Stuttgart Spring Festival

The Stuttgart Spring Festival ( colloquially known as the Stuttgart Beer Festival or Wasen called ) is taking place every on the Stuttgart Beer Festival in Stuttgart district of Bad Cannstatt between mid-April and early May festival. It is the largest spring festival in Europe. It is smaller in area than the autumn Stuttgart Beer Festival ( and is therefore sometimes referred to as "Little Wasen "), but takes account of the increased weather risk since the mid-1990s 3 weeks. On the Stuttgart Spring Festival you can experience often newly developed rides.

The 76th Stuttgart Spring Festival to be held from 19 April to 11 May 2014.

Attractions

In contrast to the Stuttgart Beer Festival there at the Stuttgart Spring Festival usually a looping roller coaster, but only the slightly smaller 55 meter Ferris wheel is built. Since the looping roller coaster was sold in 2008, was located at the site of the 2009 Alpina Bahn, 2010, the double - looping roller coaster test track and 2011 Olympia Looping. The latter is the largest transportable five looping coaster in the world. 2011 saw the ride Rocket its premiere. The Stuttgart Spring Festival is Saturday opened with a keg tapping of the First Mayor.

Fruit Column and town of Kanne

For Stuttgart Spring Festival, the fruit column had previously not available. As of 1995, the fruit column could be seen for the first time at the Stuttgart Spring Festival, as it was the fruit column for cost reasons are tentatively throughout the year at the fairground. However, it has moved away from this measure in recent years back and dismantled the fruit column after the end of the Stuttgart Beer Festival in the fall, but can be the foundation on which it is standing. This helps during the Spring Festival since the fruit column is not set up throughout the year, a big pot - the coat of arms figure Bad Cannstatt.

Krämer market

Together with the Spring Festival is the flea market held at the Stuttgart Beer Festival. Offered are there suspenders, leather belts, pans, textiles, spices and Others

Almhüttendorf

Theme restaurant with booths in the Alpine style.

Marquees

In the Spring Festival, there are three (previously four) beer tents with a capacity of 1800-2500 places:

• Festwirt Grandl (Stuttgarter Hofbrau )
• Festwirt Göckelesmaier ( Dinkel Acker )
• Wasenwirt (Stuttgarter Hofbrau )

Adventure tent Arcadia ( Dinkel Acker ). Successor of the apple- tree tent is no more as of 2008. The tent of Fürstenberg brewery is only set up at the festival since 2006.

As in the Stuttgart Beer Festival tents, food stalls and rides from Sunday to Thursday from 12 und 23 clock clock are open. On Fridays, Saturdays and eve of public holidays, the operation takes 11 clock to 24 clock, but disappears in the marquees at 23:30 clock the music.

Every Wednesday is family day. On these days, there are many retail space benefits for families and groups.