International Hanseatic League Day

We invite you to join us in celebrating the "International Hanseatic League Day". City tours focussing on the more than 625 years of Hanseatic history and the celebrated Hanseatic table, at which you will be served on the Prinzipalmarkt by the city's retailers, will make your weekend a very special experience.

Muenster's flea market is one of the largest open-air flea markets in Europe and attracts thousands of visitors from home and abroad every year. The large flea market will take place on the Schlossplatz and the bordering promenade.

Muenster's gourmets can look forward to a very special culinary happening this year - the gourmet-event "Münster verwöhnt...". The culinary captial invites its guests to discover exclusive delicacies. Restaurants and prestigious top chefs from the Muensterland present the finest of top cooking.

Harbour Festival

Münster's harbour has changed dramatically during recent years. Where once there were industrial sights and warehouses, there are now artists' studios, clubs, pubs, restaurants, cinemas and a theatre. Once a year this innovative and creative part of the city celebrates a three-day party for everybody.

Muenster's flea market is one of the largest open-air flea markets in Europe and attracts thousands of visitors from home and abroad every year. The large flea market will take place on the Schlossplatz and the bordering promenade.

The spectacular floating stage at the Aaseeterrassen (Aasee Terraces) provides the Mediterranean setting for a highly unusual open-air music festival.

Muenster's flea market is one of the largest open-air flea markets in Europe and attracts thousands of visitors from home and abroad every year. The large flea market will take place on the Schlossplatz and the bordering promenade.

The Send - Münster's biggest carnival and the oldest annual fair in the Münsterland - attracts over a million visitors every year. Around 250 fairground operators from all over Germany come three times a year to present the latest sensations on the Schlossplatz.

European, world, and Olympic champions are coming to battle for victories and rankings. The equestrian event in Muenster is one of the oldest German tournaments and enjoys enormous popularity in one of the most important horse-breeding areas in Germany.

The third weekend in August is the time for Münster city centre, with all its attractive event spaces, to invite young and old alike to come and join in, enjoy, marvel, and generally have a good time.