So we and everyone else always think that Frankfurt can be serious. Well for some time now the creative people have been stepping up a gear too. Then we cough a bit proud and embarrassed, refer to the "Atelier Frankfurt" in the Ostend, which borders on a beautiful location, the Schwedlersee and drag visitors in doubt through the Bahnhofsviertel.
But that's not really edgy, that's not really banging the drum. "What's edgy now?" one or the other may ask. Justified. Our British friends are still exemplary in the matter of bizarre. Living on an island produces the craziest and weirdest ideas. (Not to mention the Brexit.)
So I tried to scrape together similar absurd events in Frankfurt. Who now pessimistically thinks, in Frankfurt we can't do unconventional or strange, (according to Duden) I am pleased to present something better here.
The Top 4 of the bizarre hit parade.
<link https: www.facebook.com events _blank>4th Tatort and Wine Old Bridge Theatre
At the risk of many now crying out in horror. I don't watch Tatort. Therefore I find it quite bizarre what the theatre has come up with to bring wine together with weapons. So every Sunday evening the screen goes down, the beamer goes on and the stage is set for "crime public viewing" in Sachsenhausen's new living room.
<link https: www.frankfurt-tipp.de veranstaltungen s event ice-cream-festival-frankfurt.html _blank>3rd Ice Cream Festival
Scurrilous to me is the very idea that the organizers believe the ice cream will survive for a long time. If you go to a festival like that, like I do, you're going to knock stuff off like nothing, aren't you? Do any of you go there to look? Or to eat? Well... But I'm a chocolate and lemon Malaga kind of guy. Most of all, I'm curious about the promised summer atmosphere given the current temperatures. But maybe summer loves "innovative, extravagant and classic ice cream flavors and varieties" and will show up again?!
<link https: www.facebook.com events _blank>2nd Summer Drug Flea Market
Okay, this event won't actually happen. But the organizers, who dub themselves "not sleazy organizers," have done quite a job, leading many to believe that their Facebook-posted event was real. Why not, I now ask provocatively to the round. What the Dutch can do, we've been able to do for a long time, thought resourceful Frankfurters. And if you believe the announcement, the city has loosened up and now the Frankfurt drug mafia can invite you to the very first drug flea market in Germany as a nice and stuffy registered association. Some were there not so sure whether they could offer also their expired Aspirin tablets. According to the organizer the visitors should be carried away by walking acts. Food will also be available. <link https: www.facebook.com thebryancranston _blank>Bryan Cranston will drive up live as Walter White aka. Heisenberg in his camper converted into a carnival float and throw some goodie bags full of blue meth into the crowd. This picture almost makes you wish this whimsical event would become a reality :-)
<link https: www.facebook.com events _blank>First place goes to the 4th Offenbach Pug Race
I've heard chimes that there is actually beer involved with the judging. Also, a race has been cancelled before because of particular problems with the field. So in Frankfurt, for instance, the designers of <link https: leonidmatthias.com de _blank>Leonid Matthias are self-confessed pug owners who have also signed up for the race. Because we know, a life with a pug is possible, but pointless. And so all the owners give their lives a purpose and give the pugs a good run for their money. Four legs on the dog as well as a total height of forty centimeters are requirements.
PS: All involved are aware of the fact that there is no pug in the picture. Thanks for all the well meaning comments. It's just my completely weird preference for bulldogs.:-)