List of cultural activities
Art and cultural activities are more than just entertainment. Cultural activities help to build communities by fostering an appreciation for the arts.
Germany has around 820 theaters, music theaters, and opera houses – including the world-class opera houses in Stuttgart, Hamburg, and Frankfurt – so the choice is unlimited. In addition, there are some 6,300 museums, 8,100 libraries, and 4,600 cinemas. Together, each year more than 126,000 theater performances and 9,000 concerts are held in Germany, drawing audiences numbering to more than 35 million people. Comedy, a less familiar element of cultural life in Germany has attracted people's attention. Germany has numerous comedy stars, men and women. Throughout the world, there are only two comedians with a live act capable of filling an entire football stadium. One of them is Bülent Celyan, a Mannheim performer with Turkish roots.
Germany has around 820 theaters, music theaters, and opera houses – including the world-class opera houses in Stuttgart, Hamburg, and Frankfurt – so the choice is unlimited. In addition, there are some 6,300 museums, 8,100 libraries, and 4,600 cinemas. Together, each year more than 126,000 theater performances and 9,000 concerts are held in Germany, drawing audiences numbering to more than 35 million people. Comedy, a less familiar element of cultural life in Germany has attracted people's attention. Germany has numerous comedy stars, men and women. Throughout the world, there are only two comedians with a live act capable of filling an entire football stadium. One of them is Bülent Celyan, a Mannheim performer with Turkish roots.
Concert
When you go to a concert, it's not just music that you love, it's music that everyone who is there loves. You can share a similar experience with a large crowd sitting around you and enjoy a live performance. You're soaking deep in the volume of the concert and you don't just hear it; you FEEL it and you react on it. It's immersive and unbelievable. The other good thing is that live music is a feedback process in which the band performs the music and the music moves the audience. As the audience’s appreciation charges up the band, the music becomes more attractive thus, the audience become more excited. It's a massive amount of energy that you feel in the concerts. Just imagine being able to make thousands of people dance, move, yell and sing. Being in a concert is not just to enjoy the music, it’s all fun and an opportunity to visit your favorite artist/s, meet people, dance and enjoy the time with your friends.
Theater
Theater is an expression of a basic human need which has to be fed. one might call it an instinct to mimic, to project stories into ourselves and to others and also to create meaning through narrative and metaphor.
In a theater you join others and share together in witnessing and contemplating an event. That event can be beautiful, funny, moving, breathtaking, thought-provoking or at least diverting in nature and in an age when most of our communication happens in front of a screen, this gathering for theater is, in and of itself, something valuable which can cause people get together in watching a live performance.
Also theater can influence the way we think and feel about our own lives and encourages us to take a hard look at ourselves, our values and our behavior. It tells us about how to think, react and behave in real life situations.
In a theater you join others and share together in witnessing and contemplating an event. That event can be beautiful, funny, moving, breathtaking, thought-provoking or at least diverting in nature and in an age when most of our communication happens in front of a screen, this gathering for theater is, in and of itself, something valuable which can cause people get together in watching a live performance.
Also theater can influence the way we think and feel about our own lives and encourages us to take a hard look at ourselves, our values and our behavior. It tells us about how to think, react and behave in real life situations.
Cinema
Going to the cinema is not just watching a movie in front of a big screen in a big saloon. It is sharing the movie-watching experience with others which can add to the fun. Comedies are funnier when a hundred people laugh together. Horror movies are scarier when everyone screams in unison. Tearjerkers are more emotional when you're a grown man trying hard to hold the tears back so that the macho dude sitting with his family two seats down from you doesn't see you blubbering when Dumbledore dies at the end of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Also, if you like to experience the 3-D technology, cinema is the best place to enjoy and to share the excitement with others. Besides, you can enjoy the cool Lobbies. When you enter the lobby of any multiplex cinema, you see many posters on the walls, banners hanging from the ceiling, enormous cardboard cutouts all over the place and multi-colored neon shining from every available surface which will attract your attention. So, if you are looking for a spontaneous colorful, emotional social experience, cinema may be your choice to make.
