On Wednesday, October 15, 2025, the short guided tour "Founders, Goldsmiths and Dignitaries" on "Silver of the Neumark" with Dr. Sonja Michaels will take place at 4 p.m. in the Viadrina Museum. The new cabinet exhibition in the baroque "Odersaal" of the Junkerhaus takes visitors into the world of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Together with the Digital Angel, the mobile advice team for digital issues from Deutschland sicher im Netz e.V., the Frankfurt-Słubice Cooperation Center is organizing an information event on the topic of "Smartphones and tablets – basics for older people".

This winter, the twin city of Frankfurt (Oder)/Słubice will once again be transformed into a place of encounter and pre-Christmas community: the Living Advent Calendar is entering a new round. We are looking for creative hosts who would like to fill a door with life – with music, craft activities, readings or other ideas around the theme of Christmas.

PlantAge is celebrating the pumpkin festival and harvest time at the vegetable field in Markendorf, a district of Frankfurt (Oder). Visitors can look forward to a wonderful day full of enjoyment, fellowship and campfires with the whole family, as well as guided tours of the field, pumpkin carving, face painting for children, pumpkin soup, bread and drinks and farm sales.

Drei Eichen invites you to the clay oven day: the oven will be fired up in the morning and the first treats from the oven and grill can be expected from 12 noon. There will be tarte flambée and various types of bread, grilled sausages, game goulash and vegan dishes, coffee, tea and cake, mulled wine, children's punch from the Waldcafé and freshly squeezed apple juice. There is also a small flea market on site.

The European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) welcomes its new students. Following the induction week, the lecture period for the winter semester 2025/26 begins on Monday, October 13. With numerous public events on currently relevant social topics, the researchers at the European University are also addressing interested visitors from the region.

On October 1, Prof. Dr. Jelena von Achenbach will take over the professorship for Public Law, in particular European Law, at the Faculty of Law of the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). She was awarded the Science Prize of the German Bundestag for her research on institutional Union law and the EU's defense policy.

The Oder-Spree district is planning a comprehensive reorganization of its municipal companies in the health and care sector. In future, the district's ambulance service, its retirement homes and the Oder-Spree Hospital in Beeskow with its supplementary services in the Medical Care Center (MVZ) are to be brought together under the umbrella of GesundVerbund Oder-Spree GmbH.

Autumn revival on the labor market after a rise in unemployment: In September, a total of 14,825 people were registered as unemployed in the city of Frankfurt (Oder), the district of Märkisch-Oderland and the district of Oder-Spree. This is 515 fewer than in August and 542 more than in September 2024. The unemployment rate is 6.5 percent. In August, it stood at 6.7 percent and in September last year at 6.3 percent.

Three East German women get drunk and found the ideal state ... and then they come to the Theater am Rand. On Sunday, October 12, Wenke Seemann, Annett Gröschner and Peggy Mädler will read from their acclaimed book. It is the start of the author reading series "So far, so near".