Installation: Das Nosferatu-Fenster / Installation: The Nosferatu Window

Several scenes from the horror classic “Nosferatu” by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau were shot in the early 1920s in northern Germany. Among the filming locations was Lübeck, with actors from the city’s municipal theatre playing parts in the silent about the count from Transylvania. Year after year, film fans make the pilgrimage to the historic salt storage building on the Obertrave, where Nosferatu took up residence to watch his next victim. The close-up of the vampire in the window is legendary. This installation, visible from time to time after dark, allows visitors to experience one of the best-known scenes in cinema history at the site of its creation. 

From Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, through Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025, every day beginning when darkness descends 

Lübecker Salzspeicher, An der Obertrave/Holstenstrasse, directly adjacent to Holsten Gate 

Concept and realisation: Hank Irwin Kittel 

With the support of the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation, Heick & Schmaltz GmbH, Lübeck Managment, and the Lübeck municipal cultural office.