Do you have a sweet tooth? Then don’t miss ChocolART, the largest art festival dedicated to chocolate in Germany. It is celebrated between November 29 and December 4, 2011 in Tübingen, a charming university town in the southwest of Germany. The chocolate festival features an open-air market in the Old Town, which offers sweet delicacies [...]
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Oktoberfest 2011 A festival like nothing else in the world
This amazing tradition started back in 1810 to celebrate the marriage of prince Ludwig I and princess Therese. Everyone enjoyed the celebration so much they decided to continue it every year and now 201 years later we are still celebrating. Oktoberfest is surprisingly mostly in September because the weather is better. They can still legitimately [...]
How to Get Tickets for the Richard Wagner Festival in Bayreuth
With this annual musical festival, the Bavarian town of Bayreuth in Bavaria pays tribute to the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner. The world’s largest Wagner Festival draws thousands of music fans every year the festival has been sold out since 1876. It is indeed very difficult to get tickets; demand exceeds supply, so fans must [...]
Time For The Summer Music Festival Season
The next few weeks mark the start of the summer music festival season in Germany. No matter your taste, you are sure to find something that fits it. The Germany Blog
Kurt Weill Festival 2011
Enjoy the vibe of the “Golden Twenties” in Dessau, the birthplace of German composer Kurt Weill, who is famous for The Three Penny Opera. Every spring,tThe city of Dessau, a two-hour train ride away from Berlin, commemorates Weill with a week-long music festival. This year, the motto of the festival is BERLIN IM LICHT (Berlin [...]
How to Make the Most Out of the Berlin Film Festival
The Berlin Film Festival, which takes place in the German capital until February 20th, 2011, is one of the largest cultural events in Germany – and can be a bit overwhelming, especially if this is your first time at the festival. … Read Full Post About.com Germany Travel
Plan your Berlinale Film Festival Now
Next week, February 10th, the Berlin Film Festival begins, one of the largest cultural events in in Germany and of the most exciting film festivals in Europe. The Berlinale showcases more than 400 movies from all over the world, many of them world or European premiers. But what makes the Berlin Festival so special, is [...]
That’s Sweet – Germany’s ChocolART Festival
Do you have a sweet tooth? Then don’t miss ChocolART, the largest art festival dedicated to chocolate in Germany. It is celebrated between November 30 and December 5, 2010 in Tübingen, a charming university town in the southwest of Germany. … Read Full Post About.com Germany Travel
Stuttgart Beer Festival 2010
When it comes to German beer festivals, everybody always talks about Oktoberfest in Munich. But wait, there’s more! The Stuttgart Beer Festival, called Canstatter Wasen, draws up to 4 million every year – what started as an autumn fair in 1818 quickly became one of the leading beer festivals in Germany, second only to Oktoberfest. [...]
Theater Festival
Today I went to the open house at the Braunschweig National Theater.A little history about the theater This theater group has been producing plays and operas since 1690 It was originally commissioned by the Duke Anton Ulrich and built near the Hagenmarkt in Brausnchweig as an Opera. This building closed in 1861 due to structural [...]