-euro budget with the KulturPass. For free.
  • Slide 2: You need your eID to use the KulturPass. Use it to register directly in the app.
  • Slide 3: You can use your budget in the KulturPass app for a wide range of cultural offers.
  • Slide 4: The KulturPass app finds the right offers for you. Simply in your neighbourhood. Or anywhere in Germany.
  • Slide 5: Have you found a suitable offer? Then go ahead: Simply book in the app. Receive a digital pick-up code. Redeem directly on site and experience culture.

You are already using the KulturPass and have questions or feedback? 

Make use of our feedback form and take a look at the step-by-step instructions in our HelpCenter!

Get inspired

With the KulturPass, you can take advantage of a wide range of local cultural activities. If you turn 18 in 2024 (year of birth 2006), you will receive a budget of 100 euros. You can use this budget for concerts, cinema, museum and theater visits or to buy books and records. The budget is available to you from your 18th birthday.

If you turned 18 in 2023 (year of birth 2005) and have successfully identified yourself, you can use your budget until December 31, 2024.

 

Become a KulturPass-Botschafter*in!

 

You are:

  • Interested in cultural events and activities?
  • Open to new experiences and adventurous?
  • Active on social media and happy to share your experiences?
  • Not too shy to be in front of the camera?

Then this is your chance to apply as an ambassador for the KulturPass!

 

Procedure for persons without the option of online activation of the budget

You have no way of obtaining an ID card with an online function?


If you are unable to get an ID card with an online function, you can find out about the verification procedure here. 

Do you represent a social institution that works with people who are unable to obtain ID documents that can be checked online?

Find out here how you can support the alternative verification procedure.  

Information in other languages

Here we provide the most important information as a flyer in various languages: Arabic, German, English, Farsi, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Ukrainian.

Suggest cultural offers to us!

Would you like to use your KulturPass, but there are no suitable offers in your area? 
Let us know which spots in your area are not yet included, or which offers are missing from the KulturPass.
Become a trendsetter and let us know your suggestions here! 

 

  Submit cultural offers

FAQ

All young people who turn 18 in 2024 (born in 2006) and live in Germany can activate the personal budget from March 1, 2024 using an online ID procedure with an electronic ID card, an eID card or an electronic residence permit (eAT). From the 18th birthday, the budget will be made available in the KulturPass app. Registration and identification are already possible before the 18th birthday.
Anyone who turned 18 in 2023 (born in 2005) was able to activate the culture budget until 31.12.2023.

Further information can be found in our HelpCenter.

 

To activate your budget, you must identify yourself in the KulturPass app. You will need one of the following three documents to identify yourself:

  • ID card with online ID function (for German citizens). 
  • eID card (for EU citizens) 
  • Electronic residence permit (for non-EU citizens residing in Germany) 

Identification with a passport is not possible. 

The individual steps for registration and identification are performed directly in the KulturPass app. 

Further information can be found here: HelpCenter.

The budget is available to you from your 18th birthday. 
You must first register in the KulturPass app and successfully identify yourself.
For those born in 2006, activation is possible from March 1st, 2024. 
For the 2005 cohort, activation was possible until December 31, 2023.  

 

If it has been activated, the budget for the 2005 cohort is valid until 31.12.2024. For the 2006 cohort, the budget can be redeemed until 31.12.2025 after successful activation.

 

You can identify yourself on the platform using the online ID process. Once registered and identified, you can redeem your budget via the KulturPass website or app. You will receive the ticket or the selected item on site from the cultural providers.

You can find further information in our HelpCenter.