It’s carnival time! The big procession in Oberursel starts at 2.11pm on Sunday afternoon. But with it having been cancelled for two years due to Covid and one year due to high winds, many people new to the area do not know what to expect and have been asking questions. So I went out and filmed some answers (in German):
It’s carnival time!
February 15, 2023 By Leave a Comment
After a break of two years the carnival season has returned to many parts of Germany.
Last Saturday Oberursel’s carnival Princess Fiona I. joined forces with the Kinderprinzenpaar (Julius I. & Annabel I.) to take over control of the town hall until Ash Wednesday.
The highlight of their time in office will be the procession on Sunday (19th February at 2.11pm) in which a record number of 195 floats, bands and other groups on foot will be taking part.
Click here to see more photos of the Rathaussturm in Oberursel
Brexit at the Carnival
March 4, 2019 By Leave a Comment
The subject of Brexit has not gone unnoticed by those in Germany building floats for the many carnivals taking place this week.
One in Düsseldorf shows Theresa May with a Pinnocio-style Brexit nose stabbing through the heart of the British economy.
Meanwhile in Oberursel, one float was more critical of the fact that the Brexit process is dragging on, whilst the EU has other problems to sort out:
