What's on in Germany: June 25 - July 1
This Week's Highlights: Berlin parties like it's Sweden, Harley Davidsons roar through Hamburg, and a big beer garden sets up in Cologne.
BERLIN
Galleries/Museums
Mercedes-Benz Award for South African Art and Culture 2009
When it comes to fashion, South African designers have a few tricks up their sleeves. See Craig Native's edgy street wear, Abigail Betz's frothy frocks, and Black Coffee's avant-garde gowns at Berlin's Daimler Contemporary.
Price: Free
Location: Daimler Contemporary, Haus Huth, Alte Potsdamer Strasse 5
Times: Daily, 11am-6pm; through August 30
Phone 030 25941 420
More Information: www.collection.daimler.com
Events
Architecture Tour - Reeducation Safari
Sunday is the official "Day of Architecture" in Berlin. Get a peak inside some of the city's post-war masterpieces with a seven hour guided tour.
Price: €30
Location: Starts at the Amerika Haus, Hardenbergstrasse 21-24
Times: Sunday, June 28, 10am - 5pm
Registration: 030 93 95 040
More Information: www.geschenke-der-amerikaner.de
Open Air Sweden Party
Dance all night under a rapidly brightening sky. Swedish DJs spin poolside Saturday. Not having much of a summer means few celebrate it better than the Swedes.
Price: €8
Location: Badeschiff, Eichenstrasse 4
Times: Saturday, June 27, 10pm
Phone: 030 533.2030
More Information: www.schwedenparty.de
COLOGNE
Music/Concerts:
Romanesque Summer
Cologne's vast Romanesque style basilica, the Church of Saint Maria hosts a long evening of song Friday night. Bach's "Goldberg Variations" and a Mendelssohn string quartet are included in the program of chamber choirs and a cappella groups.
Price: €25
Location: St. Maria im Kapitol, Marienplatz 17-19
Times: Friday, June 26, 7:30pm
More Information: www.romanischer-sommer.de
Events:
Cologne Bierbörse
Cologne's leafy Innenstadt-Tanzbrunnen becomes a beer garden this weekend as dozens of breweries tap their kegs. Live music will be on hand for you "dance on the table" types.
Price: Free
Location: Innenstadt-Tanzbrunnen Köln, Rheinparkweg 1
Times: Friday, June 26 - Sunday, June 28
More Information: www.bierboerse.com
DRESDEN
Festivals:
Elbhangfest
Celebrate freedom with music, dancing, cabaret, theatre, marionette shows, volleyball playing, and BMX bike riding. The annual Elbhangfest is a jubilant celebration of art and culture in honour of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the 220th anniversary of the French Revolution! Vive la liberté!
Price: €5-10
Location: Various
Times: Friday, June 26 - Sunday, June 28
More Information: www.elbhangfest.de
HAMBURG
Music/Concerts
Summer Concerts 2009 - European Organists
Renowned Hamburg organist Eberhard Lauer plays a homage to Mendelssohn Saturday night as part of a weekly series of organ music at the Mariendom. It's sure to be a heavenly affair.
Price: €7
Location: Mariendom, Danziger Strasse 60
Times: Saturday, June 27, 8pm
Phone: 040 248 77 210
More Information: www.dommusik-hamburg.de
Events
Hamburg Harley Days
Rev that baby up and ride on over to Hamburg this weekend. Europe's biggest Harley Davidson festival starts Friday. Big Dig and The Sidechicks play "wild west style cow rock," stuntman Rainer Schwarz struts his stuff, and Sunday's parade will have the city roaring.
Price: Free
Location: HSH Nordbank Arena, Sylvesterallee 7
Times: Friday, June 26 - Sunday, June 28
More Information: www.hamburgharleydays.de
MUNICH
Film
Filmfest Munich
A retrospective of the British cult director Stephen Frears, a children's festival, and a string of new movies starring the likes of Justin Timberlake, Penelope Cruz, and Joaquin Phoenix make this Munich film festival one steamy affair.
Price: €2.50 - 8
Location: Various
Times: Friday, June 26 - Saturday, July 4
Phone: 089 381 9040
More Info: www.filmfest-muenchen.de
Music/Concerts
Opera For All
The Bavarian State Orchestra and the ATTACA youth orchestra play Richard Wagner and Anton Bruckner in a free event on Marstallplatz, Sunday. It's part of the 2009 Munich Opera Festival. Happy spectators should check the schedule for more fabulous performances happening every night of the week through July.
Price: Free
Location: Marstallplatz
Times: Sunday, June 28, 8pm
Phone: 089 21 8501
More Info: www.bayerische.staatsoper.de
Festivals
Greek Bavarian Culture Days
Films, readings, concerts, dance performances, and discussions. Soak up the magnificent cultures of both Greece and Bavaria this weekend as artists and scholars from both countries twirl through town.
