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There are probably only four or five fairs in the whole of Germany that can hold a candle to Cranger Kirmes. And none of them is in North Rhine Westphalia. The suburb of Crange in Wanne-Eickel is home to the biggest funfair in the land. The starting signal is always given on the first Friday in August. About 500 booth-holders provide fun and entertainment for ten days and nights: big dippers, roundabouts, dodgems, ghost trains, sugar-roasted almonds, gingerbread hearts, Bavarian beer mugs, and a whole lot more. Millions of visitors swarm onto the fairground, idyllically situated by the Rhine-Herne canal.
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Since 1997 the Flottmann-Hallen, the Herne Cultural Initiative, and Stadtwerke Herne (municipal utility company) have organized a search for worthy heirs to the legendary Jürgen von Manger, who died in 1994. The stand-up comedian, who created Adolf Tegtmeier, a hugely popular figure typical of the Ruhr, lived for 30 years with his wife Ruth in Herne. She is life-long sponsor of the talent search "Tegtmeier’s heirs".
Since as far back as 1976, instrument makers, scholars, and lovers of historic music have come together once a year in Herne. TAMIH has become a significant and unique music festival. It was “invented” by Herne’s then chief adminstrator and head of culture, Joachim Hengelhaupt. Since 1980 the City of Herne and Westdeutsche Rundfunk Köln (West German Broadcasting Corporation Cologne) have organized the festival together, which for the last nine years has also benefitted from the inclusion of a symposium.
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Every year at the end of August the centre of Herne gets in the party mood: For three days a host of bands, kids’ activities and top-class street performers provide non-stop entertainment. It starts with the hugely popular Nightlight Dinner: At Germany’s longest picnic table people get together to eat, drink and chat.
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They’re almost as well known as the legendary "Mond von Wanne-Eickel" (moon of Wanne-Eickel), the song written in 1962 by Friedel Hensch and her band the Cyprys: the Wanne Moon Nights. For three days the suburb of Wanne shows its romantic-hospitable side. Visitors will find a full programme of music, hands-on activities for children, firework display and food stalls. Join in the fun – because, as the song goes, there’s "nothing as beautiful as the moon of Wanne-Eickel".
The Pottporus group in the Heinz-Westphal-Haus on Dorstener Straße has plans to set up a "Folkwang School of Street Culture". Activities will include street dance, hip hop dance, film, photography, graffiti art, video graphics, and poster art.
The Pottporus house is a meeting place for people involved in non-conventional art forms and subculture. A tremendous success for Herne’s subculture has been achieved, for example, by the Renegade Theatre, which has created a sensation in England, most recently in December 2007 when it performed at London’s prestigious Queen Elizabeth Hall. Or by the Urban Street Art Festival "Pottporus" which is the only one of its kind in Germany and which does first-class youth work.
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The Kuboshow, originally known as "Kunstbombe" (art bomb), is a platform for the young academic and professional art scene. It was initiated in 1997 – and is held each November in Herne’s Flottmann-Hallen. At this art exhibition, which is unique in the Ruhr area, some 100 artists from Germany and abroad display about 1,000 contemporary and classical artworks of the highest calibre. Of course, all of the exhibited works are for sale. So a visit is very worthwhile, if only for the atmosphere.
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Herne’s Kinder-Kultur-Sommer (Children’s Cultural Summer) is held every year in May with a programme of events for 4 to 12-year olds. The aim is to get children interested in culture through play. The range of creative activities is designed to appeal to children of all ages, from pre-schoolers to teenagers. They include hands-on events, dance, stage acting, comic art, archaeology, and musical instrument making. The young artists show what they have learned in concerts and theatre performances.
More than 100 events are open to children in various parts of the city of Herne, most of which are free. The Children’s Cultural Summer ends with the big HERKULES children’s festival in the city centre.
The picturesque moated castle Strünkede, which was built in the Renaissance era, contains not only part of the Emschertal Museum. Its romantic inner courtyard also makes it the perfect venue for open-air events. This is where Strünkede Summer is held, a festival which features summer theatre, folk music, parties, comedy, open-air concerts, and cinema. Enjoy Mediterranean flair, a medieval craft market, and culinary delights without the hassle of driving (tram U 35 stops outside).
Since 1992 the Spielezentrum (games centre) has been working to promote games. This civic institution which deals with all aspects of "parlour games" was set up to develop "games as an item of cultural value". In the games library (Spielothek) some 5,000 games are available to borrowers, who can try them out in the nearby games café (Spielecafé). Games clubs, groups and societies meet in the comfort of the games centre, even outside official opening hours. The centre organizes national and international board game and card game competitions.
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