Bremen - Events

Events

  • Every year since 1036, in the last two weeks of October, Bremen has hosted Freimarkt ("Free market"), one of the world's oldest and in Germany one of today's biggest continuously celebrated fairground festivals.
  • Bremen is host to one of the four big annual Techno parades, the Vision Parade.
  • Bremen is also host for the "Bremer 6 Tage Rennen" a bicycle race at the Bremen Arena.
  • Every year the city plays host to young musicians from across the world, playing in the International Youth Symphony Orchestra of Bremen (IYSOB).
  • On March 12, 1999, the rock band Kiss played a live show here. Before the show they were told by the fire marshall not to use any fireworks. During the show they used no fireworks, but at the end, they set off all of the fireworks at once. Because of this, they are now banned from playing in Bremen.
  • Bremen was host to the 2006 RoboCup competition.
  • Bremen was host to the 32nd Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag from 20 to 24 May 2009.
  • Bremen hosted the 50th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) from 10 to 22 July 2009.

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