[65] Cranger Kirmes Oktoberfest

Even so it attracts 4 million people annually.

Cranger Kirmes Oktoberfest . The cranger kirmes in herne right in the heart of the ruhr area is one of the biggest funfairs in germany. The modern oktoberfest resumed in 1950. It is the biggest funfair in the state of north rhine westphalia and the second biggest fair in germany only behind the munich oktoberfest.

Cranger kirmes is a place to visit for the food drinks and rides and just to feel part of the festivities. It always starts on the first thursday in august and in the course of the eleven days it traditionally lasts attracts some four million visitors to the fairground site in its lovely location beside the rhine herne canal. It is expensive but just walking the grounds and trying all the different types of food is worth it.

After the oktoberfest the next largest public fairs in germany are the cannstatter volksfest in stuttgart with about 4 5 million visitors each year the cranger kirmes in herne wanne eickel the largest fair in northrhine westphalia with 4 4 million visitors the rheinkirmes in düsseldorf called largest fair on the rhine and the. In 2008 there were 4 7 million visitors. The cranger kirmes is not very well known outside north rhine westphalia.

Oktoberfest today oktoberfest now attracts from five to six million visitors every year many of them from outside germany. The ruhr area fair runs for two weeks in august and offers 55 different funfair rides. No fair is like this fair.