When does the event take place?

On Thursday, October 29, 2026, at 8:00 PM at the Cultural Forum Klosterkirche Traunstein.

How much do the tickets cost?

The pre-sale price is €20.50, at the box office €23.00.

Where does the lecture take place?

At the Cultural Forum Klosterkirche Traunstein, Ludwigstraße 10+12, 83278 Traunstein.

Are there any travel tips?

Yes, the Traunstein train station is within walking distance, and several parking options are available around the Cultural Forum.

What is the reportage about?

About fourteen journeys through Canada and Alaska, expeditions by kayak, encounters with people, and impressive images from the American Arctic.

Is the evening more of a lecture or a reading?

It is a multimedia presentation with live-reportage, hence a visually strong mixture of storytelling, travel report, and visual presentation.

Walter Steinberg takes Traunstein into Canada and Alaska's wild, silent expanses

Name: Walter Steinberg: Multimedia presentation Canada and Alaska in Traunstein
Start: 2026-10-29T21:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-10-29T21:00:00+01:00
Location: Kulturforum Klosterkirche Traunstein

An evening full of wilderness, imagery power, and North American vastness

The multimedia presentation Canada and Alaska with Walter Steinberg takes place on October 29, 2026, at the Cultural Forum Klosterkirche Traunstein and opens the perspective on one of the most fascinating landscape narratives of our time: the vast, silent wilderness of the North. The live-reportage combines travel experience, nature observation, and narrative precision into an evening that not only informs but captivates directly.

A journey to the limits of the feasible

Walter Steinberg and Dr. Siglinde Fischer spent almost two years in the American Arctic on fourteen journeys. They covered more than 17,000 kilometers under their own power, mostly by kayak, far from motorized routes and with immediate proximity to rivers, glaciers, national parks, and the living environments of people in the far north. This experience shapes the atmosphere of the reading: focused, visually powerful, and carried by that tranquility characteristic of great nature stories.

Language art between adventure and observation

Steinberg is regarded as a photographer, filmmaker, and speaker with years of experience in live-reportages about untouched nature. His presentations combine documentary accuracy with a narrative lightness that also allows for humorous moments. This results in a literary experience: not just a mere playback of images, but an author encounter in an extended sense, where voice, rhythm, and choice of motifs carry the space.

The Cultural Forum as a fitting place for great horizons

The Cultural Forum Klosterkirche Traunstein provides the suitable framework for this evening. The listed venue combines historical atmosphere with modern event structure. Thanks to its location in Ludwigstraße, the trip can be easily planned, the Traunstein train station is within walking distance, and various parking options are available in the vicinity. Thus, the lecture evening becomes a culturally comfortable event with clear orientation.

Why this evening appeals to literature lovers

Anyone interested in reportage, travel literature, nature essays, and visual storytelling will find a format at the intersection of literature, photography, and documentary narrative art. The best-of-reportage bundles strong stories, succinct image sequences, and the reflective space of a journey that thrives on endurance, closeness to nature, and precise observation. This is precisely where the special literary quality of this evening lies.

Conclusion: This multimedia presentation promises an intense, vivid, and professionally grounded experience for everyone who appreciates vast landscapes, good stories, and real expedition experience. Anyone wanting to not just see the North, but atmospherically experience it, should encounter Walter Steinberg live in Traunstein.