Winter Tollwood 2017

Thu 30th Nov, 2017

Tollwood Winter Festival 2017 is currently taking place at the Theresienwiese in Munich.
This year's festival motto is: "We, all. Let's stand up and fight for a tolerant, peaceful and open society. Only together we can preserve and create a world that's worth living."

From November 23rd till December 31st visitors are invited to enjoy the various performances. The "market of ideas", offering handcrafts from all over the world and international dishes, will be open till December 23rd.

The entrance to the festival grounds and the market is, as usual, free of charge. So are 70% of the performances.

More details can be found on www.tollwood.de.

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