You might not have the day off today, but many people across the country do. The Catholic celebration of Mariä Himmelfahrt is a lesser known yet rather floral public holiday in many parts of southern Germany.
After months spent observing social distancing and avoiding large crowds, the thought of a packed, sweaty festival is now unthinkable to many. Musicians and fans alike must adapt to the new normal - but what will music events look like in a COVID-19 era?
Whether it's a medieval reenactment, or a celebration of youth culture, groups throughout Germany will pull out the stops for events this coming 'Pfingstwochenende' holiday weekend.
Thursday is yet another public holiday in the Catholic states of southern and western Germany. The celebration of Fronleichnam (Corpus Christi) is one of the more obscure but colourful Catholic celebrations.
The nights are getting longer and the days colder but don't worry, it just means Christmas is on the way. Until then here are some fun things to do in Germany this month.
Leaving Munich can be a heart-wrenching experience. No German city rivals it for extremities of kitsch, good taste, beauty, and unabashed pride in its roots. Here are six things about the city that you can never quite shake off.
Armies of black-clad fans gathered for the world's biggest heavy metal festival between Thursday and Saturday, marking 25 years of headbanging fun in the small town of Wacken in northern Germany.
Spring is just around the corner in Germany, and the official start of the season on March 20th can't come soon enough for cold- and wind-weary people across the nation. But what should you be looking forward to the most about all the sunny weather that's sure to come?
Partygoers who attended a festival of colours over the weekend have complained they are permanently dyed and have had to go back to work with their hair and skin still brightly coloured.
China has forbidden German electronic band Kraftwerk from performing at a music festival, more than a decade after they appeared on the bill of a Free Tibet concert, an industry source said Thursday.
A 22-year-old died from carbon-monoxide poisoning at a German heavy metal festival on Saturday, a newspaper reported. He is thought to have fallen asleep near a power generator.
Black-clad music fans flocked the world's biggest open air heavy metal festival on Thursday – while it also emerged that the Rock am Ring would continue at the Nürburgring for the next two years after months of worry.
Germany's Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth, famous for its annual Wagner festival, is joining the list of sites classed by UN cultural body UNESCO as world heritage, the organisation said on Saturday.
The number of people buying and selling black market tickets to the legendary Bayreuth festival is higher than ever before, a financial newspaper reported on Thursday.
Over 700,000 people celebrated Japan Day in DĂĽsseldorf during the weekend, transforming the city into an anime-style celebration of the country's culture - complete with food, fireworks and music.
Half a million maritime enthusiasts are expected at Hamburg’s harbour this weekend to see a display of grand proportions – six giant ocean liners carving up the water against the background of a blue light festival.
The world’s first ever “festival of languages” opens in Bremen this Thursday, with events across the city, from the university to the local parliament.
This weekend marks the beginning of <i>Weinfest</i> season, when cities across Germany celebrate one of the country’s oldest industries, wine making. The Local highlights the best of the Bacchanalian bashes.
A marksmanship festival, or <i>SchĂĽtzenfest</i>, in the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Menden ended tragically on Sunday when a retiree rammed his car into a parade, killing two and injuring 37 others.
Cologne’s traditional carnival season kicked off on Tuesday at 11:11 am in the city centre, where some 70,000 revelers were expected to turn up to party in costume.
