Friday, August 27, 2010

Frankfurt Museum Embankment Festival Live Webcam

The Museum Embankment Festival takes place every year on last weekend in August, a cultural event in Frankfurt am Main. It is named after the museum mile, the name embossed in the 1980s to more than 20 museums on both sides of the river Main. Every year, more than three million people in this largest festival in the Rhine-Main area.

This live webcam is in Frankfurt throughout the festival:

Museumsuferfest webcam

The Museum Embankment Festival since 1988 under an annually changing theme. 2010, the priority theme Argentina, the host country of the Frankfurt Book Fair.

The festival takes place on both banks of the Main between the Iron Bridge and Holbeinsteg instead. On the southern side of both the so-called Schaumainkai - the core of the museum shore - and the green areas of the Tiefkais included. On the north shore estates focus on the green areas of the so-called Nice.

During the Museum Discover the banks have almost all the museums of downtown Frankfurt, but above all the museums located around the Main river in order until well into the night in the open. tickets are pitching it to the museum button to buy a Ansteckplakette to this weekend admission to all participating museums entitled to. In addition, there are numerous stages for music and dance performances, stalls selling crafts, jewelry and clothing as well as open-air exhibitions of artists along both banks of the Main. It also covers the large part of the museums and parks and gardens - an additional, special admission cards - the art of the Frankfurt-based banks. Overall, introduce yourself to the each about four kilometers long promenades 21 stages and 1,000 stalls.