On Tuesday, May 28, 2024, a welcome event for the Lusatian boomtown took place in Cottbus city center for the first time - A colorful democracy mile in the Sprem, a large table football tournament on the Altmarkt and a multicultural party night.

KLĔB A SOL stands for bread and salt, which in Sorbian and Slavic culture is traditionally served to strangers who are welcome at home. As part of the nationwide Diversity Day, an alliance of stakeholders from business, the city, university and civil society under the patronage of Cottbus Mayor Tobias Schick is inviting people to the big Cottbus Welcome Party. Under the motto "Cohesion", trainees and students from the region, Germany and all over the world can gather information at stands in the city center and celebrate a new, colorful and loud welcome culture together with the people of Cottbus.