Also, if you like to experience the 3-D technology, cinema is the best place to enjoy and to share the excitement with others. Besides, you can enjoy the cool Lobbies. When you enter the lobby of any multiplex cinema, you see many posters on the walls, banners hanging from the ceiling, enormous cardboard cutouts all over the place and multi-colored neon shining from every available surface which will attract your attention. So, if you are looking for a spontaneous colorful, emotional social experience, cinema may be your choice to make.
Museum
Going to Museum can inspire interest in a specific area of study, item, time period or even an idea. But this is not all about the museums. A single visit to a museum can provide you in-depth information on a subject. Remember that the nature of the museum environment is the one in which you can spend as much time as you like to explore exhibits. Such an environment allows you to form your own unique experiences and pick up the information that interests you.
Museums are a lot more than collections of artifacts for watching; they allow you to meet with neighbors, discuss thoughts and opinions and become an active part of the community. Museums can provide inspiration through personal connections with visitors and with those who like to spend their time discovering the past history. Not only do they use on-site and physical community efforts; but some even manage to connect to their visitors through their social networks.
Visit museums to get inspired, to be shocked into thinking and to learn. Museums can help us to be reminded of what the beauty of life can create. They're a time-box of culture and history, of what humanity can achieve and of what we can learn from the past. In such a visit, we are overwhelmed by feelings, too. We look for the image of our deepest selves reflected by the mirror of art and the passion of reality.
Museums are a lot more than collections of artifacts for watching; they allow you to meet with neighbors, discuss thoughts and opinions and become an active part of the community. Museums can provide inspiration through personal connections with visitors and with those who like to spend their time discovering the past history. Not only do they use on-site and physical community efforts; but some even manage to connect to their visitors through their social networks.
Visit museums to get inspired, to be shocked into thinking and to learn. Museums can help us to be reminded of what the beauty of life can create. They're a time-box of culture and history, of what humanity can achieve and of what we can learn from the past. In such a visit, we are overwhelmed by feelings, too. We look for the image of our deepest selves reflected by the mirror of art and the passion of reality.
Visiting historical sites
By visiting historical places like castles, bridges, gardens and etc., you can travel in time. It is a backward in the present time. You can imagine people of that time walking past you and doing their own stuff. Telling yourself that those people, from whatever century, have walked upon the same ground as you're doing now, and they've seen the same things, etc., More, you usually learn a variety of things about traditions, culture and the history.
There’s a fantastic selection of historic sites in Germany. It is home of the ancient Germanic tribes, impinged on by the Romans, center of the Holy Roman Empire and the focal point of 20th century conflict. This is a nation with a diverse history, reflected in the historic sites of today's Germany. Germany's old history encompasses a variety of artistic glories, religious milestones and some of humanity's darkest moments. You can discover the nation's development at historical sites that stand as monuments to Germany's origins within the Holy Roman Empire.
Also, music lovers will find variety of places, ranging from former homes of legendary composer to places where people could listen to music.
There’s a fantastic selection of historic sites in Germany. It is home of the ancient Germanic tribes, impinged on by the Romans, center of the Holy Roman Empire and the focal point of 20th century conflict. This is a nation with a diverse history, reflected in the historic sites of today's Germany. Germany's old history encompasses a variety of artistic glories, religious milestones and some of humanity's darkest moments. You can discover the nation's development at historical sites that stand as monuments to Germany's origins within the Holy Roman Empire.
Also, music lovers will find variety of places, ranging from former homes of legendary composer to places where people could listen to music.
Carnivals
Traditionally a carnival feast is the last opportunity to eat well before the time of food shortage at the end of the winter during which one was limited to the minimum necessary. Every year, the carnival season in Germany (also called the "Fifth Season") begins on November 11th, at 11:11 a.m. In this magic hour, the "Council of Eleven" comes together to plan the events for the upcoming festivities of the year. The actual celebrations of the carnival take place 40 days before Easter; they are the last big party before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent.
Just join the colorful celebrations, street parades with a lot of happy and drunk people that are wearing funny, unusual and humorous costumes. Carnival always represented celebration and happiness while enjoying live music from various bands and being around friends and family enjoying each others company.
Just join the colorful celebrations, street parades with a lot of happy and drunk people that are wearing funny, unusual and humorous costumes. Carnival always represented celebration and happiness while enjoying live music from various bands and being around friends and family enjoying each others company.
