Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Baden-Baden, Duitsland

Topdrukte — Christkindelsmarkt, Christmas holidays in Duitsland

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Christkindelsmarkt (26 nov – 6 jan)

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Druk — Easter holidays in Duitsland, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Easter Festival at the Festspielhaus

  15 mrt – 20 apr · meestalMuziekfestivalBoek vroeg

  Opera and orchestral concerts at Germany's largest opera house in the days before Easter. The Berlin Philharmonic went back to Salzburg in 2026 and guest orchestras now carry it, but the spa hotels still fill with concertgoers. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Easter holidays

  3–6 aprPasen & Goede WeekSluitingenDruk

  Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays everywhere, and shops close on Friday, Sunday and Monday. Good Friday is a quiet day with dance and loud-event bans in most states, and Germans use the four-day weekend to travel, so trains, motorways and holiday towns are busy. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Easter holidays, Easter holidays in Duitsland

• Feestdag

  Ascension and Whitsun

  14–25 meiNationale feestdagSluitingenDruk

  Ascension Day, a Thursday 39 days after Easter, and Whit Monday 11 days later are public holidays nationwide. Shops close on both, many people bridge them into long weekends, and trains, motorways and hotels in holiday areas get busy. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Easter Festival at the Festspielhaus (15 mrt – 20 apr (meestal)), Easter holidays (3–6 apr)

Topdrukte — Ascension and Whitsun, Whitsun/Pentecost holidays in Duitsland

• Festival

  Iffezheim spring meeting

  4–7 junSportevenementDruk

  The first of the three race meetings at Iffezheim, twenty minutes out of town, with the thoroughbred sales alongside it. Smaller and easier to get into than the August week. Bron ↗

• Natuur

  Roses on the Beutig

  25 mei – 10 jul · meestalWilde bloemen & bloei

  The city's rose-novelty garden on the Beutig hill hosts one of Europe's oldest competitions for new varieties, judged in June when the beds are in full bloom. Visitors can walk the trial beds and vote for a favourite. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Ascension and Whitsun (14–25 mei)

Druk — Iffezheim spring meeting, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

In juni begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Ascension and Whitsun (14–25 mei), Iffezheim spring meeting (4–7 jun), Roses on the Beutig (25 mei – 10 jul (meestal))

Topdrukte — International Oldtimer Meeting, Summer holidays in Duitsland

• Festival

  International Oldtimer Meeting

  5–20 jul · meestalGroot festivalDruk

  Several hundred classic cars built before 1980 parked through the Kurpark and along the Kaiserallee for a weekend in July, with the spa gardens hung with paper lanterns in the evening. Free to wander. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Roses on the Beutig (25 mei – 10 jul (meestal))

Topdrukte — Grosse Woche racing, Summer holidays in Duitsland

• Festival

  Grosse Woche racing

  29 aug – 6 sepSportevenementDrukBoek vroeg

  Germany's biggest race meeting, five days at Iffezheim ending with the Grosser Preis von Baden. The spa hotels fill with people who came to dress up rather than to take the water. Bron ↗

Druk — Grosse Woche racing, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Grosse Woche racing (29 aug – 6 sep)

Topdrukte — Sales & Racing Festival, Autumn holidays in Duitsland

• Natuur

  Autumn in the Lichtentaler Allee

  8 okt – 8 nov · meestalHerfstkleuren

  The two-kilometre park along the Oos turns through October, and the Black Forest slopes behind it a week or so later. It is the one time the promenade is worth the walk end to end.

• Festival

  Sales & Racing Festival

  16–18 oktSportevenementDruk

  Two race days in mid-October wrapped around the yearling auction, plus an Oktoberfest race day. The last busy weekend before the town settles into its winter cure season. Bron ↗

Druk — Christkindelsmarkt, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Christkindelsmarkt

  26 nov – 6 janKerst & nieuwjaarDruk

  Chalets fill the square in front of the Kurhaus and stay up past New Year, later than most German markets. Free to enter, and busiest on the weekend afternoons. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Autumn in the Lichtentaler Allee (8 okt – 8 nov (meestal))

Topdrukte — Christkindelsmarkt, Christmas holidays in Duitsland

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Christkindelsmarkt (26 nov – 6 jan)