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  1. from 18th October to 3rd November 2024. on Bremen's Bürgerweide (Bremen Fair), Bremen's market square and around the Liebfrauenkirche (Church of Our Lady) Facts about the Freimarkt. 1st Freimarkt: 1035. Showmen: over 300. Rides: around 40. Event area: 100,000 square metres (Bürgerweide)

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    Freimarkt ( lit. Free Fair) in Bremen, Germany, first held in 1035, is one of the oldest fairs in Germany. With more than four million visitors each year, it is also considered to be the biggest funfairs in Northern Germany. [1]

  3. This 1000 year old festival is the largest festival in Northern Germany. Although it started out as a “Free Market”, meaning that merchants were free to sell any of their wares. Today the Freimarkt is more of a Carnival or Funfair with hundreds of rides and attractions, as well as parades.

    • Visit Town Hall. Built in 1405, Bremen’s beautiful Gothic Town Hall (Rathaus) has witnessed six centuries of history in the Hanseatic City and is one of the top places to see in Bremen.
    • Wish upon the Bremen Town Musicians. One of the top attractions is the Bremen Town Musicians statue just outside of the Town Hall. This quirky statue, based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale of the same name, is essentially the symbol of the city.
    • See the Statue of Roland and Marketplatz. Bremen’s Marktplatz (Market Square) is the heart of the city’s Old Town. With its historic merchant houses now mostly transformed into shops and cafes, it is one of the most picturesque places we’ve ever seen to meet friends or have a cup of coffee.
    • Tour the Bremer Ratskeller wine cellar. Bremen is home to one of the most prestigious wine collections in Germany. Housed in the 600-year-old wine cellar at the Bremen Ratskeller are hundreds of bottles from across Germany’s 13 wine-producing regions.
  4. The “Freimarkt” – free market – is one of the oldest funfairs in Germany. Already in 888 King Arnulf had handed over a document to the archbishop of Bremen conferring on Bremen the prerogative of coinage, the market rights and the right to levy tolls.

  5. Fpur million people are coming every year from far and wide to become intoxicated by the event of superlatives: no other funfair offers visitors so many attractions as the Bremer Freimarkt. About 50 fairground rides provide some tingling moments for young and old.

  6. The Bremer Freimarkt (Free Fair) — historically one of the oldest fairs in Germany — has its greatest event with the Free Fair Procession "Freimarktsumzug"; this year's Freimarktsumzug took place Saturday.

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