The Cannstatter Wasen, near Stuttgart, is a host for one of the biggest beer festivals in the world. Founded in 1818 by King Wilhelm of Wurttemberg as a harvest festival, the Cannstatter Volksfest resembles the larger Oktoberfest in Munich. The fair, also known as the Stuttgart Beer Festival, retains traces of its past - look out for a 24-metre-high column of fruit. I was fascinated by big parade with horses and decorated brewery and peasants' wagons plus a fireworks extravaganza add to the festive atmosphere. Cannstatter Volksfest/Cannstatter Wasen is an annual two-week festival in Stuttgart, Germany. It is sometimes also referred to by foreign visitors as the Stuttgart Beer Festival although it is actually more of an autumnal fair. The Volksfest takes place from the end of September to the beginning of October on an area called the "Cannstatter Wasen". There are a couple of other festivals which are this big in Germany but not one single near Stuttgart and not one on such a nice field. Spring festival is attracting young pop and rock groups to perform and their public to visit.

Showmen offer rides and attractions at the festival fair, including a Ferris wheel and water rides. The large beer tents are decked out in fir branches, waterfalls and other reminders of village life in the nearby .

Symbolic of the Cannstatter Wasen is its "fruit column", a wooden pillar decorated with fruit, 26 meters high and weighing 3.5 tons. Since 1935, the 100th anniversary, it has been back in its traditional place. Until recently the fruit column, the design of which has changed over the years, was dismantled after each Volksfest. Every few years it is redesigned. Since 1995 it has been left in place throughout the year and is thus also on display at the Stuttgart spring festival. In recent years only the tip has been dismantled leaving the lower portion in place housing information stands and the Cannstatter "city can"

Near Stuttgart there is a big field for events – Cannastatter Wasen field. This year many events are planned on that place, like Spring festival in March, and Folk festival in the beginning of summer. Numbers of visitors is getting bigger every year, because festivals in Stuttgart are one of the best in Europe. Facts are that festivals in Cannstatter Wasen field is best buy for tourist and domestic citizens, and because of that they are very popular. Best showmen in Germany, nice and comfortable pavilions, great food, promotions, lot of music and fun, all of that is a part of Stuttgart's festivals. The festival lasts for a whole week and thousands of people are visiting it. The folk festival is rather for a little bit older public but as a fact there is more and more of young people being interested for this kind of music. There are always showman to fill the silence between two groups playing, running competitions and lottery. Folk festival begins in June. During three days approximately two hundred of people visit this festival. They enjoy in folk music concerts and dances from all over the world, traditional kitchen, clothing and other stuff. Every time organizers make a lot of small competitions for visitors in different games, and you can win a valuable prices, like a new car or exotic travel. So, prepare yourself right now for great festivals in Stuttgart, and book it in your calendar! You should visit both of them, and have a good time.