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  • Alemannic Shrove Monday Parade

    The highlight of the "Alemannische Fasnet" (Alemannic Carnival) is a gathering of all the Carnival organizations from the whole of the vicinity for the large "Rosenmontag" (Shrove Monday) parade in Freiburg. Floats and colorful costumes can be seen on the streets. People hidden under wild, almost sinister masks play jokes on others until late at […]

  • Öcher Bend Aachen (Summer)

    "With its candy floss and high-speed rides, the Öcher Bend attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors to the Bendplatz every year. There’s everything here from the roller coaster to the traditional carousel, with fun not just for families. The last day of the fair always closes with a big firework display." - Aachen Tourist Service

  • Trier: Apple Wine Festival

    Apple Wine belongs to Trier as does the Riesling grape. Century old tradition make the local Apple Wine - in the local dialect: Viez - so special and delicious. On this day, the Viez with its transmitting good mood and conveying kind of homeland feeling, is celebrated, but also tasted and sampled.

  • 100th Anniversary of Thomas Mann’s novel “The Magic Mountain”

    St. Anne’s Museums Quarter will dedicate two exhibitions to the novel: The Buddenbrook House exhibition " Thomas Mann's "Der Zauberberg": a feverish dream and the euphoria of altitude” tells of the central themes and conflicts of the text against the backdrop of a Swiss sanatorium: Death and life, desire and eroticism, politics and violence; visitors […]

  • Rostock: Lighthouse in Flames

    The new year in Warnemünde kicks off with a spectacular New Year's surprise. "Leuchtturm in Flammen" (Lighthouse in Flames) is the name of this romantic show of lights, lasers, fireworks and live performances that attracts thousands of people to the seaside resort every year. It is hard to imagine the Warnemünde calendar of events without […]

  • Wiesbaden: Easter Market

    On the weekend two weeks before Easter the traditional Easter Market takes place in the pedestrian zone of Wiesbaden and around "Mauritiusplatz" (Mauritius Square). At some 80 stands everyone’s taste will find something to please, a colorful array of crafts with products such as painted wooden eggs, Easter eggs, wine presents, herbs, oils, Easter dishes, […]

  • Öcher Bend Aachen (Spring)

    "With its candy floss and high-speed rides, the Öcher Bend attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors to the Bendplatz every year. There’s everything here from the roller coaster to the traditional carousel, with fun not just for families. The last day of the fair always closes with a big firework display." - Aachen Tourist Service

  • EMAF European Media Art Festival

    The EMAF in Osnabrueck is one of the most important forums of international Media Art, and is an open laboratory for creative and artistic experiments that help shape media and the aesthetics of their content. As a lively meeting place for artists, curators, lenders, gallery owners and a specialist audience, it has been instrumental in […]

  • Wiesbaden: International May Theater Festival

    At the time of Wilhelm II's reign as German emperor, Wiesbaden had become Germany's most modern spa town. In accordance with Richard Wagner's festival aspirations in Bayreuth, Georg von Hülsen, the artistic director of the royal court opera, came up with the idea to regularly host a 'Spring Festival' in Wiesbaden, which would serve to […]

  • Augsburg: Mozart Festival

    The Mozart Festival in Augsburg combines rarely heard works from the 18th century with the music, thoughts and the language of artists from the 21st century. During the days of the festival, there will be a focus on a hardly approached aspect in music history and it will provide numerous links to the early music […]

  • Würzburg: Mozart Festival

    For over 90 years Germany's oldest Mozart festival has taken place in the "Würzburger Residenz" (Würzburg Residence). Founded only one year after the "Salzburger Festspiele" (Salzburg Music Festival) the Mozart Festival Würzburg has a long tradition and is one of the leading music festivals in Germany. For four weeks thousands of visitors from Germany and […]