diff --git a/includes/pages/guest_login.php b/includes/pages/guest_login.php
index d3eb1916..dfda3306 100644
--- a/includes/pages/guest_login.php
+++ b/includes/pages/guest_login.php
@@ -306,27 +306,38 @@ function guest_login() {
     }
   }
   
-  return page_with_title(login_title(), [
-      msg(),
-      div('row', [
-          div('col-md-6', [
-              form([
-                  form_text('nick', _("Nick"), $nick),
-                  form_password('password', _("Password")),
-                  form_submit('submit', _("Login")),
+  $event_config = EventConfig();
+  if ($event_config === false) {
+    engelsystem_error("Unable to load event config.");
+  }
+  
+  return page([
+      div('col-md-12', [
+          msg(),
+          div('row', [
+              div('col-md-4', [
+                  EventConfig_countdown_page($event_config) 
+              ]),
+              div('col-md-4', [
+                  heading(login_title(), 2),
+                  form([
+                      form_text('nick', _("Nick"), $nick),
+                      form_password('password', _("Password")),
+                      form_submit('submit', _("Login")),
+                      buttons([
+                          button(page_link_to('user_password_recovery'), _("I forgot my password")) 
+                      ]),
+                      info(_("Please note: You have to activate cookies!"), true) 
+                  ]) 
+              ]),
+              div('col-md-4', [
+                  heading(register_title(), 2),
+                  get_register_hint(),
+                  heading(_("What can I do?"), 2),
+                  '<p>' . _("Please read about the jobs you can do to help us.") . '</p>',
                   buttons([
-                      button(page_link_to('user_password_recovery'), _("I forgot my password")) 
-                  ]),
-                  info(_("Please note: You have to activate cookies!"), true) 
-              ]) 
-          ]),
-          div('col-md-6', [
-              '<h2>' . register_title() . '</h2>',
-              get_register_hint(),
-              '<h2>' . _("What can I do?") . '</h2>',
-              '<p>' . _("Please read about the jobs you can do to help us.") . '</p>',
-              buttons([
-                  button(page_link_to('angeltypes') . '&action=about', _("Teams/Job description") . ' &raquo;') 
+                      button(page_link_to('angeltypes') . '&action=about', _("Teams/Job description") . ' &raquo;') 
+                  ]) 
               ]) 
           ]) 
       ]) 
diff --git a/includes/view/EventConfig_view.php b/includes/view/EventConfig_view.php
index 429b6a86..682477ff 100644
--- a/includes/view/EventConfig_view.php
+++ b/includes/view/EventConfig_view.php
@@ -1,12 +1,49 @@
 <?php
 
+/**
+ * Shows basic event infos and countdowns.
+ * @param EventConfig $event_config The event configuration
+ */
+function EventConfig_countdown_page($event_config) {
+  if ($event_config == null) {
+    return info(_("We got no information about the event right now."), true);
+  }
+  
+  $elements = [];
+  
+  if ($event_config['event_name'] != null) {
+    $elements[] = heading($event_config['event_name'], 2);
+  }
+  
+  if ($event_config['event_start_date'] != null && $event_config['event_end_date'] != null) {
+    $elements[] = sprintf(_("from %s to %s"), date("Y-m-d", $event_config['event_start_date']), date("Y-m-d", $event_config['event_end_date']));
+  }
+  
+  if ($event_config['buildup_start_date'] != null && time() < $event_config['buildup_start_date']) {
+    $elements[] = '<h2 class="moment-countdown" data-timestamp="' . $event_config['buildup_start_date'] . '">' . _("Buildup starts in %c") . '</h2>';
+  }
+  
+  if ($event_config['event_start_date'] != null && time() < $event_config['event_start_date']) {
+    $elements[] = '<h2 class="moment-countdown" data-timestamp="' . $event_config['event_start_date'] . '">' . _("Event starts in %c") . '</h2>';
+  }
+  
+  if ($event_config['event_end_date'] != null && time() < $event_config['event_end_date'] && ($event_config['event_start_date'] == null || time() > $event_config['event_start_date'])) {
+    $elements[] = '<h2 class="moment-countdown" data-timestamp="' . $event_config['event_end_date'] . '">' . _("Event ends in %c") . '</h2>';
+  }
+  
+  if ($event_config['teardown_end_date'] != null && time() < $event_config['teardown_end_date'] && ($event_config['event_start_date'] == null || time() > $event_config['event_start_date'])) {
+    $elements[] = '<h2 class="moment-countdown" data-timestamp="' . $event_config['teardown_end_date'] . '">' . _("Teardown ends in %c") . '</h2>';
+  }
+  
+  return join("", $elements);
+}
+
 /**
  * Converts event name and start+end date into a line of text.
  */
-function EventConfig_info() {
-  $event_config = EventConfig();
-  if ($event_config === false) {
-    engelsystem_error("Unable to load event config.");
+function EventConfig_info($event_config) {
+  if ($event_config == null) {
+    return "";
   }
   
   // Event name, start+end date are set
diff --git a/public/index.php b/public/index.php
index e8cb1e2f..7915e8a6 100644
--- a/public/index.php
+++ b/public/index.php
@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@ if (isset($_REQUEST['p']) && preg_match("/^[a-z0-9_]*$/i", $_REQUEST['p']) && (i
   }
 }
 
+$event_config = EventConfig();
+if ($event_config === false) {
+  engelsystem_error("Unable to load event config.");
+}
+
 echo template_render('../templates/layout.html', array(
     'theme' => isset($user) ? $user['color'] : $default_theme,
     'title' => $title,
@@ -165,7 +170,7 @@ echo template_render('../templates/layout.html', array(
     'faq_url' => $faq_url,
     'contact_email' => $contact_email,
     'locale' => locale(),
-    'event_info' => EventConfig_info() . '<br />'
+    'event_info' => EventConfig_info($event_config) . '<br />' 
 ));
 
 ?>