2010-02-17

Waiting for carnival

Roughly 100,000 people come each year to watch the carnival procession in Burbach, Saarbrücken, on Rosenmontag (the last Monday before Lent). Not as many as watch the processions in Mainz and Cologne, but no small figure for a town of 200,000 souls.

2009-10-05

Tag der Deutschen Einheit - Day of German Unity

October 3 is an annual national holiday, commemorating the reunification of Germany in 1990. Each year a different city hosts the main celebrations. This year it was Saarbrücken's turn. So, a town of 200,000 played host to a party with an estimated 500,000 participants. The 500-year old footbridge connecting events on both sides of the river was naturally rather packed.