Note: The main editions of the Festival have now ended, but feel free to explore what it included below. Do follow us on Linkedin, Instagram, Bluesky, og Facebook to see some of the results from the event and the project, as we gradually share them. The MobileWorlds Festival Toolkit published her includes some ideas for how to set up your own MobileWorlds Festival – check it out!
This festival has been about stepping outside the box, challenging old ideas, and imagining new ways of moving, connecting, and living together. It draws inspiration from third cultures—the rich, layered experiences of people shaped by migration, travel, and globalization. Through a mix of art, discussion, and creative workshops, MobileWorlds invites participants to reflect, share, and rethink how mobility is intertwined with identity, relationships, and the world around us. The festival took place in Bergen, Norway on September 26+27 at Litteraturhuset Bergen, Online on October 10+11, and in Porto, Portugal on October 24+25 at Maus Hábitos in Porto. We also carried out the “Unbox the Festival” editions on October 4 & 18, and November 1. For those interested in details of what occurred, you can find the full programs for Bergen, Online, Porto, og Unbox on the respective links (click on the names).
Explore some of the speakers and activities that occurred:
📸 Fotografisk utstilling med bilder av Ingvild Festervoll Melien (Bergen) og Clara Roberti og Beatriz Lacerda (Porto) – Find the photos also in the MobileWorlds Booklet!
🗣️ Personlige keynotes av lokale planleggere og kunstnere, inkludert Marina Magerøy, section leader in Sustainable Mobility at Bymiljøetaten, Bergen kommune; Roseane dos Reis, actress based in Bergen; Filipa Corais, Head of Mobility Department of Municipality of Braga; and Rita GT, artist based in Viana do Castelo.
🗣️ Keynotes på nett av Ajay Bailey (migrering), Mariko O. Thomas (Miljø- og interkulturell kommunikasjon, kreativ skriving og ytelse; Submergence Collective), og Maggie O’Neill (Sosiologi, gåmetoder), med påfølgende debatter
🧚♂️ Online performance av Jo Blake (Contemporary Storyteller). You can now find the recording of this performance her.
🎨 Interaktive workshops til
- bryte tankeboksene våre
- making a Zine reflecting join ideas of what local mobility could look like – creatively!
- utforske nærmiljøet ditt med nye øyne, gjennom et gåverksted
This post shares some of the content of what happened during the MobileWorlds Festival in 2025.
And below you can find a visual overview of some of the elements that appeared in the various editions of the Festival: