The 2025 competition at a glance

  • The largest vocational technical training and skills event in Europe
  • 9th European Championship
  • 9 – 13 September 2025
  • Herning, Denmark
  • 33 member countries
  • 38 skills and professions
  • 600 young professionals under 25
  • Countless "Try-a-Skill" demonstrations to take part in
  • 100,000 visitors expected from Denmark and abroad
  • Free admission
  • MCH Messecenter and Jyske Bank Boxen

Everything about the competition in Herning, Denmark

Festo stands for sustainability

Modern technologies contribute to sustainability and therefore to a more liveable future for the next generations. Festo focuses on modern training systems in the field of water management, renewable energy or Bionics4Education. Visitors to the event can easily learn how environmental phenomena are translated into technical processes: In the Try-a-skill area, they can try out various exhibits for themselves. Illustrative learning can inspire young people's interest in science as well as their later career choices.

Discover training solutions in environmental technology