Planning your race weekend in Berlin? Be sure to stop by On Labs Berlin. For three days, sports brand On is transforming Kraftwerk Berlin into a space where innovation, art, music, and running culture converge. Just a few days remain until the Berlin Marathon, and you can already feel the energy in the air. On weekends, Berlin’s parks fill with runners completing their final training before the big race. Their faces show total focus mixed with excitement, as the marathon brings a wealth of side events that make the weekend surrounding the 21.09.2025 a unique experience. This year, Swiss brand Onis creating one of the absolute hotspots with its program. From Friday to Sunday (19–21.09), On will turn Kraftwerk Berlin into a multisensory experience — not just for runners, but for anyone curious to take part. At the heart of the event is the LightSpray™ robot, which produces the company’s lightest performance running shoe in just three minutes, worn by marathon icons Hellen Obiri and Samuel Fitwi, among others.
To let you experience this innovative technology in a truly special way, On has teamed up with Dutch artist Boris Acket. With his spatial installation Architecting Lightness, he transforms air into a meditative, sculptural environment where lightness takes shape and becomes visible. Inspired by Acket’s Einder series, a large-scale, semi-transparent textile floats freely in the space, moved by invisible air currents. The textile’s gentle movements guide you through the installation, evoking an intense feeling of freedom. On Friday evening (19.09), Kraftwerk becomes a stage for Berlin’s music scene: together with Berlin label Heisss, expect an evening of electronic music from Amotik and Inox Traxx, as well as performances by Heisss residents Kim She and Disguised. It’s the perfect start to your race weekend. Saturday (20.09.) has even more in store: On Labs Berlin presents a music night with Atonal, featuring DJ sets by Logic1000, Big Ever, and Lee Gamble. The latter also brings an installation that conveys the sensation of lightness through sound. If you’d rather focus on your own performance, On has curated a lineup of workouts (Hagius) and workshops (Tourist). And for a personal sense of lightness, there will also be massages by new:soul.
Text: Arne Meyer / Photos: On & Thomas van Kristen
Kraftwerk Berlin, Köpenicker Str.70, 10179 Berlin–Mitte; map
On Labs Berlin 19–21-09.2025
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