Every year on the first Sunday of Advent, the Sonneberg Toy Museum invites visitors to its Christmas-themed afternoon with special offers. And where better to celebrate than in a building filled from top to bottom with toys from all over the world? Even if many of them are just for looking at.
Meiningen's largest consumer and trade fair attracts a wide audience to the castle gardens with a colorful entertainment program for three days. From small retailers and producers to large businesses, culinary delights, and diverse hands-on activities for the whole family – much has been prepared and is well received by visitors.
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With a huge open-air party dominated by a 100-meter-long catwalk, Buttenheim commemorates the town's most famous son: Levi Strauss – the man who established jeans in late 19th-century America and immortalized himself with the Levi's brand.
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The days when you can simply park your car in the pedestrian zone are few and far between. But during the Auto Spring Festival, this is exactly what's allowed and encouraged, and the city's car dealers are happy to take advantage of this opportunity to pique the interest of Meiningen residents strolling by with their latest models.
Visiting Meiningen for the first time, the Street Food Festival exceeded the expectations of both the organizers and the more than 30 vendors offering freshly prepared culinary delights from around the world. And presumably, those of the many visitors to Meiningen's market square as well.
For an entire weekend, Sonneberg is set to offer exceptional excitement and entertainment. The now-legendary City Kart race, which is being held for the first time, the Adventure Market, the Horsepower Mile, and many other attractions, such as the open-air engine shed, are multiplying visitor numbers.
In Bad Salzungen, too, the Christmas market invites visitors to visit once or several times throughout the Advent season. After the organizers, together with the town, decided to offer Christmas delicacies and other offerings on the market square again, everyone is excited to see how the people of Bad Salzungen will respond to their Christmas market this year.
The whole town is on its feet. A standing parade invites you to stroll, the clubs present themselves with great programs, a cool drink is served in many places and no one will go hungry. In short, Förtha is celebrating 950 years of verifiable local history, and in style.
The annual summit meeting on the Schneekopf is not only attended by ambitious runners who take a variety of routes to the (almost) highest peak in the Thuringian Forest, but also by lots of hikers and families who enjoy nature at the top in the best weather. And of course there is also a great celebration.
