What’s on Kaiserslautern
New Kaiserslautern picture calendar now available
To mark the city’s anniversary, the Kaiserslautern City Archives has published historical photographs from the 1920s in the form of a 2026 calendar.
High-resolution photographs of various streets and buildings invite you to take a stroll through old Kaiserslautern.
The calendars are available for €19.90 at the City Museum (Theodor-Zink-Museum/Wadgasserhof) or the Tourist Information Office during their respective opening hours. Pre-orders can also be placed at any time at:
Sightseeing tours
So, who was Barbarossa? – certainly not a baker (who cashed in on the illustrious name), but a powerful emperor in the Middle Ages.
Discover more interesting aspects of Kaiserslautern: a guided tour of the Count Palatinate Hall (with the subterranean passages) and/or walk through the downtown highlights major personages, buildings and events in Kaiserslautern’s multifaceted history.
TOURS IN NOVEMBER
Hidden traces of Kaiserslautern’s brewing history
Here you can learn about and experience all kinds of history and stories relating to Kaiserslautern’s breweries – including tastings. Sturdy shoes and a good flashlight are required. The tours are at your own risk. Participants release the city of Kaiserslautern and its commissioned tour guides and cooperation partners from any liability.
Date: Wednesday, November 4, 5 p.m.; €18 per person.
Registration is binding. Cancellation is possible up to one day in advance.
Experience and enjoy KL
Kaiserslautern is a wonderful city to explore on foot. Most of the sights are close together. This tour tells stories and history, bringing the past to life – including surprises and small samples.
Date: Friday, November 7, 5 p.m.; €16 per person.
Registration is binding. Cancellation is possible up to one day in advance.
Pfalzgrafensaal and underground passage
The tour begins in the Pfalzgrafensaal of the former Renaissance castle, the city’s state rooms. It then continues into the approximately 70-meter-long underground passages, which bring the history of Kaiserslautern to life.
Dates: Saturday, November 8, 10:30 a.m., Saturday, November 8, 11:15 a.m. (in English), Wednesday, November 19, 3:00 p.m. €7.00 per person / €6.00 reduced rate.
Church tour – From Pentecost hole to Pentecost hole
28 Catholic and Protestant churches shape the cityscape of Kaiserslautern. This tour visits churches in the city center – all of which bear witness to the city’s history. Churches are not just architectural structures; they are full of symbols and signs that often only become apparent at second glance.
Date: Wednesday, November 12, 5 p.m.; €9.00 per person / €8.00 reduced rate.
Coffee and cake
You are cordially invited to “coffee and cake”! Kaiserslautern is a wonderful place to stroll from café to café and hear all kinds of history and stories.
Date: Friday, November 14, 2:30 p.m.; €20.00 per person.
Registration is binding. Cancellation is possible up to one day in advance.
On the historical trail of the military in Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern is known worldwide as “K-Town.” Like hardly any other city in Germany, it was changed by the military after World War II. The US armed forces in particular continue to shape the municipality and its surrounding area to this day. But the French occupation is also still visible today. Michael Geib, former director of the Docu Center Ramstein, invites you to join him on an entertaining and informative two-hour tour through downtown Kaiserslautern. Historical photos and eyewitness accounts bring the past to life.
Date: Saturday, November 15, 11 a.m. (duration approx. 2 hours); €10.00 per person / €9.00 reduced
Traces of the Emperor
From the exciting construction of the Imperial Palace, its heyday, the expansion and construction of Casimir Castle, to the destruction and decline of both buildings: the guided tour of the castle hill and through the underground passage reveals the exciting traces of its eventful history to the present day.
Date: Saturday, November 22, 10:30 a.m.; €7.00 per person / €6.00 reduced.
Advent tour
How sweet are bishops? Is Santa Claus from the Palatinate? The tour takes you through Kaiserslautern in the run-up to Christmas and explains Advent and Christmas customs. On this walk through the city, you will learn many surprising and wondrous things about this special time of year. You will also get to try some tasty treats.
Date: Saturday, November 29, 4:00 p.m.; €12.00 per person.
Additional dates in December: Tuesday, December 2, 4 p.m. (children’s tour), Saturday, December 6, 4 p.m., Saturday, December 13, 4 p.m., Tuesday, December 16, 4 p.m. (children’s tour), Saturday, December 20, 4 p.m.
Registration is binding. Cancellation is possible up to one day in advance.
Unless otherwise stated, the meeting point is always in front of the Tourist Information.
Discounts are available for schoolchildren, students, trainees up to the age of 25 and severely disabled people with a disability of 70 percent or more.The Tourist Information Office (telephone 0631 3654019) requests advance booking for all guided tours.
Fruchthalle Kaiserslautern
Tickets for concerts at the Fruchthalle Kaiserslautern are available from:
Tickets – 19.00 euros (reduced 13.00 euros) for all seats are only available in advance at the Tourist Information Office, Fruchthallstraße 14, Tel. (0631) 365-2316 or at the box office. The ticket entitles the holder to a return journey on the day of the event until 3:00 a.m. the following day on all public transport (with DB: RE, RB and S-Bahn, in the Rhine-Neckar transport network (VRN), 2nd class).
Wochenmarkt Kaiserslautern
Welcome to the Kaiserslautern weekly market – Every Tuesday and Saturday on Stiftsplatz and on Thursdays in the Königstraße. From 07:00 to 13:30 you will find everything your heart desires. Fresh food from fruit, cheese, vegetables and sausages to fish and baked goods as well as flowers and plants. Or simply have a nice chat about the weather, world events and the football.
