Watch the best pyrotechnics teams light the sky at the Flammende Sterne or Flaming Stars Fireworks Festival in Ostfildern, near Stuttgart.

Enjoy amazing food, shopping and street theatre at Kaiserslautern’s Old Town Festival.

If you love seafood, the Hamburger Fischmarkt in Stuttgart is for you!

Listen to music and welcome summer at the Marienplatzfest in Stuttgart!

Watch a fishermen’s joust and enjoy traditional festival activities at Mainfest in Frankfurt.

Celebrate the man who invented the Gutenberg printing press at the Johannisnacht Festival in Mainz!

Enjoy the Tollwood Summer Festival in Munich and listen to amazing musicians throughout the warm months of June and July.

Celebrate Summer at the Wiesbaden Wilhelmstraßefest a large street festival also known as Theatrium!

Visit Frankfurt’s largest botanical garden to see thousands of beautiful roses and have a picnic!

A bit of reflection, some planning, and implementing a handful of the tips below can help make summer amazing and restful for the whole family.