Kaiserslautern offers spring market, Sunday shopping

by Petra Lessoing
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
Photo courtesy of the City of KaiserslauternVisitors receive primroses during Kaiserslautern’s spring market Saturday. Stores will be open from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday.
Photo courtesy of the City of Kaiserslautern
Visitors receive primroses during Kaiserslautern’s spring market Saturday. Stores will be open from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday.

Kaiserslauterns advertising association, “Kaiser in Lautern,” will sponsor a spring market in cooperation with the City of Kaiserslautern to say goodbye to winter Saturday and Sunday.

The annual event, “Lautern bursts into bloom,” will highlight the beginning of spring with a variety of activities, stage performances, fashions shows and food specialties in the center of town Saturday and Sunday. Additionally, this year, stores will be open from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday, and a car exhibition will display the latest vehicles on Stiftsplatz.

Stores, restaurant and pub owners, as well as various institutions will present a diversified program to entertain and lure costumers and families asking them to take part in numerous activities and enjoy special offers.

The traditional primrose pyramid will be set up on Schillerplatz. More than 3,000 primroses will be given away to visitors.

Local sports clubs will present performances on a stage and ask visitors to take part in “Fit in Lautern.” They will provide all kinds of information about how to join sports clubs and their programs.

The radio station RPR1 will have a stage set up on in front of their studio in Fackelstrasse. They will present an unplugged entertainment program and offer guided tours of the studio.

A local kindergarten will offer face painting, a jumping castle, balloons, coffee and cakes. Fashion shows are scheduled to highlight the new spring collection in Pirmasenser Strasse and Rummelstrasse.

An arts and crafts market will display unique items such as candles, jewelry, garden decorations and Easter presents in front of Stiftskirche.

Muscle and drift cars will be exhibited in Riesenstrasse.

In Kerststrasse, shoppers can test a barefoot path, visit a petting zoo and admire rabbits from the local rabbit breeding association. The Easter bunny will surprise children with sweets.

Food booths will be set up in different locations. Caterers will serve Italian delicacies, cheese specialties, salmon dishes and homemade chocolate.

Various bands and walking acts will provide entertainment in the streets. These bands and walking acts will also perform Sunday starting at 11 a.m. Stores will be open from 1 to 6 p.m. Visit www.werbegemeinschaft-kl.de for more information.