SOLIDARITY TATTOO FEST
📅 Sat 8/29 // 12–6 PM
📍 Mokrystr. 1 // 21107 HH
Solidarity tattoos to support the preservation of the WiWa, the wild forest in Wilhelmsburg. Drinks and snacks for donation.
Let’s go! We’re excited to see you there!
Proceeds go to »WiWa bleibt!« for materials and a legal/repression fund. A mobile ramp is available on site, a wheelchair-accessible toilet unfortunately is not. More information on the space/accessibility can be found here.
From Friday 25.9. to Sunday 4.10.2026 at the clearing.
Against the cutting! The Wild Forest in Wilhelmsburg has been threatened for years. The so called Spreehafenviertel is supposed to be built right in the place where currently around 10 hectare of indispensable forest are growing. The city of Hamburg is continuing to hold onto those decades old plans while we suffer new heat records each year. We need every inch of greenery that we can get in this city. And for our climate and biodiversity, these 100.00 m² of forest make a big difference.
The 4. WiWa protest camp will start at the same time as this years cutting season – for the preservation of the Wild Forest and all the other forests!
Drop by – for a few hours or some days. There is food, camping sites and adventure waiting for you. We speak German and can translate to English.
There are climbing skillshares, forest walks, music, banner painting, tree house renovating and interesting talks on our programm – there is a lot to learn, to do and to build together. Join us!
A detailes programm will follow soon <3
Open for all daily:
You want to learn or practice climbing or building? Contact us or just drop by!
We would be thankful for vegan food donations.
On Thursday 24th September at 18 o’clock there will be vegan food for all at our kickoff küfa!
Directions to the clearing can be found here.
The planning permit for 800 m² of the Wild Forest has been revoked! The area was due to be cleared last winter. By occupying the forest temporarily and protesting on the street, people managed to prevent this until the court issued a temporary ban on the clearing. It seems the court’s arguments could not be refuted, so the permit has been revoked.
From October onwards, trees may in principle be felled again. However, as far as we know, there are currently no valid felling permits in place for the WiWa!
The Wild Forest is NOT saved!
Plans for the so-called Spreehafenviertel are still going ahead, and with them the destruction of the entire forest. Following the premature attempt at felling last winter, we do not trust the city not to attempt further partial clearings.
The so-called Spreehafenviertel can still be stopped and the forest saved!
Invitation to our open meeting 🌱
Monday 20.04. at 7 pm at M1 (Mokrystr. 1, Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg, DE)
Spring has arrived and we finally have time to take a deep breath. We return to our work with fresh energy and are happy for you to join us.
If you want to you can immediatly dive into preparing our part for 48h Wilhelmsburg.
As always we are also already preparing for the next cutting season.
Wild Forest stays! 🖤
Slowly spring is showing it’s face and we are holding a vigil at the Wiwa again! Come around next sunday, the 12th of April, drink a tea with us, talk about the current situation of the forest or go on the bird tour with the Waldretter*innen.
We will also have a vegan picknick, if you want to eat something with us we would appreciate it if you bring your own tableware and cuttlery :)
Viva la WiWa! We want to celebrate the end of the clearing season together!
On February 28 we are hosting a party à la WiWa in the Infoladen Wilhelmsburg. Be excited for our Soli beverage the ANTIFAhne, cake and the coolest forest decorations 🌱🔥
Celebrate with us 💚 we start at 8 pm until about 1 am 🎉
We wish for a moderate consumption of alcohol, we are only serving drinks with less than 6% alcohol. The soli beverage is alcohol free. Smoking is only allowed outside.
Accessibility: The Infoladen is accessible via three steps. A mobile ramp is available.There is a single all-gender toilet. It is spacious but has no grab rails. There is no baby changing table.
64 years ago, on the night of February 16, 1962, Hamburg was hit by a devastating storm surge. Where the Wild Forest stands today, there used to be temporary after-war housing. When the Spreehafen dike broke, most of the 315 flood victims died on these grounds.
Today, we remember all the flood victims and fight to ensure that the Wild Forest can continue to grow. In the face of the ever-worsening climate catastrophe, it is irresponsible to destroy and seal off more natural areas!
This is what it looked like right after the great flood in the space the wild forest grows in now. Some foundations of old garden houses can still be found here under bushes.
Attention: This post contains images of severed trees/branches, clearing vehicals and freshly cut deadwood.
