Just saw this on Flickr Blog and thought this community would enjoy seeing photos from the Berlin Festival of Lights : http://blog.flickr.net/en/2009/10/18/berlin-festival-of-lights/

It brings back good memories of my trip to Berlin while I was studing ( Read more... )

I thought I'd post something again.

regarding the date it's proper ;)

Now this is a little time that both southern and northern germany can't understand that well and are really confused by it

KARNEVAL or FASTNACHT

so celebrating it is more a middle thing, at least what is commonly understood as Karneval (there are regions that celebrate "Fasenacht" ( Read more... )

Tag!

I was wondering about the Steuben Parade. It's a big part of German-American culture in the NY-Tri-state area. According to the website they've been holding the parade since 1957. It's held on 5th avenue in New York City. I'm pretty sure the German school I attend is participating in it.

Have any of you wonderful people been there? I plan on ( Read more... )

After the earlier post, I decided to post this Oktoberfest guide I wrote some time ago - just a few tips based on mistakes I made over the year. Feel free to comment and add your own experiences!

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Hello everybody!

Here are some pics taken in Ludwigsburg (south-western Germany) and surroundings.

First - there was "World at home" (Welt zu Hause) carnival, kinda international performance. South America and Africa were really good and my homeland Ukraine better not to remmember at all :o)


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Each year on 11/11, at 11.11 a.m., Karneval starts officially in Germany. The madness will continue until Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent), which will be February 6, 2008. (The date varies each year ( Read more... )

"O'zapft is!"  - 14 days of Oktoberfest fun now in progress

With the traditional words "O'zapft is!" - "the barrel has been tapped" - Munich major Christian Ude declared the Oktoberfest 2007 open a few days ago. From September 22 to Oktober 10 the world's largest beer festival will attract about 6 million visitors who are expected to consume ( Read more... )

Hello!

I'm trying to get an idea of the German calendar in the sense of when the National holidays/festivals take place. Octoberfest is a famous one but can anyone tell me of Fasching, Pfingsten, etcetera? I understand most festivals will probably be regional, but I'd still like to hear of them!

Thanks much!

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As we are nearing fall, or autumn, we're getting closer and closer to the season of Oktoberfest, which takes place every year in Munich (München), capital of Germany's southernmost state Bavaria (Bayern ( Read more... )