diff --git a/packages/editor/src/core/editor.tsx b/packages/editor/src/core/editor.tsx
index 01c4711e35..6ce042dca3 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/core/editor.tsx
+++ b/packages/editor/src/core/editor.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   debouncedStoreToLocalStorage,
   getStateFromLocalStorage,
 } from '@editor/editor-ui/save/local-storage-notice'
+import { WelcomeModal } from '@editor/editor-ui/welcome-modal/welcome-modal'
 import { getEditorVersion } from '@editor/package/editor-version'
 import { cn } from '@editor/utils/cn'
 import { useState, useMemo } from 'react'
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ export function Editor(props: EditorProps) {
           {/* For non serlo environments, we need to render the toaster
           (already gets rendered in the web project) */}
           {!isSerlo ? <Toaster /> : null}
+          <WelcomeModal />
           <div
             className={cn(
               'editor-core mb-24 text-lg leading-cozy',
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/editor-ui/welcome-modal/use-welcome-modal.ts b/packages/editor/src/editor-ui/welcome-modal/use-welcome-modal.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b7ce5445c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/editor/src/editor-ui/welcome-modal/use-welcome-modal.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { fold } from 'fp-ts/lib/Either'
+import { pipe } from 'fp-ts/lib/function'
+import * as t from 'io-ts'
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+
+const localStorageKey = 'serlo-editor::hasUserSeenWelcomeModal'
+
+export const useWelcomeModal = () => {
+  const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = useState(false)
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const localStorageValue = localStorage.getItem(localStorageKey)
+    if (localStorageValue === null) return setIsOpen(true)
+    const hasSeenModal = decodeWelcomeModalData(localStorageValue)
+    if (!hasSeenModal) setIsOpen(true)
+  }, [])
+
+  const handleClose = () => {
+    setIsOpen(false)
+    localStorage.setItem(localStorageKey, 'true')
+  }
+
+  return { isOpen, onClose: handleClose }
+}
+
+const WelcomeModalDataCodec = t.boolean
+
+function decodeWelcomeModalData(input: string) {
+  return pipe(
+    WelcomeModalDataCodec.decode(JSON.parse(input)),
+    fold(
+      () => false,
+      (decoded) => decoded
+    )
+  )
+}
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/editor-ui/welcome-modal/welcome-modal-button.tsx b/packages/editor/src/editor-ui/welcome-modal/welcome-modal-button.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a409d4e329
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/editor/src/editor-ui/welcome-modal/welcome-modal-button.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { cn } from '@editor/utils/cn'
+
+interface WelcomeModalButtonProps {
+  isActive: boolean
+  onClick: () => void
+}
+
+export function WelcomeModalButton(props: WelcomeModalButtonProps) {
+  const { isActive, onClick } = props
+
+  return (
+    <button
+      className={cn(
+        'h-4 w-4 rounded-full transition-all',
+        isActive ? 'w-8 bg-brand-600' : 'border-2 border-brand-600'
+      )}
+      onClick={onClick}
+    />
+  )
+}
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/editor-ui/welcome-modal/welcome-modal.tsx b/packages/editor/src/editor-ui/welcome-modal/welcome-modal.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27479fc903
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/editor/src/editor-ui/welcome-modal/welcome-modal.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+import { EditorModal } from '@editor/editor-ui/editor-modal'
+import { faCircleQuestion } from '@fortawesome/free-regular-svg-icons'
+import { faArrowCircleRight } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons'
+import { useState } from 'react'
+
+import { FaIcon } from '../fa-icon'
+import { useWelcomeModal } from './use-welcome-modal'
+import { WelcomeModalButton } from './welcome-modal-button'
+
+export function WelcomeModal() {
+  const { isOpen, onClose } = useWelcomeModal()
+  const [currentStep, setCurrentStep] = useState(1)
+
+  function handleNextButtonClick() {
+    setCurrentStep((previousValue) => {
+      if (previousValue < steps.length) return previousValue + 1
+      return onClose() ?? 1
+    })
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <EditorModal
+      // width should match slideWidth const
+      className="top-1/2 flex w-[600px] max-w-[95%] flex-col gap-16 px-0 pt-20"
+      extraTitleClassName="sr-only"
+      title="Herzlich Willkommen beim Serlo Editor"
+      isOpen={isOpen}
+      setIsOpen={(isOpen) => !isOpen && onClose()}
+    >
+      <div className="flex h-[400px] overflow-hidden">
+        <div
+          className="flex items-center transition-transform"
+          style={{
+            transform: `translateX(${translateXValuesMap[currentStep]})`,
+          }}
+        >
+          <div {...slideProps}>
+            <h1 className="serlo-h1">
+              Herzlich Willkommen! <br />
+              <span className="text-brand-600">beim Serlo Editor</span>
+            </h1>
+            <p className="serlo-p">
+              Der Serlo Editor hilft Dir,{' '}
+              <b>Texte, Bilder und interaktive Aufgaben</b> direkt zu bearbeiten
+              und sofort sehen, wie sie später aussehen.
+            </p>
+            <p className="serlo-p">
+              So kannst Du Lernmaterialien <b>einfach</b> erstellen,{' '}
+              <b>ohne technische Vorkenntnisse</b> zu benötigen.
+            </p>
+          </div>
+
+          <div {...slideProps}>
+            <div className="px-4">
+              <video controls>
+                <source
+                  src="https://storage.googleapis.com/assets.serlo.org/wikimedia/Der_Menstruationszyklus.webm"
+                  type="video/webm"
+                />
+              </video>
+            </div>
+            <p className="serlo-p mb-0 mt-4">
+              Weitere <b>Erklärungen und Videos</b> findest du jeweils in der
+              Toolbar der einzelnen Plugins. Einfach auf das{' '}
+              <FaIcon icon={faCircleQuestion} />
+              &#8202;-Symbol klicken.
+            </p>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <div className="flex items-center justify-between px-8">
+        <div className="flex items-center gap-1">
+          {steps.map((step) => (
+            <WelcomeModalButton
+              key={step}
+              isActive={step === currentStep}
+              onClick={() => setCurrentStep(step)}
+            />
+          ))}
+        </div>
+        <button
+          className="serlo-button-learner-primary"
+          onClick={handleNextButtonClick}
+        >
+          {currentStep === steps.length ? "Los geht's!" : 'Weiter'}{' '}
+          <FaIcon icon={faArrowCircleRight} />
+        </button>
+      </div>
+    </EditorModal>
+  )
+}
+
+const steps = [1, 2]
+
+const slideWidth = 600
+
+const slideProps = {
+  style: { width: slideWidth },
+  className: 'px-4',
+}
+
+const translateXValuesMap: Record<number, string> = {
+  1: '0',
+  2: `-${slideWidth}px`,
+}