26 Jun 2015
One of Germany's biggest parades - with 3,000 marchers and 10 days of sensational outdoor family fun with rides – is an astonishing mix of traditional and modern German fest. Around 4 million visitors have been joining one of the world's top outdoor family parties in recent years. Dating back over 690 years the celebration is today one of the most popular German summer events. Düsseldorf's “Biggest Fun Fair on the Rhine” is a festive collection of superlatives and leaves nothing to be desired.
Düsseldorf, Germany – More than 690 years ago, a local shooting club started celebrating its patron saint's day. Today, the event, Düsseldorf's “Biggest Fun Fair on the Rhine,” is also one of the biggest outdoor celebrations in Germany and beyond -- a spectacular 10-day event with nearly 4 million visitors annually that rivals some of the world's better-known annual mega celebrations including Oktoberfest. Time to put the international spotlight on the “Biggest Fun Fair” (July 17-26 2015) and visit Düsseldorf at the height of the warm season for some bona fide German fest family fun.
The fair ties together tradition and modern entertainment in one of the most extensive and colorful outdoor festivals in the world: Visitors will find not only the German fest staples - beer tents with live music, costumed servers, and all imaginable German fest food delicacies from savory to sweet: sausage, roast, pig knuckles to potatoes and sauerkraut to apple cake and ginger bread and much more – but also state-of-the-art rides, including some of the world's biggest temporary rides for kids of all ages. Even the event's start is a show of superlatives: 3,000 uniformed marksmen on horseback and foot, marching bands and other traditional teams make their way through Düsseldorf's streets in what is one of Germany's largest parades and kick-off for the fair. The actual Fun Fair will take place for the 114th time this year in its current location: the vast Rhine meadows on the Rhine River right across the city's center and easily reachable by foot, ferries, and public transportation.
The Fair is a huge hit with audiences from the surrounding Ruhr Region, one of Europe's most densely populated areas with 53 connected cities and 18 million residents in a 40 mile radius – giving the event much local character at world-class proportions and making it one of the best-kept secrets on the international mega outdoor festival circuit.
Moreover, the Fun Fair takes place in July, during the height of the summer, offering travelers a German outdoor fest and city experience during the warm season.
Special hotel and travel packages for the fun fair event, starting at € 62 per person, are available through Düsseldorf Tourist Board. For more information, visit:https://www.duesseldorf-tourismus.de/en/accommodation/hotel-packages/hotel-package-biggest-fun-fair-on-the-rhine/.
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