Photo TR: Rheinkirmes Düsseldorf

Hello everyone and welcome to my newest photo TR.

This one is about the "Rheinkirmes Düsseldorf" one of the biggest fairs in Germany with about 5 million visitors in 9 days, which makes it have a higher number of visitors per day then the Octoberfest in Munich.

I visited the Rheinkirmes last Thursday for around 4,5 hours which was in my opinion a little short but it was enough time to do a lap and ride everything I wanted. It was rainy the whole evening so the pictures aren't the best and I'm a bad photographer, which makes it even worse :?

Enough said now onto the pics:

The last photo is also my favorite one. The "Skater". I hope you enjoyed my TR and I hope to get many comments, not like in my last Photo TRs^^

Everywhere lights and action. Normally the bigger tower in the backgroung is blue lighted as well but my camera isn't the best^^

I love riding coasters at fairs in the dark^^

"Chaos" and "PT2", unfortunately a bit blurry (BTW I took all those photos with my mobile phone)

Tha apocalayptical "Power Tower 2"^^

The "Big Monster"

"Pirates Adventure" a nice Walk through.

A disadvantage is the 4€ entrance fee. The "Alpina Bahn" reminded me a bit of Goliath in WW. It hast really good airtime on a few hills and it even has one of those EGF-Flips, which Goliath has 2 times.

One of the three trains, that operated and the 4th in storage. One advantage on fairs is, that there are never big queue lines.

The first drop really kicks ass! I'm glad that there isn't the Euro Star this year in Düsseldorf!

The "Alpina Bahn", an old Schwarzkopf non inverting sitdown rollercoaster.

The "Happy Sailor" and in the background you can suspect the 2nd real reason for my visit.

Yay we are still in Germany, where everybody wears Lederhosen and eats Sauerkraut^^

The "Shake and Roll" and the 3rd coaster the "Wilde Maus"(= wild mouse^^)

The huge star World animatronic (also with fire effects) and the "Frisbee".

The "Star World" a spinning indoor dark ride coaster with fire effects. The actual ride isn't as cool as it looks from the outside.

The Imperator was a little disapointing, because the

ride programe was pretty short and I expected a little more. But it was a totally new feeling to ride that.

Another shot of the "Bellevue".

The "Bellevue" ferris wheel and the Imperator, which was the real reason for the visit.

The "Disk'o" was a new ride for me. The ride was fun but the recomandation wasn't really recomanding, so there were only a few people who wanted to ride. Sad for a (nearly) brand new ride.

I really like that picture^^ The Grandma looks so cool even with those angry Zombies in the background, which attacked her just after I took the photo^^

"Spinning Racers" first drop. This coaster is IMO a lot of fun and it's a shame I didn't got to ride it this year.

The "spinning Racer", one of the four coasters of this fair,but I didn't ride it today because of my limited budget^^

The "PT2" and "The real Nessy". Idon't know why but I think this picture has something apocalyptical in it^^

The "Skater" in action.

The "Power Tower2" and a few other attractions from one side of the fair

Directly besides the Techno Power was the log flume, which I didn't ride that day because the weather was already wet enough and I did it in the last years.

It really kicks ass!

The first thing you see after enternig the fair: Techno Power. The name already tells you, that the music sucks but the ride is pretty cool. That's the first attraction I ever felt sick after a ride^^

Sweet night shots.

That is without a doubt the most colourful fair i've ever seen.

It Serioulsy blows away any fair in Ohio.

Yeah, those night shots were amzing! I wish the states had a fair that big!

Very nice! I love all the color you were able to capture in your photos.

Thanks for sharing!

Great Photo TR. I could look at these photos of German Fairs all day. It is truly amazing the lengths they go to for just a 9 day stretch!

The fairs in my neck of the woods consist of a round-up, yo-yo and scrambler.

thats an awsome fair!

If you like those pics I have good news for you. I'll visit the Cranger Kirmes in around 2 weeks and maybe I have a new camera then to do even better pics. The "Cranger Kirmes" is as big as the "Rheinkirmes Düsseldorf", maybe even a bit bigger because it isn't only just a big fairground, but also a lot of smaller streets.

Sebastian"hopes he has enough money for his new camera then"Rötten

Hey Sebastian,

it looks like you had some fun in Düsseldorf, without the rain! Anyway, great pictures! I hope I will meet you this year at the "Bremer Freimarkt"!

--Sören "remember: not everyone in Germany eats Sauerkraut and wears a Lederhosen " Schomburg

Very very nice pictures, looks like fun

I think you took very good pictures. I love how there lighted up. It doesn't look like thos low rate carnivals for sure! Do they have proffesional people running the carnival and rides or are they smoking-drinking carnies? Great trip report and looking fowards to others you make!

I always love Eurpoean Fair photos. You'll never see an American amusement park or fair with all those lights, let alone, have most lights working. I think it's part of the experience, and you captured it nicely.

Wow, great pix, great TR. Doesn't even matter that some were blurry, IMO.

I have got to go to Europe during fair season. I love fairs, and the ones in Europe look so much more fun than american ones. Why do other countries get all the cool stuff, like fairs, trains, mag-lev, sushi, etc?

The people who run the attractions aren't smoking, drinking carnies . The owners of the attractions are all professionals but they often hire cheaper workers from eastern europe Even then you'll never see any workers drinking alcohol there^^

@ Hattuchili: I'd like to go there, espacially because of the Olympia Looping but I have no car so it'll may be a little problem to come to Bremen without a car. I'll see if I can afford the train transfer^^