Win a pack of Pringles at the Hessentag

June 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Visitors to the Hessentag in Oberursel who get off their train at the Altstadt station (formerly Portstraße) have the chance to win a pack of Pringles crips.

To do this, they have to knock over a pile of cans, except they are not the ordinary tin cans that you see at other events.  These are Pringles cans.

A view through the sight towards the Pringles cans

A view through the sight towards the Pringles cans

And you do not through a ball either.  Instead you have something that is a cross between a tennis racket and a large bag.  You pull it back and then release, using the sight on the top to aim the air that is released at the cans.

It’s not easy!

 

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The Hessentag has started

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The afternoon saw the official opening of the Hessentag in Oberursel.  After 4 years of planning (and roadworks), the day had arrived when the building work stopped and the party began.

The opening took place in the Rushmoor Park, located on one side of the town near to the Maasgrund.  Musicians from Stierstadt entertained the crowd during the long hot wait, until the Ministerpräsident of Hesse – Volker Bouffier – arrived with his wife, Ursula, the mayor Oberursel Hans-Georg Brum, Landrat Ulrich Krebs and the Hessentagspaar.

Volker Bouffier opens the 51st Hessentag in Oberursel

Volker Bouffier opening the Hessentag in Oberursel

Also attending were representatives from the towns of Wetzlar and Vellmar, where the Hessentag is due to take place in 2012 and 2013 respectively. [Read more…]

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Ruppel in the Vorstadt at the Hessentag

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Local bakery “Ruppel” have closed their shop in the pedestrian precinct area of Oberursel for the duration of the Hessentag.

Instead they have set up two stalls in front of the shop, one selling bakery products such as slices of cake (“Blechkuchen”), and the other selling Bratwurst sausages.

Ruppel in the pedestrian area of Oberursel during the Hessentag

Ruppel's stalls in the pedestrian area

Here, as at most stalls, the prices have stayed reasonable.  A Bratwurst costs €2.50.

Ruppel’s stalls are every day until 10pm.

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