The Gaeubodenvolksfest in Straubing, Bavaria
Summer time is festival time in Germany especially in the state of Bayern or Bavaria. There are a lot of festivals that are going on and around our area. In two days, the so-called “Little Brother of Oktoberfest” is about to begin. It is considered to be the second largest folk festival in Bavaria after Munich’s Oktoberfest.
The Gäubodenvolksfest is an annual festival in the independent city of Straubing in Lower Bavaria. This year’s festival is a special one because it is the 200th anniversary celebration. There will be a lot of events going on during the festival.
The festival will take place from August 10-20, 2012. The highlight of the program is the Jubilee parade held on August 19, 2012 at 2:00 PM. Experience Bavarian culture through Gäubodenvolksfest. See you there!
he Gäubodenvolksfest is a modern and family friendly festival with about 120 carousels, roller coasters and six big beer tents with 25.000 seats at an area of about 90.000 m²., but it has upheld its traditional character. Many of the about 1.2 million visitors wear Bavarian costume (“Trachten”).
One of the beer tents in he Gäubodenvolksfest. I was there!
These pictures were taken during my first visit in this festival last August 2009.
August 8th, 2012 at 6:01 pm
Great post. Thank you! I live in Bavaria and have never heard of this, so I’m especially grateful for this post.
August 8th, 2012 at 6:20 pm
now, did you get any free stuff/goodies from that festival? 🙂
August 15th, 2012 at 2:41 am
I love festival….it’s looks like a lot of fun:) Thanks for sharing cus otherwise I only knew germany have Oktoberfest:)
Cheers;)