By Sophie Rees

Frühling Frühling is Spring in Germany. The names of the three months in Früling are März, April and Mai. März is the end of winter and beginning of spring so there all lots of events and festivals throughout the month. A famous festival, perfect for families the is Berlin’s Spandau Spring Festival. There are roller coasters, rides, food stands and fireworks exhibitions. In April, most important festivals are relative to the spring. In Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich there are many spring fairs, meanwhile Dresden is home to the FilmFest and International Dance week. But the most important celebration at this time in Germany is Easter. Mai is full of music festivals and colour – in this month Germany is really beautiful. In Mai the Munich Spring festival, Bodensee Festival in Friedrichshafen, the Dresden Music festival and the Asparagus Festival in Darmstadt are on.

Sommer Sommer is Germany’s Summer and has the months Juni, Juli and August in it. Germany’s June festivals include music festivals and sport events. The most important music festivals are the massive Rock am Ring and Rock Park and the festival of Classical music in Dresden. In this month, the biggest sailing event of the world, 3.5 million people arrive in Keil to enjoy this event. July is also time of musical festivals, many of them free such as the Rheinkultur Bonn, Schlagermove pop music festival, Zeltfestival in Hamburg and the Das fest in Karlsruhe. This month is also famous for its summer and wine festivals. August is popular for beer festivals, wine festivals and theatre festivals. In the regions of Mosel and Rhine. One of the most important festivals in this month is the Berlin Beer Festival, is like the Oktoberfest but in a different location.

Herbst In Herbst, or Autumn, the three months are September, Oktober and November. In September the wine, beer and music festivals continue. The most attractive music festivals are the Beethoven Festival in Bonn, the Alstadt Autumn Festival in Dusseldorf, the Berlin Musicfest and the Potsdam Jazz Festival. In the last days of September, the Oktoberfest begins- this is a very popular event. The Oktoberfest ends in early Oktober. In November, Christmas markets start to appear. It doesn’t matter where you are in Germany there is always a Christmas market!

Winter Winter is still Winter in Germany. The three months in winter are Dezember, Januar and Februar. The christmas markets and celebrations continue in Dezember. In January there are few events being the most important the Three Hallowed Kings festivity. February is the month of Carnival (Fasching), in almost every Germany’s city there are many big parties and parades. The most popular cities where carnival is celebrated are Aachen, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Mainz, Munich or Muenster.

Australia and Germany… The difference between Australia and Germany is that Germany is in the Northern Hemisphere and Australia is in the south. That means that our seasons will be opposite. Thankyou for watching my Powerpoint presentation!