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International Summer Camp in Southern Germany

Register now for our newest offer: International summer camps in Bavaria or the Black Forest area. Registration deadline is 1 March 2012! Please make use of our request sheet or send us an E-Mail. For further information have a look at our summer camp brochure: International Summer Camp in Southern Germany 2012

dOCUMENTA 13 in Kassel

Every 5 years the dOCUMENTA comes to Germany for 3 months.

It is the World's largest exhibition of modern and contemporary art.

Dates: 9 June - 16 September 2012

In the footsteps of Beethoven or Mozart

For performing groups or music lovers we recommend a tour to the Beethoven city Bonn or to Salzburg, the birthplace of Mozart. For inquiries please send us an E-Mail.

Special Events and Anniversaries 2012

13 to 22 January: Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck (Austria)
20 to 29 January: 77th "Internationale Grüne Woche" in Berlin
25 March to 23 October: Blumenjahr Mainau
26 April to 7 October: Landesgartenschau Bamberg
27 April to 7 October: Landesgartenschau Nagold
8 June to 1 July: UEFA Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine
27 July to 12 August: 2012 Summer Olympics in London
17 to 26 August: Luther-Festival in Eisenach
20 to 27 September: Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung (IAA) in Hannover
22 September to 7 October: Oktoberfest in Munich
November to December: Adventszauber (Christmas market) in Berlin
February to November: Special exhibition "Bach and Luther" in Dresden
May to August: 500 years Sistine Madonna in Dresden
Frederick "the Great" II 300th birthday on January 24, 2012
Gustav Klimt 150th birthday on July 14, 2012
500 years "Heiliger Rock" (Seamless Robe of Jesus) in Trier
800 years St. Thomas Choir of Leipzig
500 years of Reformation in 2017: Luther decade in Germany 2008-2017
European Year for Active Ageing

Music Events 2012

17 to 26 February: Händel-Festival in Karlsruhe
12 to 20 May: Johann-Strauss-Festival in Dresden
13 to 22 May: 7th Wagner-Festival in Leipzig
7 to 17 June: Bach-Festival in Leipzig
4 to 14 July: XVIII. International Johann Sebastian Bach-Competition in Leipzig
7 to 16 September: Mendelssohn-Festival in Leipzig
9 to 16 September: Schumann-Festival in Leipzig
7 September to 7 October: Beethoven-Festival in Bonn

Events 2013-2015

Internationale Gartenschau Hamburg (IGS) starts 26 April 2013
Bundesgartenschau (BUGA) 2015 Havelregion

Your own tour on film!

OIK can arrange for a professional film team to film your complete tour or just a day or two. Take your impressions home with you! Promote future tours, win new customers or co-travellers, broadcast on local (or even national) TV or put it up on your internet presentation. Music and sports groups will find it helpful in advertising future events and in signing up new members. Please contact us for further information!