I'm a 24yo student from Germany. I allready enjoyed the German Ciao Community and will try my luck h...
I'm a 24yo student from Germany. I allready enjoyed the German Ciao Community and will try my luck here again. Please forgive me my bad english.
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Please note: You'll find my opinions about Dresden from now on in Home » City Guide » European Cities » Dresden, so you do not need to read this one (I asked ciao to delete it). Information about the Night Skating you find in Home » City Guide » European Cities » Dresden » Festivals & Events » Nachtskaten.
Tnx!Imagine the following: It's 9.30 pm, it's dark and you skate within 2000 people on a 4 lane well asphalted road, watching the century-old barok buildings on the other side of the river Elbe. They are floodlighted and in front of you is a car with music.
Thats what Dresdens Nightskating (Nachtskaten) is about. It runs every friday in the summer period and is the greates weekly attraction in our city. The Dresden Nightskating was one of the first ones of these events (may 1998) now establisht all over Germany. The Skating movement is really big and rich of influence here.
Every friday at 8 pm the skaters meet at the public halfpipe on the street "St. Petersburger Strasse". That is the one with the big diamondlike UFA-cinema and opposite the majors house. You can get there by public transport going to "Pirnaischer Platz".
At 9 pm the parade starts, escorded by the police, wich also closes all the used streets for traffic. (So, if you are dringin around friday nights in Dresden by car or bus make sure to have much time to spend by waiting.)
The route changes every week and you get a good impression of all faces of Dresden, seeing europes most modern car factory or the old Zwinger, crossing the river.
Mostly there are between 2,000 and 5,000 skaters on the road, depending on the weather. There are all kind of skaters, totaly beginners, families and profis. Some drive fast, some slow, some make stunts, some accidents. But this mixture gives the event a special flair.
There are stewards to guarentee the security and it is highly recomended to follow their orders. Also the Sachsen Ambulance follows the konvoi with a car, taking care of all kinds of accidents.
After one hour there is a big break of 15 minutes and then the konvoi starts again. Totaly skating time is 2 hours and the route is between 14 and 20 Kilometers. You can join and get out everywhere you want, because the route goes only within the central city and you will allways find a place with public transport connection nearby.
Last year we made a record (recorded by the Guiness book of World records) establishing the longest rolling living chain. 8,000 (!!!) skaters took each others hand rolling through the Grosser Garten (Great Garden, a big and famous park) and set a symbol of unity and equality.
If you are interessted in Skating and stay in Dresden fridays, it is a MUST to join the Nachtskaten!
There is a offical website, but unfortunaly its only in german:
http://www.nachtskaten-dresden.de
(If you have any questions, just write a email to jurassic@gmx.de)
If you're interessted in skating events in other german cities just have a look on: http://www.muenster.org/inliner/main/main4.html
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Oct 14th, 2001
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