Fairs and festivals
Do not miss the time to visit one of Germany's fairs and festivals, ranging from Munich’s famous Oktoberfest to a multitude of funfairs, commonly known as Kirmes, with their diverse stalls and rides. Beer flows, music resounds and the streets in villages and towns are all dressed up and people celebrate their happiness and enjoyment. Street parades are one of the most popular events when all the people spill out into the streets to make merry. Festivals are celebrated with good cheer and great enthusiasm with people gathered from every corner of the town. From carnivals and Christmas markets to the popular Schützenfest fairs, many of the festivals in Germany's towns and cities date back on centuries of history. Regarding the size, no fest anywhere can top the Oktoberfest in Munich, while both the Schützenfest in Hannover and the Wurstmarkt wine festival in Bad Dürkheim are the largest of their kind in the world. But even if you prefer things a little quieter, Germany is the right place for you. Regional harvest festivals, annual fairs and religious holidays ensure that the events calendar stays full all year round and you have plenty of celebrations to enjoy them.
Opera
Opera gives us a reflection of who we are, how we relate to others and what it means, collectively and individually, to be human being and what it requires. Opera performed live is a uniquely thrilling experience. it is a massively powerful live action and the most emotionally direct of all art forms. There are thrilling moments in opera that deal most directly in the human feelings like life, love, death, loss, passion, joy, anger, happiness, hope, trust and etc.
Opera is a storytelling at its most vivid and manipulative form. It is glamorous, (architecturally) beautiful and the costumes and sets are fabulously elaborate. The combination of dramatic narrative, stagecraft and music, and especially the rang e and vulnerability of the human voice, make opera an art form that comes closest to expressing pure emotion of human being.
Opera is a storytelling at its most vivid and manipulative form. It is glamorous, (architecturally) beautiful and the costumes and sets are fabulously elaborate. The combination of dramatic narrative, stagecraft and music, and especially the rang e and vulnerability of the human voice, make opera an art form that comes closest to expressing pure emotion of human being.
City tour
Taking part in a guided tour is an easy way to explore a city for those people who don’t have a lot of time for their holidays and want to maximize their time and their enjoyment and also for those who don’t really have a lot of time to sit and plan their travels lonely.
Specialized and well trained tour operators have great in depth knowledge of specific regions, places and sites. They have a team of consultants who study the best itineraries carefully and choose among from the best options available. Besides, when you are in a guided tour, you don’t have to think about anything other than what cocktail you wish to have at sunset! They also help you to find the best views to take perfect photos and introduce you to the best places for sightseeing and to look out over their city; they are always available at the cheapest prices and you can refer to them at any time you need.
By joining a city tour you learn about the history of the city and all major sites. You can hear interesting facts about each place that would be difficult to find out about on your own effort. You can also get familiar with the local culture like funny stories, traditions, events, jokes, tales of eccentric locals and people from the past and even local dating habits are usually shared in walking tours. You can also acquire knowledge about cultural aspects of why special things have been designed in a certain way and also many interesting facts that would be really hard to grasp on your own. Also, if you attend a tour early in your stay, you might just make new friends with different cultural backgrounds and personality traits. All these useful activities can be experienced in city tours.
Specialized and well trained tour operators have great in depth knowledge of specific regions, places and sites. They have a team of consultants who study the best itineraries carefully and choose among from the best options available. Besides, when you are in a guided tour, you don’t have to think about anything other than what cocktail you wish to have at sunset! They also help you to find the best views to take perfect photos and introduce you to the best places for sightseeing and to look out over their city; they are always available at the cheapest prices and you can refer to them at any time you need.
By joining a city tour you learn about the history of the city and all major sites. You can hear interesting facts about each place that would be difficult to find out about on your own effort. You can also get familiar with the local culture like funny stories, traditions, events, jokes, tales of eccentric locals and people from the past and even local dating habits are usually shared in walking tours. You can also acquire knowledge about cultural aspects of why special things have been designed in a certain way and also many interesting facts that would be really hard to grasp on your own. Also, if you attend a tour early in your stay, you might just make new friends with different cultural backgrounds and personality traits. All these useful activities can be experienced in city tours.
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