Garbage Guide for the City of Kaiserslautern 2025
Ernst Gabriel Once again in 2025, Stadtbildpflege Kaiserslautern (City Image Maintenance) has published a waste management booklet for English-speaking citizens who live in the Kaiserslautern city area. The 32 page Garbage Guide offers information on proper disposal, reuse, and avoidance of waste.
The A5 booklet provides addresses and opening hours of the municipal recycling centers, guidance on waste disposal dates published in the Stadtbildpflege app and website, as well as locations and dates for hazardous waste disposal. The booklet also gives an illustrated overview of correct waste separation.
The 2025 Garbage Guide for the City of Kaiserslautern is available for you to take away from the municipal recycling centers, the Rathaus city hall and the Stadtwerke Kaiserslautern (municipal utilities). An online version can be downloaded from the Stadtbildpflege website at www.stadtbildpflege-kl.de.
Wadgasserhof
Biergarten Wadgasserhof (c)Stadt KL Inviting Beer Garden at the Wadgasserhof
In the summer months the inner courtyard of the Wadgasserhof with its beer garden invites visitors to linger in its historical ambience.
Sitting under the old chestnut tree, enjoy drinks and food from the neighboring Vietnamese restaurant Pho Viet. Opening hours: Tuesday through Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.; Monday is a day off.
The exhibitions in the Wadgasserhof and the Theodor Zink Museum can be visited during the opening hours of the City Museum. These are Wednesday to Friday from 10:00 to 17:00 and Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 to 18:00. Admission to special exhibitions is 5.00 euros, reduced 2.50 euros, the visit to the permanent exhibition is free.
Wadgasserhof, Steinstrasse 55, 67653 Kaiserslautern
Tel: 0631 365-2326
Pfalzgalerie
Photo: © Stadt Kaiserslautern Pfalzgalerie, Museumsplatz 1, 67657 Kaiserslautern
Tel.: 0631 3647201
Tuesday: 11:00 – 20:00, Wednesday – Sunday: 10:00 – 17:00, Closed Mondays
The Museum Palatine Gallery in Kaiserslautern was founded in 1874 as a museum of Trades and Crafts. The museum building was constructed from 1875 to 1880. Today, its main focus is on painting and sculpture from the 19th to 21st centuries.
The permanent collection includes: our friends. Abstract American Art from a Private French Collection
Theodor Zink Museum
Photo: © Stadt Kaiserslautern Theodor Zink Museum, Steinstr. 48, 67657 Kaiserslautern
Tel. 0631 365-2327
www.theodor-zink-museum.de
Tuesday to Friday: 9 am to 5 pm;
Saturday and Sunday: 10 am to 6 pm;
Closed Monday
Guided tours by telephone arrangement
Permanent Exhibition: Kaiserslautern – Time Pictures from Ten Millennia
Times of Opening: Wednesday to Friday 10am to 5pm, Saturday and Sunday 11am to 6pm, Closed Mondays and Tuesdays
Documentation – Stations of a Municipal Museum
From the History of the Theodor Zink MuseuEmmerich Smola School of Music and Music Academy
Kaiserslautern Zoo
The Kaiserslautern Zoo is a popular destination located in Siegelbach in the northwestern outskirts of the city’s suburbs: an oasis of tranquility where you discover nature, and learn interesting details about the kingdom of animals.
KAMMGARN Kaiserslautern
The Kammgarn is one of the top venues in Germany and for years has been an internationally respected, first-call concert hall for pop, rock, hip-hop, rap, indie, jazz, blues, comedy, cabaret, punk, goth, infotainment and more.
“The SNUG” Irish Pub
Kaiserslautern’s funnest place to be
Opened in August 2013 in the location of former Irish Pub, Thursty Nellys, it has been totally transformed by new manger, Lisa Muehlberger.
K1 HIGH ROPES Course Fröhnerhof
The attraction in the Palatinate forest
Climbing Fun – Up the trees
A wonderful piece of nature, healthy trees, a few loads of building wood, many meters of steel and the enthusiasm you bring along – discover for yourself the purest joy of climbing! The courses consist of exercises which make the way from one platform to the next a genuine adventure, with obstacles made from cables, swings, rope bridges and wooden bridges.
K1 – THE IDEAL DESTINATION FOR; Family tours, School trips, Team-Events , Club and company excursions , Birthday parties, … and of course also for you!
Irish House Kaiserslautern
Spacious pub dedicated to the Irish tradition. Here you can enjoy a Guinness® or Kilkenny® by the crackling fireplace or play a round of pool or darts with friends. The old stucco ceilings are witnesses to the past decades and could tell tales of many a long night. The well-stocked bar offers the right drink not only for whiskey lovers. At least 6 beers always on tap complement by a large selection of bottled beers. Smoke-free house.
EVENTS
Perfect sound and acoustics on three floors, plus a state-of-the-art lighting system. The event room was completely renovated in 2021, and live concerts have been taking place every week since. Whether 30 or 300 visitors, the possibilities offered by the special architecture ensure that every event is a success.
BEER GARDEN
A beautiful old tree population provides guests with plenty of shade in summer to relax with an after-work beer. The small stage on the edge of the Eselsbach stream is used weather permitting for Summer Sunday Sessions. Artists from the region gather here, and the kitchen provides the perfect dishes to accompany the music.
Irish House, Eselsfürth 11, 67657 Kaiserslautern