For one weekend in September the 65 galleries of contemporary art in Munich join forces to open the new season with Open Art. The galleries and their...
Musicfest is Berlin's foremost symphonic and chamber music festival, in which the city invites outstanding orchestras, ensembles and soloists to perform...
Frankfurt´s Dippemess at the Festplatz (Fairground) on Ratsweg is one of the city's best-loved events. With attractions and entertainment for all the...
Themes:
Food & Drink
, Spectacle
, Exhibitions
, Business
, Entertainment
, Kids' Stuff
Around a million people visit the Sausage Fair (Wurstmarkt), an event whose unpromising title belies its true festive essence. Essentially this is a wine...
Themes:
Food & Drink
, Entertainment
, Music
, Spectacle
Around a million people visit the Sausage Fair (Wurstmarkt), an event whose unpromising title belies its true festive essence. Essentially this is a wine...
Themes:
Food & Drink
, Entertainment
, Music
, Spectacle
Held over two weeks in late September and early October, Munich's sensational Oktoberfest is famous the world over as one of the greatest beer festivals...
Themes:
Food & Drink
, Spectacle
, Business
, Music
, History
During the weekends of late September, a most unusual equestrian event takes place in the town of Celle. All the stallions of the Niedersachsen State...
Themes:
Exhibitions
, Spectacle
, Sport
, Nature & Wildlife
, Entertainment
Berlin's version of the Oktoberfest is, like its more famous counterpart in Munich, very much to do with beer, with a supporting role played by brass...
The famous Berlin Marathon is an annual event that first took place on 13 October 1974 with a mere 284 runners representing just four nations. The event...
The International Literature Festival of Berlin presents a wide variety of contemporary literature, prose and poetry from around the world in an extensive...
Musicians and impresarios and just about everyone connected to the music business is likely to come to Popkomm to feel the pulse and keep in touch. It...
Movers and shakers in the bookworld make a bee-line for Frankfurt each year - to the world's biggest trade fair of books, multimedia and communications....
The Frankfurt Marathon includes separate events for runners and skaters. The courses take competitors through the city centre streets lined with thousands...
Art Forum Berlin hosts approximately 120 art galleries from around 25 different countries, showcasing the works of both established artists and exciting...
Themes:
Art & Literature
, Exhibitions
, Entertainment
, Spectacle
The Christmas Market in the old quarter of Rostock is the biggest fair of its kind in northern Germany. The official opening is carried out by Father...
Themes:
Business
, Kids' Stuff
, Religion
, Food & Drink
, Entertainment
, Music
Surprises are sprung each year at this eagerly-awaited festival, held in a handful of venues across the city. Recent years have seen forays into the Italian...
The DOM Festival is one of the largest fun fairs in Germany attracting, in all, about nine million people each year. Bare knuckle rides are the main attraction...
Themes:
Entertainment
, Spectacle
, Exhibitions
, Kids' Stuff
, Music
Dortmund can claim one of the biggest Christmas markets in Germany, with over 300 stalls packed around a gigantic Christmas tree creation that stands...
Themes:
Food & Drink
, Business
, Kids' Stuff
, Spectacle
, Music
The Christmas Markets in the city of Hamburg take over the various squares with each one offering something a little bit different with a unique atmosphere....
Themes:
Business
, Spectacle
, Food & Drink
, Music
Founded in 1434, Dresden's Striezelmarkt is thought to be the oldest Christmas market in Germany and has certainly grown to become one of its biggest....
Themes:
Spectacle
, Business
, Music
, Exhibitions
, Kids' Stuff
Ulm, on the River Danube, boasts a cathedral with the tallest spire in the world. Known as the Munster, the spectacular cathedral provides the backdrop...
Themes:
Religion
, Business
, Music
, Spectacle
, Food & Drink
, Kids' Stuff
, Entertainment
One of Germany's oldest Christmas markets that was first mentioned in town records as early as 1692, the Stuttgart Christmas Market is also one of the...
Themes:
Kids' Stuff
, Spectacle
, Food & Drink
, Music
, Business
This traditional Christmas market boasts the city's magnificent gothic cathedral as its backdrop. And in addition to spectacular light displays, the market's...
Themes:
Music
, Food & Drink
, Entertainment
, Business
, Spectacle
Dusseldorf's Christmas market comes in two parts, the Nikolaus market in the Altstadt and another centred on Schadowplatz. The distinctive 'gingerbread...
Themes:
Food & Drink
, Business
, Kids' Stuff
, Music
, Spectacle
A winter's delight since the Middle Ages, the festive season in Frankfurt is a polished and well-run show that each year attracts a great mix of locals...
Themes:
Business
, Kids' Stuff
, Spectacle
, History
, Food & Drink
, Home & Fashion
The Tollwood Festival is a two-season event that brings a great variety of cultural events and entertainment to two distinctive venues in Munich. In summer,...
Every year thousands of people crowd into the Marienplatz to watch the city's Lord Mayor announce the official opening of the Christmas Market or Christkindlmarkt....
Themes:
History
, Dance
, Business
, Kids' Stuff
, Exhibitions
, Religion
, Food & Drink
, Music
Wurzburg's traditional Christmas Market has a long history that stretches back several centuries. Viewed as one of the most atmospheric in Germany, the...
Themes:
Food & Drink
, Kids' Stuff
, Business
, Entertainment
, Religion
, Music
Hanover is a Christmas wonderland, with no fewer than three illuminated Christmas markets. The traditional market and historical village are on the Town...
Themes:
Food & Drink
, Kids' Stuff
, Spectacle
, Music
, Business
Steeped in tradition, the Leipzig Christmas Market dates all the way back to 1767. The main centre for the activities is the spacious and magnificent...
Themes:
Kids' Stuff
, Food & Drink
, Music
, Business
, Spectacle
, Entertainment
