Bau! Messe! NRW! is the leading show for building, living, renovation and energy saving in North Rhine-Westphalia: more than 300 exhibitors, three days in April, and in 2026 just under 20,000 visitors with concrete plans — roof, facade, heating, photovoltaics, bathroom, garden. For trade businesses from the Ruhr area and Westphalia this is where their own company becomes a brand. We deliver the pictures for it.
All prices plus VAT · delivered within 24 hours · max. 4 exhibitors per show day · See all packages & details
| Dates | Friday 9 to Sunday 11 April 2027, daily 10:00 to 18:00 |
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| Venue | Messe Dortmund, Rheinlanddamm 200 (entrance 1), 44139 Dortmund |
| Frequency | Annual in spring, three days, public show |
| Profile | Leading show for building, living, renovation and energy saving in NRW: roof and facade, heating and photovoltaics, windows and doors, bathroom and sanitary, flooring and interior fit-out, garden, security and financing — more than 300 exhibitors |
| Audience | 19,839 visitors in 2026, mostly homeowners with renovation plans from Dortmund, the eastern Ruhr area and Westphalia; admission 5 euros, children under 16 free; TasteFest runs alongside |
| Our travel time | About 35 minutes from Essen — travel included in the package price |
Most exhibitors at Bau! Messe! NRW! are trade businesses and regional specialist firms with a problem that has nothing to do with their trade: their website shows manufacturer images, their Google Business Profile shows a company van, and the competition looks exactly the same. At the show, everything that makes a business distinguishable stands together for three days — team, advice, references, samples — and we photograph it in a sequence that adds up to a complete visual language: team portraits in consistent light, owner and master craftsman in conversation, hands on the sample, stand overview with logo. This series replaces the manufacturer material on website, vehicle livery and quote folder.
Among the exhibits, 2027 is mainly about energy: heat pumps, photovoltaic modules, storage, insulation, windows. These samples are grey, reflective or both. We photograph them with our own light and polarising filter and explain them in the picture with a hand or person so size and use make sense.
Whoever sells a heat pump sells a decision a family weighs for two years. Short explainer videos shorten that: your master craftsman explains in 40 seconds what a heat pump needs in an older house, whether photovoltaics with storage pay off, how long a roof renovation takes. We record two or three such pieces with radio mics on the stand and deliver them subtitled in vertical format for Instagram and Google Business Profile and landscape for the website. Plus a 30-second highlight of the busy stand at the weekend.
Friday is the quietest day: stand freshly built, aisles clear, the team has time for portraits and explainer videos. Saturday and Sunday bring families, consultations and full aisles. A four-hour package on Friday covers team, samples and explainers; two hours on Saturday morning add the busy stand. Edited images are delivered within 24 hours — you post on Sunday while the show is still running, and you hold the material for the renovation season that starts in summer.
Team portraits in consistent light, owner and master in conversation — the visual language of your business.
Heat pumps, PV modules, storage and windows with our own light and polarising filter, with a person for scale.
Your master craftsman explains in 40 seconds — vertical for Instagram and Google, landscape for the website.
Build, logo and lighting before the doors open, with no visitors in frame.
Families on the stand, sample in hand, full aisles — pictures that show demand.
Short statements from satisfied customers dropping by the stand, with radio mics, subtitled.
A post with your stand while the show is still running gets seen and shared. That is why every package includes finished photos and video within 24 hours after the event ends — first images usually the same day. Two revision rounds included.
A sample from our production: the event recap for your website and LinkedIn — below it, native 9:16 footage for Reels, Shorts and Stories, shot in parallel with the main coverage.
Event recap · YOOZ
Event reel · izy
Brand event · YOOZ
Trade fair clip · Vapes Bars
Fixed prices, defined deliverables, predictable turnaround. All prices exclude VAT and include travel within North Rhine-Westphalia.
Add-on: On-stand interview + extended highlight video (approx. 90 sec.) €190
Payment: 50 % deposit on booking by credit card (Stripe link sent with the quote) or bank transfer, 50 % on the show day. No German VAT for non-EU companies; reverse charge for EU companies with VAT ID.
Capacity: maximum 4 exhibitors per show day — please reserve early.
Tell us the date, venue, stand size and what the images are for. You normally get a fixed-price quote within 24 hours, with no hidden line items.
We arrive with our own equipment, work discreetly around your stand, and never interrupt a conversation or a demo. Shot list agreed in advance.
Edited photos and cut video via a private download link — within 24 hours after the event ends.
From €990 plus VAT for two hours of photo and video on site with at least 30 edited images and a 30-second highlight video. Four hours from €1,490, a full show day from €1,990. Travel to Dortmund is included.
A complete visual language for website, Google Business Profile and quote folder: team, advice, samples and explainer videos with real staff instead of manufacturer images. Two hours on Friday are enough.
Yes. We record two or three short pieces with radio mics in which your master craftsman answers a typical customer question, and deliver them subtitled in vertical and landscape format.
Friday for team portraits, samples and explainers, Saturday for full aisles. If you only want one slot, take Friday and add two hours on Saturday morning.
Yes. Interviews, briefing and the entire engagement run in English — a large share of our trade fair clients come from outside Germany. Invoices with VAT ID for EU companies, no German VAT for companies outside the EU.
Send us your stand number, the colleagues you want to feature and the services you want to explain. We will propose a time window and a fixed-price quote.
We normally reply within 24 hours. For short-notice bookings during a show week, please call.