On Monday, 2. February 2026 at around 11 o’clock a truck,
On Monday, 2 February, at around 11 a.m., a van, a lorry and a harvester belonging to the company Arbor Artist drove into the forest. We knew from the Parks Department (Grünflächenamt) that ‘road safety work’ was to take place that day. Nevertheless, we decided to stay, observe and ensure that the cut wood remained in the forest.
The Parks Department has classified two trees as dangerous. One is a willow tree to the left of the tree house and the other is to the left of the entrance to the clearing. The forest workers cut them down to 8 metres and 6 metres respectively. At our request, the workers, who, by the way, spoke out in favour of preserving the Wild Forest, left the cut wood in the forest.
The Parks Department had actually promised us that they would instruct tree care workers to leave dead wood in the forest. However, the workers on site were unaware of this and had to make a follow-up phone call. During two further tree maintenance projects at the turn of the year, a large proportion of the felled wood was not left in the forest either!
The next day, activists scattered one of the piles of wood into smaller piles in the forest, while we left the second one alone. These piles of dead wood are excellent insect hotels, shelters and food sources! 🐜We are critical of cutting down entire tree crowns; the WiWa is a forest, not a park where everything has to be neat and tidy. Moreover, there are alternatives to felling half a tree.
To our knowledge, no further tree maintenance work is planned for this clearing season. Nevertheless, we remain vigilant! ✊ #WildForestStaysWild
There is no conflict of objectives: wild forests will remain wild!
What happened?
At the public hearing ‘Wild Forest/Spreehafenviertel: Taking the conflict of objectives seriously’ (“Wilder Wald/ Spreehafenviertel: Zielkonflikt erstnehmen”) on 3 February 2026, the politicians of the district assembly, who will decide on the futur of the Wild Forest, and the public were to be informed. To this end, the political parties invited experts and the audience was able to ask questions. No decisions were made there.
Who organised this?
Die Linke and Volt (opposition, want to save the forest) had requested the public hearing, unfortunately with a formal error. The Green Party and SPD (government, want to destroy the forest) then did it themselves and thus had control over the structure and moderation. They put the issue on the agenda of the main committee (faction leaders), even though the politicians responsible for this area are members of the urban planning committee.
Why didn’t you have any banners with you this time?
We did. But the district office banned all signs and banners and even called the police when we arrived in the foyer. And the security service checked bags to make sure no one smuggled in a banner or sign. But we handed out all our flyers!
Were there many people there and what did they ask?
It was packed, even though the district itself didn’t advertise the public hearing. The Waldretter*innen did that as a volunteer based citizens’ initiative! Right at the beginning of the hearing, the entrance was closed, and latecomers weren’t able to participate. All the people who spoke up during the hearing opposed or were critical of the destruction of the forest. But not all questions were heard!
What did the experts say?
There were nine (supposed) experts present, five against the forest, three in favour of the forest and one in favour of sports facilities. NABU, BUND and a professor of social sciences made it clear that destroying the wild forest would violate species, forest and climate protection laws, would only bring disadvantages to the people in the neighbourhood, and that the figures on how much of the forest will supposedly be preserved are incorrect.
And what did the others say?
The district office and IBA once again talked about how great their plans are, the SPD once again exploited people looking for housing and refugees for their outdated housing construction and urban planning policies, and the Greens went along with it. As always: port and industrial areas are supposedly untouchable and new construction absolutely necessary, the waterfront strip and the ‘action area’ (“Maßnahmenfläche”, 0.9 hectares of forest that are to be preserved) will be “a good compromise”.
Did anything come of it?
No. The official statement from the Nature Conservation Working Group (“AG Naturschutz”) in 2023 is against any development. Since then, the IBA has been weighing things up, working on it… without any changes to the plan that could even remotely be considered a compromise. An honest assessment can only be made if a no to the so-called Spreehafenviertel were possible. But with the SPD and IBA, the economy always takes precedence over nature and climate protection.
And what do you think?
We’re fed up with this pseudo-participation theatre. We don’t care what you have to say, we protect the forest – radically! This clearing season still has 20 days to go, and even after that, the same applies: stop the Spreehafenviertel, keep the wild forest! WHOLE!
What to do when the IBA does another “Projektmonolog”? Take a look at this!
The so-called “Spreehafenviertel” will not be built!