Smart City to Try Out at Pumpenhaus: Experience Bochum digitally
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Smart City to Try Out: Bochum becomes a digital experience space
How does digitalization change daily life in a city? During the City Lab Visit at the Pumpenhaus, Smart City is not explained abstractly, but made tangible. On January 20, 2027, the Smart City Innovation Unit Bochum invites you to discover digital offerings, urban technologies, and municipal services for yourself.
Digital urban development begins in everyday life
The focus is on the perspective of a Bochumer who is accompanied through an ordinary day. It shows where Smart City can already be encountered today: in digital administrative services, urban information, and applications that shorten distances or provide orientation.
The event combines knowledge transfer with practical testing. Visitors learn how to make use of online registrations, where to find municipal services, and which digital offerings support daily life in Bochum.
Hands-on technology and participation
From observation, an interactive examination of urban future technologies emerges. Digital applications can be tested directly on your smartphone. Additionally, illustrative examples from the city space are central: smart benches, e-charging stations, and sensors that collect data and make it usable for a more livable city.
The exhibition atmosphere of the Pumpenhaus creates a special setting. Between industrial architecture and contemporary urban research, a unique art experience unfolds: not painting or sculpture is at the forefront, but the aesthetic experience of a city made newly interpretable through data, design, and participation.
Smart City as cultural education
The City Lab sees digitalization as a communal process. The event is aimed at the curious as well as technology enthusiasts and makes it visible that urban innovation is not just about sensors and software. The key question remains what concrete benefits digital solutions create for people in Bochum.
Everyday questions provide the impetus: Where can public toilets, dog parks, book exchange boxes, or weekly markets be found? How does the Bochum Pass work? And what information helps families with leisure planning? The answers connect digital competence with municipal participation.
Conclusion: Experience the future, ask questions, co-create the city
The City Lab Visit promises an informative and interactive evening about digital urban development, urban innovation, and the future of Bochum. Those who want to understand Smart City not just as a buzzword but as a concrete artistic experience of urban everyday life will discover new perspectives here. Participation is free, no prior knowledge is required. For practical experimentation, bringing your own smartphone is recommended.
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- Website: https://www.bochum-smartcity.de/
