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Kathie Fry
January 15th, 2007, 02:45 PM
Here are some of the night skates and other weekly group skates I know about in Germany. Skaters might want to think about planning a summer holiday in Germany around one of these night skates.

Augsburg Night Skate (http://www.skate-night-augsburg.de/)

Berlin Blade Night (http://skate-night-berlin.com/)
Takes place approximately 10 Sundays between May and October. The route begins and ends at the Brandenberg Gate and the skate begins at 8:00 (20:00). Check the Web site for the current schedule.

Dresden Night Skate (http://www.nachtskaten-dresden.de)

Dusseldorf Night Skate (http://duesseldorf.skatebynight.de/)

Frankfurt Tuesday Night Skate (http://www.t-n-s.de/)
Every Tuesday night from April to October. Skaters meet at the Deutschherrenufer in Frankfurt Sachsenhausen. The skate covers a 35 to 45 kilometer circular route and it takes approximately 2.5 hours.

Hanover Night Skate (http://hannover.skatebynight.de/)

Hildesheim Night Skate (http://hildesheim.skatebynight.de/)

Kiel Blade Night (http://www.kiel-blade-night.de/)

Kunzelsau Night Skate (http://www.hohenloher-night-skating.de/)

Mainz Wednesday Night Skate (http://www.w-n-s.de/)
Every Wednesday night during the warm months at 8:00 pm (20:00). The skate route is approximately 30 kilometers and is traffic free. Season usually begins on April 1.

Munich Monday Blade Night (http://www.muenchnerbladenight.de/)
This skate takes place on many Mondays between May and September. The meeting place is on Wredestrasse near the Hacker Bridge and Circuis Krone and the skate begins at 7:00 pm (19:00).

Naumburger Night Skate (http://www.naumburger-nachtskaten.de/)

Paderborn Night Skate (http://www.skate-night-paderborn.de/)

Reutlingen Inline Night (http://www.inlinenight-rt.de/)

Trier Blade Night (http://www.tns-stuttgart.de/]Stuttgart Thursday Night Skate[/URL]
Every Thursday night during the warm months at 8:00 pm (20:00). Skaters meet in the Beer Garden at Schloss Park and skate approximately 30 kilometers. Season usually begins on April 1.

[URL="http://www.inlinenight-rt.de/)

Did I miss any group skates in Germany? Are all of the above events still active? Can anyone tell us more about them? I am trying to get more information from their Web sites using the rather poor and often strange Babelfish (http://babelfish.altavista.com/) translations.

- Kathie

janneman
January 15th, 2007, 03:08 PM
berlin also has the skateparade (http://www.berlinparade.de/paraden/index.asp) wich website even is available in englisch (http://www.berlinparade.de/english/index.asp) :)

viel spaß !

p.s. shall i try make an overview for dutch nightskates?

Kathie Fry
January 15th, 2007, 03:31 PM
shall i try make an overview for dutch nightskates? Sure, that would be great, if you have time to do it.

- Kathie

Anne-Jelmer
January 17th, 2007, 05:54 PM
Here are two more German nightskates

Big skate! 5000 skaters and more! Highly recommended!
Münster (http://www.skatenight-muenster.de)

German and a bit dutch with about 300 participants
Gronau - Dinkie on Wheels (http://www.dinkieonwheels.de)

Kathie Fry
January 17th, 2007, 06:44 PM
Wow, 5000 skaters. Very cool... thanks Anne!

- Kathie