{"id":373,"date":"2010-06-22T12:00:38","date_gmt":"2010-06-22T12:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=373"},"modified":"2017-06-09T12:12:33","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T12:12:33","slug":"kieler-woche-%e2%80%93-the-world%c2%b4s-biggest-sailing-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/kieler-woche-%e2%80%93-the-world%c2%b4s-biggest-sailing-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Kieler Woche \u2013 the World\u00b4s biggest sailing event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kieler Woche is a j\u00e4hrliche (annual) sailing regatta, which takes place in Kiel seit (since) 1882. Today it is the biggest sailing event in the world. And at the same time it is the biggest summer festival in northern Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Beside the sailing contests, a umfangreiches (extensive) program is offered to the Besucher (visitors) of the Kieler Woche. The performances of international bands and K\u00fcnstler (artists) that take place in 300 concerts on 16 stages are very beliebt (popular) and show a big variety of different styles. So everyone will find something that he likes. Zus\u00e4tzlich (in addition) to this, local bands and artists perform as well on smaller B\u00fchnen (stages).<\/p>\n<p>The every year maritime highlight is the \u201cWindjammerparade\u201d on the last Samstag (Saturday) of the Kieler Woche. More than 100 traditional ships, big sailing ships, historical Dampfschiffe (steamboats) as well as hundreds of sailing yachts participate in this event. As special guests you can also see marine ships from other countries.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the (German) video \u201cThe Kieler Wocher in 100 seconds\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kieler Woche 2010 - Die Kieler Woche in 100 Sekunden\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tGw2iMRqKRE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Another highlight is the award of the World Economic Science Prize by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.<\/p>\n<p>Kiel is situated in the most northerly of Germany\u00b4s Bundesstaaten (federal states). The city has only about 240.000 Einwohner (inhabitants) but around three million visitors are attracted by the Kieler Woche! To support the idea of a better international understanding, Sprachkurse (language courses) will be held for free.<\/p>\n<p>This year the Kieler Woche takes place from June 19<sup>th<\/sup> to 27<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>For living in the south of Germany, unfortunately I never had the chance to visit the festival personally. But I guess this is a lot of fun!<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Kieler Woche, visit the website:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kieler-woche.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.kieler-woche.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kieler Woche is a j\u00e4hrliche (annual) sailing regatta, which takes place in Kiel seit (since) 1882. Today it is the biggest sailing event in the world. 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