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FESTIVALS AND HIGHLIGHTS
ANNUAL EVENTS
STUTTGART
Stuttgart Spring Festival
2013: Apr 20 – May 12
2014: Apr 19 – May 11
Europe’s largest spring festival
(and Germany’s largest
spring beer festival) has a
huge funfair, live bands and
a 150-ft/47-m tall Ferris
wheel. The 200-year-old
event starts with the tapping
of a barrel of beer by Stuttgart’s
Lord Mayor.
www.stuttgart-tourist.de
TÜBINGEN
chocolART: International
Chocolate Festival
2013: Dec 3 – 8
2014: Dec 2 – 7
At Germany’s largest chocolate
festival, chocolART, you
can taste Swiss pralines and
Belgian truffles, learn how
to cook with chocolate, pair
beer with chocolate, and
even have a chocolate massage.
www.tuebingen-info.de
FREIBURG
Freiburg Wine Festival
2013: Jul 4 – 9
2014: Jul 3 – 8
Wine cooperatives and wine
makers invite visitors to celebrate
the best of local wine
and food. Taste more than 400
wines; chat to producers; and
sample local delicacies from
the Baden region. On the
Minster (Cathedral) square.
www.freiburg.de
EUROPA-PARK, RUST
Germany’s largest theme park
offers more than great rides.
STUTTGART
Stuttgart Wine Village
2013: Aug 28 – Sep 8
2014: Aug/Sep
Grapes have grown in vineyards
surrounding the city for
1,000 years. This wine festival
turns Marktplatz, Schillerplatz
and side streets into a ‘wine
village’. Taste as many as 250
different local wines at some
120 decorated stalls.
www.stuttgart-tourist.de
© in.Stuttgart (Niedermüller) © Stuttgart-Marketing GmbH
© Alexander Gonschoir,
Handel- und Gewerbeverein
Summer Season
2013: Mar – beg of Nov
2014: Apr – beg of Nov
Oktoberfest
2013: End Sep/early Oct
2014: End Sep/early Oct
Halloween
2013: Oct, early Nov
2014: Oct, early Nov
Winter Season
2013: End of Nov – Jan
2014: End of Nov – Jan
www.europapark.com
© Europa-Park
BADEN-BADEN
International Horse Races
The world’s top horses,
riders, owners and socialites
gather for 3 thrilling, fashionable
meets.
Spring Festival
2013: Mid – May
2014: Mid – May
Grand Week
2013: End Aug/early Sep
2014: End Aug/early Sep
Sales & Racing Festival
2013: Mid – Oct
2014: Mid – Oct
www.baden-baden.com
© Baden-Baden Kur und
STUTTGART
Stuttgart Beer Festival
2013: Sep 27 – Oct 13
2014: Sep 26 – Oct 12
Germany’s second-biggest
beer festival is totally
traditional: brass bands,
folk costumes, crispy pork
knuckles, and Steins of the
special Festbier (festival
beer). Alongside is a massive
fair-ground, with Ferris
wheels and rides.
www.stuttgart-tourist.de
© Stuttgart-Marketing GmbH
HOCKENHEIM
Formula 1 GP Motor Racing
2014: July
Experience the pinnacle of
motor sport: Formula 1
racing. At the historic
Hockenheimring track, hear
the roar of the engines,
watch thrilling races.
www.hockenheimring.de
Tourismus GmbH © Hockenheim-Ring GmbH
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