As a guide for the city of Bremen, we offer information and advice for all family-related challenges – free of charge, neutral, and independent. And as a specialist agency, we advise, connect, and network everyone who works with families, providing a professional overview.

With us you'll find everything you need for your everyday family life.

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Bremen Holiday Compass
Finally, it's vacation time! Childcare options for children and teenagers
Students are excited: It's finally summer vacation! But for many parents, the long holiday period raises questions: How can I find good and reliable childcare? What activities are suitable? How much do they cost? And what's happening in our neighborhood?
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Specialist portal
We are committed to a family-friendly Bremen.
To make this (even) more successful, as a professional you can find information here on current topics related to family support and family education, get an overview and of course take advantage of the many networking opportunities and their synergies.
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Welcome to the Family Folder
Welcome to the family – Your first time with baby
The "Welcome to the Family" folder is given to parents of newborns by their pediatrician during the third routine check-up (U3). It offers practical everyday support for the first six months with a baby in the city of Bremen. The WiF folder is funded by the Senator for Labor, Social Affairs, Youth and Integration.
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Here you'll find interesting news for families in Bremen.

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Article: News

Nowhere are fewer mothers employed than in Bremen

June 11, 2026

The Bremen Chamber of Employees has presented a new analysis on the compatibility of children and career: In the state of Bremen, only half of all mothers with a child between three and six years old are also employed. This is the result of a new analysis by the Bremen Chamber of Employees on the compatibility of children and career.

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Article: News

In motion for 30 years: Bremen Children's Movement Center 1860

June 8, 2026

The Bremen 1860 Children's Movement Centre is celebrating its anniversary: ​​For 30 years, the Children's Movement Centre (KBZ) has been an integral part of club life and an important place for movement and meeting for children and families in Bremen.

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Summer holidays already planned?
Article: Information

Summer holidays already planned?

June 2, 2026

Summer vacation begins in Bremen on July 2nd. But how can the six-week break be effectively combined with family and work life? The Bremen Holiday Compass offers support: at bremer-ferienkompass.de, parents can find an up-to-date overview of supervised holiday programs for school children aged 6 and up.

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Preschool language support will become mandatory in Bremen
Article: News

Preschool language support will become mandatory in Bremen

May 28, 2026

An earlier start for better opportunities: Bremen will make language support before school enrollment mandatory. The new "Law to Strengthen Mandatory Preschool Language Support" aims to provide children with earlier and more targeted support before deficits make starting school more difficult.

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A small sip – lifelong consequences: Exhibition on fetal alcohol syndrome in Bremen
Article: News

A small sip – lifelong consequences: Exhibition on fetal alcohol syndrome in Bremen

May 26, 2026

From June 8th to 12th, 2026, the traveling exhibition ZERO! will be on display at the Bremen Health Department. This free exhibition on fetal alcohol syndrome (FASD) provides experiential information about pregnancy, alcohol, and FASD – the damage caused solely by maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy.

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Improved user-friendliness, new features: the family network website has been completely redesigned
Article: News

Improved user-friendliness, new features: the family network website has been completely redesigned

May 11, 2026

The new website of the Bremen Family Network has been online since the end of April. The family portal has undergone a comprehensive technical and content-related overhaul and will offer families and professionals significantly improved user-friendliness. The aim is to make information, services, and support more easily, quickly, and accessibly available.

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