Tag: wine festival

Liquid Treatment Plants

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I had planned something else for Water, Water Everywhere this week but I could not resist to share this picture from the weekend. There are usually fees for the use of public toilets in Germany; they are in turn mostly clean. At the Bad Dürkheim Wurstmarkt, billed as the largest wine festival in the world, the toilets are not only spotless, they are also customer friendly: offering a flat rate for their use. Remember: they sell wine or spritzer or any other liquid in half-liter or liter servings. Still – that’s a lot of liquid removal for 5€.

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I’m a Fan of the Wurstmarkt Brunnen

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During the first two weeks in September, Bad Dürkheim in the Palatium puts on the largest winefest in the world, the Wurstmarkt (literally: sausage market). It’s not a new festival, it has been around since 1417 – in 2017 it was celebrated for the 600th time! In comparison, the first Oktoberfest in Munich was only in 1810.

Most visitors to the fest arrive by train or tram and the first thing they see when they arrive is the Wurstmarkt fountain.

The wine is brought to the fairground.

People come in their Sunday finery, families and all.

There are stalls for things to buy and things to win.

There are also fairground rides.

Of course, there is music to accompany the merrymaking.

It’s not called sausage market for nothing.

There are always some who overdo it.

Until the next morning, when it starts all over again. For a whole two weeks.

I’m a Fan of … #175

Skyfall

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This is how the sky presented itself to me today – blue, clouds, grey, rain and then as a backdrop of the free fall tower at the Wurstmarkt in Bad Dürkheim – back in business again this year. More information about the biggest wine festival in the world can be found on the wikipedia site.

Weekend Sky