Rat-catcher run around the Stadt-Galerie
The people of Hameln revealed their sporty side on 28 August 2009. Almost 700 runners from every age group took part in the Stadt-Galerie Run, which followed a course through the city centre. The youngest among them completed the 500-metre “Bambini Run”, while the “People’s Run” covered a distance of 10 kilometres. Prior to the event, the runners were given their start numbers and goodie bags inside the center. The starting and finishing straight by the Wedding House was directly opposite the main entrance to the Stadt-Galerie, which will continue to be the main sponsor for the event over the next few years.
5 years of the Phoenix-Center
A full week of events was held in the Phoenix-Center in Hamburg-Harburg in October 2009 to celebrate the 5th birthday of the center and the impressive success it has enjoyed in its first years. Among the attractions were the cutting of a huge birthday cake, prize draws (main prize was a Ford Fiesta), an extensive stage programme and fashion shows. One of Harburg’s younger citizens, who was born on the same day that the center opened (29.09.2004), was thrown his own special birthday party in the middle of the center with plenty of surprises for him and ten friends.
Very special and unique Christmas trees in Wetzlar
The “Children Decorate Christmas Trees” activity in the Forum Wetzlar in December 2009 brought a wide smile to the faces of children and parents alike. Around 800 children from 34 nurseries within the center’s catchment area showed great attention to detail as they adorned Christmas trees on the ground floor with decorations they had made themselves. As a reward, all the children were invited to the cookies and cocoa table, and each one was also given a little Christmas present and a photo of their unique and personal masterpiece as a keepsake.
Sea of flowers in the City-Arkaden
Between 19 and 21 March 2009, visitors to the City-Arkaden in Klagenfurt were treated to a spectacle of vibrant colours and rich smells as the center’s mall played host to the Corinthian Apprenticeship Contest for Florists. Fifteen apprentices demonstrated their skills to a jury of experts under the critical gaze of visitors to the center and each had to complete five tasks, which included creating a table decoration and making up a bouquet.