Wiesbaden-Photos

The Theatrium once started as a celebration of the renovated Wiesbaden state theatre, back in 1977. Since then it has grown into one of the most important events in the calendar of the city. There always are many street performances at the Theatrium, watching the clowns and acrobats is highly entertaining. This year, the all-encompassing theme is the concurrent FIFA Woldcup…

Of course, there are many food stalls, restaurants and cocktail bars. You have the choice between sushi Thai Curry, traditional German sausages , roast duck and many other specialties. This cocktail bar is a sort of venue of its own with posing bartenders and dansing waitresses adding a bit of Brazilian flair…

As I wrote earlier, Wiesbaden doesn’t have as much of a Carnival (or as it is called here: Fastnacht, Fasching or Karneval) tradition as some historically catholic cities such as Mainz (Mayence) or Köln (Cologne). But even here in the capital of protestant Hesse, the parade had more than 200 participating carnival associations. Here some photographic impressions:

traditionally, carnival starts on November 11 at 11:11. However, the real street carnival started last thursday and will reach its climax on Rosenmontag (Rose Monday) with huge parades in Mainz, Köln (Cologne) and Düsseldorf.

With respect to carnival, Wiesbaden doesn’t play in the same league as the somewhat smaller city of Mainz on the other side of the river Rhein, but there also is quite a big parade on Sunday and a nice children’s carnival on Saturday.

Today, there were many small events going on in the streets of Wiesbaden, for example this troop from Basle (Switzerland).

one of the musicians.

A Korean (?) music group…

very colourful costumes.

A somewhat unusual sight: a US military jeep is parked in the town hall of Wiesbaden!

This was part of the fascinating “Wiesbaden 1945-1948″ exposition.