In 2007, a wide range of classical music, fine art or contemporary cultural events and attractions featuring pop music, modern design and unusual museums complement what’s on offer for culture vultures and all the others who just want to combine a relaxed city break or extended holiday with a little bit of art and the like.
Selected Highlights 2007
15 – 21 Feb 07: Carnival – In Cologne, Düsseldorf and Mainz as the traditional centres of the so-called “fifth season” you can dance with the locals and enjoy the street parties and parades on Rose Monday as the highlights of the celebration.
www.germany-tourism.co.uk
27 Apr – 14 Oct 07: German Federal Garden Show BUGA – Gera, Ronnenburg: Magnificent horticultural displays in two contrasting areas, the meadow park in Gera and the new landscape garden in Ronneburg.
www.buga2007.de
01 Jun – 07 Oct 07: Metropolitan in Berlin – Berlin: New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art will be exhibiting French masters from the 19th century at Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie.
www.neue-nationalgalerie.de
16 Jun – 23 September 07: Documenta 12 – Kassel: one of the world’s most important exhibitions of modern and contemporary art.
www.documenta12.de
End of June/Beginning of July 07: BMW World – Munich: BMW World will be an all new experience of the brand of BMW.
www.bmw-welt.de
Aug/Sep 07: International Beethoven Festival – Bonn: outstanding performances in the master’s home town.
www.beethovenfest.de
Nov 07 – Apr 08: Sculptures of Live – More than Reality – Völklingen: Pop artist Duane Hanson exhibits 26 of his famous sculptures in the surroundings of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Völklinger Hütte” (a former ironworks and now a museum of industrial heritage).
www.voelklinger-huette.de
all year: Miniature Wonderland – Hamburg: the world’s largest model railway.
www.miniatur-wunderland.de
all year: Phaeno – Wolfsburg: 250 scientific experiments waiting to be discovered and tried in a fun environment.
www.phaeno.de