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20-05-26 // BERND UPMEYER GUEST EDITOR AT UTOPIAN HOURS

Still from the film The Hidden City

Bernd Upmeyer will be a Guest Editor at Utopian Hours Rotterdam 2026, an international festival dedicated to city-making and urban futures. The festival will take place from May 28 to 29 at the Groot Handelsgebouw in Rotterdam.

On Thursday, May 28, at 14:50, on the main stage on the rooftop level of the Groot Handelsgebouw, he will introduce Victor Moreno’s presentation about his documentary film The Hidden City: Documenting Urban Subterranean Landscapes.

BOARD’s magazine MONU will also be present at the festival during both days, from 14:00 to 19:00, with a booth on the ground floor of the Groot Handelsgebouw as part of the so-called Urbanites’ Fair, which brings together some of the best independent organisations involved in urban culture and dissemination from the Netherlands and beyond.

Line-up of the speakers at Utopian Hours Rotterdam 2026
MONU at the Urbanites’ Fair; background image: El Ultimo Beso from the series Journey to the Center,
2021. Cristina De Middel / Magnum Photos