BoringHannover

Proving Hannover isn't THAT boring!

Hannover gets a bad rap. 90% destroyed in WWII, rebuilt with pragmatic post-war architecture, and known mainly for train connections and trade fairs, it's been called "exceedingly dull." Some say the greatest risk is dying of boredom.

Yet the Goethe Institut calls it "probably the most underrated city in the world." too much again, but yeah still not that bad!

BoringHannover aggregates cinema, concerts, and cultural events from across the city into a clean weekly digest. Because there's always something happening, you just need to know where to look.

Current Sources

Cinema: Astor Grand (OV films only) Concerts/events: ZAG Arena, Swiss Life Hall, Capitol, Faust, Pavillon, MusikZentrum, Béi Chéz Heinz, Erhardt Café, Glocksee, Punkrock-Konzerte, Kulturpalast Linden, Broncos, Weltspiele (Weidendamm)

Development

Backend (Python 3.13+):

uv sync
uv run boringhannover --local

Frontend (Bun):

cd web
bun install
bun run dev

Contributing

Know a venue, gallery, theater, or club missing? love your help!

Add a new source in 3 steps:

1. Create src/boringhannover/sources/your_venue.py
2. Implement BaseSource with a fetch() method
3. Register with @register_source("your_venue")

Example:

from boringhannover.sources import BaseSource, register_source

@register_source("my_venue")
class MyVenueSource(BaseSource):
    source_name = "My Venue"
    source_type = "concert"  # or "cinema", "theater", etc.

    def fetch(self) -> list[Event]:
        # Scrape, parse API, whatever works
        return [Event(...)]

That's it. No central registry, no config changes. See existing sources in src/boringhannover/sources/ for inspiration.

Don't code? Open an issue with the venue name and website, i'll add it.

Philosophy

"A side project that ships is worth more than a perfect system that never launches."

Stateless. No database. Runs weekly. Filters noise. Ships fast!!

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Web: boringhannover.de License: MIT