Last night marked the half-way point in the Hessentag in Oberursel. Parties held on this evening are often referred to as the “Bergfest” , meaning that we have climbed up the mountain and it’s all downhill from here on.
The big wheel at Oberusel's station
It was announced this afternoon that there had been 735,000 visitors in the first five days, with 215,000 alone on Whit Monday – just 5,000 off the record for a single day ever!
The million is not far away…
The Schwebebad in the Strackgasse in Oberursel (literally “floating bath”) is open to the public during the Hessentag in Oberursel, but only for tours of the facilities available.
The Schwebebad reception area
Visitors can take a look at the open floating tanks or pools, of which there are three to choose from. The Mediterranean, or Classic tank, the space-themed tank and the underwater-theme tank. Afterwards they are shown the rest room and the water massage room. [Read more…]
It has been an interesting week using the local train system (U-Bahn) to get to appointments and to the Hessentag in Oberursel.
The first couple of days were particularly chaotic, as the trains were forced to slow down so much on the part of the line that runs from the main station up to Lahnstraße, that by the time the train had reached the first level crossing the trackside signals had reverted to “halt”. The driver then had to use his signal key to re-activate them, losing more time.
The new passenger information system was also not coping with the slow trains very well. They must have been passing over the sensors so slowly, that the boards still showed the train as being in the station.
A U3 train waits to cross the Kupferhammerweg
Since Sunday this has been improved [Read more…]
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