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, and Facebook to see some of the results from the event and the project, as we gradually share them. Also: the MobileWorlds Toolkit to be published still in 2025 will include some ideas for how to set up your own MobileWorlds Festival, so stay tuned!
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, and Unbox on the respective links (click on the names).
Explore some of the speakers and activities that occurred:
📸 Photographic exhibition with photos by Ingvild Festervoll Melien (Bergen) and Clara Roberti and Beatriz Lacerda (Porto) – Find the photos also in the MobileWorlds Booklet!
🗣️ In-person keynotes by local planners and artists, including 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.
🗣️ Online keynotes by Ajay Bailey (Migration), Mariko O. Thomas (Environmental and Intercultural Communication, Creative Writing and Performance; Submergence Collective), and Maggie O’Neill (Sociology, Walking Methods), with subsequent debates
🧚♂️ Online performance by Jo Blake (Contemporary Storyteller). You can now find the recording of this performance here.
🎨 Interactive workshops for:
- breaking our boxes of thinking
- making a Zine reflecting join ideas of what local mobility could look like – creatively!
- exploring your local environment with new eyes, through a walking workshop
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: