Analysis Of The Kasseler Garten Kultur Festival

On the 13th to the 14th of May this year, the Kasseler Garten Kultur festival took place in the city of Kassel. It was a brand new festival to celebrate Spring in eight different parks across the city. Since the second day of the festival was on Mother’s Day in Germany, many people attended and enjoyed the plethora of activities for them to enjoy. This festival is one which is likely to continue next year and possibly for some years after, since therre was a large attendance. There are many ways in which this festival is typical of German culture, and also typical of the culture in the city of Kassel. These include

While the donner kebab has taken over as one of the most popular foods in Germany, the more traditional foods, such as flammkuchen, are still very popular. Since the majority of the food on offer across the eight different parks in this festival was traditional food, it is no surprise that the flammkuchen made an appearance in one of the parks. Alongside this, were options for regional and rustic dishes and a barbeque. While a large variety of food is not usually commonplace in a festival setting, it was true in this festival. This is another one of the reasons why I find that this festival conformed to German

But aside from these few well-known parks, there are also several other smaller parks in the city. In fact, the information leaflet for the Kasseler Garten Kultur festival brags of the seventy-one thousand trees in the urban areas of the city. So then, it is only natural that a city with a population so proud of their outdoor spaces would host an outdoor festival with plenty of activities available to be able to fully enjoy the great outdoors. This is especially true when considering that spending time outdoors with family and friends in the summer months is a very popular German pastime. The Kasseler Garten Kultur festival took place entirely outdoors, with plenty of activities for groups to partake in, such as a bike ride, playing volleyball and basketball, and even dance workshops. While this was not a preconception I had before starting my German year abroad, it is certainly one that I have come to see all around me now that the weather is