International Green Week 2026: what happened
The 90th International Green Week marked the fair’s 100th anniversary in Berlin on 16–25 January 2026 and drew about 350,000 visitors, some 40,000 more than a year earlier.
- Dates
- 16–25 January 2026
- Where
- Messe Berlin, Berlin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Visitors
- ≈ 350,000
- Exhibitors
- ≈ 1,600
What happened at International Green Week 2026
Internationale Grüne Woche ran for ten days on the Messe Berlin fairgrounds from 16 to 25 January 2026. It was the 90th edition and the centenary of a fair first held in Berlin in February 1926. About 1,600 exhibitors from 50 countries took part, with Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as partner region.
Organisers counted about 350,000 visitors by the preliminary closing count, around 40,000 more than in 2025 and above the 325,000 they had expected. At one point on the final weekend visitors had to be turned away. The fair remains the largest trade fair held in Berlin.
Highlights
- 90th edition and 100 years since the first Grüne Woche in 1926
- About 1,600 exhibitors from 50 countries
- About 350,000 visitors, roughly 40,000 more than in 2025

