Tuesday evening, roll through Frankfurt's streets on inline skates: From the beginning to the end of Central European Summer Time, Frankfurt invites you to join in Tuesday Night Skating (TNS):
The 2024 season runs from March to the end of October.
Departure for the TNS tour is every Tuesday at 8:30 pm on the dot, even in bad weather.
The tours start and end at Hafenpark (Mayfarthstraße), on the northern side of the Main in Frankfurt's Ostend district. The Hafenpark to the east of the new ECB building is a 40,000 square meter exercise park with a variety of sports and leisure facilities, including a skate park.
Different routes are run on alternate weeks - to the northern districts of Frankfurt or south to Neu-Isenburg, west towards Höchst or east to Offenbach. The routes are approx. 28 - 35 km long.
The tours usually end at around 11 pm, also at Hafenpark. The tours are announced in the press with details of the route length. The Frankfurt police will close the roads used by the TNS skaters for the tour and, together with the volunteer TNS skater stewards, will ensure that everything runs smoothly.
The TNS tours are ridden at a brisk pace. Safe riding and braking techniques are expected of all participants, complete protective equipment including helmet and reflective hazard lights are essential.
On some Tuesdays, more than 3,000 skaters are out and about in Frankfurt city center - not only from Frankfurt, but also from the surrounding area. This weekly skating event, which has been the largest in Germany for years, is made possible by a cooperation between the Frankfurt Sports Office (organizer) and the police and public order office of the city of Frankfurt, as well as the numerous skater organizers of the Tuesday Night Skaters around organizer Dirk May.
Thanks are also due to the tolerant Frankfurt drivers who repeatedly give way to the long procession of night skaters at intersections on Tuesdays.
Have fun and good skating!