Price: Free
Location: Odeonsplatz
Times: Friday, June 26 - Sunday, June 28
More Info: /www.ellines.de
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BERLIN
Galleries/Museums
Mercedes-Benz Award for South African Art and Culture 2009
When it comes to fashion, South African designers have a few tricks up their sleeves. See Craig Native's edgy street wear, Abigail Betz's frothy frocks, and Black Coffee's avant-garde gowns at Berlin's Daimler Contemporary.
Price: Free
Location: Daimler Contemporary, Haus Huth, Alte Potsdamer Strasse 5
Times: Daily, 11am-6pm; through August 30
Phone 030 25941 420
More Information: www.collection.daimler.com
Events
Architecture Tour - Reeducation Safari
Sunday is the official "Day of Architecture" in Berlin. Get a peak inside some of the city's post-war masterpieces with a seven hour guided tour.
Price: €30
Location: Starts at the Amerika Haus, Hardenbergstrasse 21-24
Times: Sunday, June 28, 10am - 5pm
Registration: 030 93 95 040
More Information: www.geschenke-der-amerikaner.de
Open Air Sweden Party
Dance all night under a rapidly brightening sky. Swedish DJs spin poolside Saturday. Not having much of a summer means few celebrate it better than the Swedes.
Price: €8
Location: Badeschiff, Eichenstrasse 4
Times: Saturday, June 27, 10pm
Phone: 030 533.2030
More Information: www.schwedenparty.de
COLOGNE
Music/Concerts:
Romanesque Summer
Cologne's vast Romanesque style basilica, the Church of Saint Maria hosts a long evening of song Friday night. Bach's "Goldberg Variations" and a Mendelssohn string quartet are included in the program of chamber choirs and a cappella groups.
Price: €25
Location: St. Maria im Kapitol, Marienplatz 17-19
Times: Friday, June 26, 7:30pm
More Information: www.romanischer-sommer.de
Events:
Cologne Bierbörse
Cologne's leafy Innenstadt-Tanzbrunnen becomes a beer garden this weekend as dozens of breweries tap their kegs. Live music will be on hand for you "dance on the table" types.
Price: Free
Location: Innenstadt-Tanzbrunnen Köln, Rheinparkweg 1
Times: Friday, June 26 - Sunday, June 28
More Information: www.bierboerse.com
DRESDEN
Festivals:
Elbhangfest
Celebrate freedom with music, dancing, cabaret, theatre, marionette shows, volleyball playing, and BMX bike riding. The annual Elbhangfest is a jubilant celebration of art and culture in honour of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the 220th anniversary of the French Revolution! Vive la liberté!
Price: €5-10
Location: Various
Times: Friday, June 26 - Sunday, June 28
More Information: www.elbhangfest.de
HAMBURG
Music/Concerts
Summer Concerts 2009 - European Organists
Renowned Hamburg organist Eberhard Lauer plays a homage to Mendelssohn Saturday night as part of a weekly series of organ music at the Mariendom. It's sure to be a heavenly affair.
Price: €7
Location: Mariendom, Danziger Strasse 60
Times: Saturday, June 27, 8pm
Phone: 040 248 77 210
More Information: www.dommusik-hamburg.de
Events
Hamburg Harley Days
Rev that baby up and ride on over to Hamburg this weekend. Europe's biggest Harley Davidson festival starts Friday. Big Dig and The Sidechicks play "wild west style cow rock," stuntman Rainer Schwarz struts his stuff, and Sunday's parade will have the city roaring.
Price: Free
Location: HSH Nordbank Arena, Sylvesterallee 7
Times: Friday, June 26 - Sunday, June 28
More Information: www.hamburgharleydays.de
MUNICH
Film
Filmfest Munich
A retrospective of the British cult director Stephen Frears, a children's festival, and a string of new movies starring the likes of Justin Timberlake, Penelope Cruz, and Joaquin Phoenix make this Munich film festival one steamy affair.
Price: €2.50 - 8
Location: Various
Times: Friday, June 26 - Saturday, July 4
Phone: 089 381 9040
More Info: www.filmfest-muenchen.de
Music/Concerts
Opera For All
The Bavarian State Orchestra and the ATTACA youth orchestra play Richard Wagner and Anton Bruckner in a free event on Marstallplatz, Sunday. It's part of the 2009 Munich Opera Festival. Happy spectators should check the schedule for more fabulous performances happening every night of the week through July.
Price: Free
Location: Marstallplatz
Times: Sunday, June 28, 8pm
Phone: 089 21 8501
More Info: www.bayerische.staatsoper.de
Festivals
Greek Bavarian Culture Days
Films, readings, concerts, dance performances, and discussions. Soak up the magnificent cultures of both Greece and Bavaria this weekend as artists and scholars from both countries twirl through town.
Price: Free
Location: Odeonsplatz
Times: Friday, June 26 - Sunday, June 28
More Info: /www.ellines.de
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