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Frankfurt is a big player in global trade fair business. An annual average of 80 fairs and exhibitions attract numerous visitors from all over the world.

One of the highlights is Frankfurt's book fair. The biggest book fair worldwide dates back to the 15th century. Its popularity has increased ever since.

Today, more than 250,000 annual visitors flood the fair.

The aim: information on a selection of the almost 400,000 books which are being presented. Readings, talks, interviews and other side events offer additional incentives for an interested public. Book industry, publishers, critics, readers and writers alike are under the spell of the biggest book fair world wide.
D) Carnival in Germany
In Germany Mardi Gras ('Fasching') is also referred to as the fifth and foolish season ('die nдrrische Zeit'). It is a time of elaborate parades, masks, balls and election of Carnival king and queen and official madness.

The exact time of celebration and the traditions vary from county to county, but it generally takes place in early spring. Munich, Cologne,
Mainz are strongholds of Mardi Gras celebrations.

Switzerland and Austria, too, join the party with enthusiasm following their own traditions.

E) Munich's 'Oktoberfest'

Even though it is called 'Oktoberfest', the festival actually takes place in September, as Bavarian autumn can be tricky and surprise with early cold and snow. Today, the 'Oktoberfest' is the largest festival worldwide attracting a multitude of visitors. Apart from beer tents the festival offers amusements as diverse as roller coasters, circus appearances, festive parades and live brass bands.

The ceremonial opening happens at noon. The mayor arrives in a festive coach followed by a decorated horse-drawn brewer's cart. Guests, staff and the numerous brass bands are all wearing traditional costumes (lederhosen and dirndls) for the occasion. At the end of the parade the major taps the first keg of beer and shouts, "o'zapft is!" (The keg is tapped).

It takes good nerves and a solid stomach to survive the festivals 16 days of intensive partying. However, the festival is a huge success: Apart from attracting a multitude of visitors the festivals brand name 'Oktoberfest' has been exported all over the world.

4.2. National Parks

A) The Jasmund National Park

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The Jasmund National Park offers many different landscapes within a very small area. Come and visit a cretaceous landscape with numerous bogs, wet grasslands and dry meadows. The most renowned attraction are the chalk cliffs surrounding the Kцnigsstuhl which have been captured in paintings by the famous artist Caspar David Friedrich.

Apart from the Kцnigsstuhl, the highest point on the chalk coastline, the whole length of the chalk coastline is impressive. It stretches over a length of 10 km, reaches a height of 117 m and consists of both active and inactive cliffs, illustrating the dynamics of an active steep coastline.

The national park offers a wide range of activities, such as hiking and bicycle tours, excursions and seminars which give the opportunity to explore the most beautiful hiking trails through the regionґs forested landscapes.

The Stubnitz area is not just worth a visit because of its magical chalk landscape, it is also the home of mythical figures.

On guided tours, organised on a regular basis by the national park administration, you will find out everything about Hertha, a Germanic goddess, and Stцrtebecker, a pirate who is said to have buried treasure somewhere in this area.

Highlights:

- Cape Arkona with the little town of Vitt

- the fishing port of Sassnitz with its fishing museum

- "Piratenschlucht" (pirateґs gorge) in Sassnitz

- Greifswald's museum with an exhibition of paintings by Caspar David
Friedrich

- historic craftsmen's dwellings in Gingst

- Grьmbke lookout tower near Neuenkirchen

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