This you don't want to miss - the Highlights of the events in Germany

Illuminated Water Games in Kassel Wilhelmshöhe

The UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kassel-Wilhelmsöhe, is particularly attractive on several weekends in July and August. The many romantic baroque and Neo-Gothic attractions in the largest mountain park of Europe are illuminated with colored lights. This is a feast for the eyes that you definitely should have experienced.

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Kiel Week

It is a must see for fans of water sports, the Kiel week. But not only for them it is a worthwhile event. The annual regatta is the biggest sailing event in the world and is not only fascinating for passionate sports Fans, but is always an exciting experience for Big and Small. Let this event of superlatives in Kiel not to be missed.

Hamburger Dom

At least in the North of Germany, no more people are fixed as of the Hamburger Dom. Driving businesses from the carousel to the Ferris wheel, as well as a variety of Snacks, liquor stalls and other attractions are waiting three times a year for visitors, whose number is sometimes in the double-digit millions. The Winter-Dom is waiting for you at the beginning of November until the beginning of December, the Springtime-Dom mid-March to mid-April and the Sommerdom, the Hummel festival, at the end of July until the end of August in Hamburg.

Rhine in Flames

Germany's most important river is literally set on fire in the most attractive and romantic places. Gigantic fireworks in front of a breathtaking backdrop accompanied by parties both on ships and on land, live music and culinary delights are the main attractions of this multi-venue event. This brilliant mixture creates a mood of exuberance and emotion that you should definitely have experienced at least once. From May to September the river is inflamed on individual days. You can find the exact dates from the organizer at Rhein in Flammen. The right shelter can be found in: Bonn, Bingen or Koblenz.

Oktoberfest

It is the most famous folk festival in the whole world and attracts many millions of visitors every year from late September to early October. If you would like to have a seat in a beer tent here at popular times, you should book it in good time. Even if the Oktoberfest has now found a countless number of imitators, ultimately, there is no one that is to to compare with the Original, which traditionally takes place at the "Wiesn", the Thresienwiese in Munich.

Christkindlesmarkt

Under this designation, a few Christmas markets occur not only in Germany. But with more than two million visitors this belongs to the largest in Germany and is one of the most famous around the world, the Nuremberg Christmas market. About 200 traders wait here each year, with mainly typical products of Nuremberg such as the special Nuremberg gingerbread, fruit bread, Christmas tree decorations, Nuremberg Zwetschgenmännla, mulled wine up to the typical small Nuremberg sausages. You will find them at the main market in the old town of Nuremberg.

Striezelmarkt

But one of the oldest Christmas markets in the world is the Striezelmarkt. Its origin goes back to a one-day meat market, dating from 1434. The present Name is derived from Stollen, the Christmas bread, which in middle high German is also called Strutzel, or Striezel, and in 1548 on Mondays on the Striezel-Monday it was sold here. Nowadays 230 traders primarily from Saxony wait in the Advent for visitors on the market square of Dresden