Try out diving at the Hessentag… in a lorry

The swimming club in Oberursel (SCO) and in particular their diving section, the Kiwi-Taucher, have come up with something rather special for the Hessentag.  They are offering visitors the chance to try out diving for free… in the back of a lorry!

The trailer on the lorry is 6.2m long, 2.5m wide and 2m deep and filled with water (as you might expect).

The water-filled trailer

The water-filled trailer at the Hessentag in Oberursel

Visitors from the age of 8 upwards who would like to try out diving for the first time are provided with everything they need and are first given instruction in the basics of diving before heading up the ladder to the roof of the tank. [Read more…]

430,000 visitors at the first Hessentag weekend

Oberursel is well on its way to reaching the target of 1 Million visitors during the 10-day Hessentag in the coming week.

The first three days of the event saw 430,000 visitors come to the town, according to a statement by the local Hesse Government.  15,000 of them went to the Roxette concert last night and another 50,000 were at Just White on Saturday night.

Almost a third of the visitors went to the Landesausstellung outside the town in an area called the Drei Hasen.  This is something of a County Show and is well worth visiting, although in my opinion it has been under-publicised.

The Adenauerallee in Oberursel on Whit Monday during the Hessentag

The Adenauerallee in Oberursel on Whit Monday

Many of the county ministries and departments have stands there in Hall 1, and in Hall 2 a lot of the local tourist attractions have information stands and leaflets to encourage visitors to go and see them in the summer.  Organisations such as the police, Red Cross and charities such as World Vision are also exhibiting there, with lots of things for children to do.

With Monday almost behind us, there are still six days left to visit the Hessentag.

Where to get the train-shaped balloons at the Hessentag

For the past few days I have noticed that a lot of children at the Hessentag have been carrying helium-filled balloons that are shaped like the S-Bahn trains that stop at Oberursel’s main station.

Today I found out just how popular they are.  Once my daughter had one flying behind her, people kept stopping us to ask where to get them.

An S-Bahn balloon from the Hessentag in Oberursel

So here is the answer: [Read more…]

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