The university town Landau is located in the heart of the southern palatinate. With approximately 48,000 inhabitants, it is big enough to offer a diverse range of industries and services, but at the same time has a charming atmosphere. The region is part of the German Wine Route. The most outstanding attributes of the Southern German Wine Route, to which Landau belongs, are culture and sights, hiking and trekking, a mild climate and the almond blossom season.
Landau offers a multi-faceted event calendar, which underlines its reputation as cultural city, with concerts ranging from rock to classical music, lectures and festivals all year round.

A range of flyers with leisure time tips are available at the Welcome Center.
 

Other Markets and Festivals Are:

• Flohmärkte: Flea markets offer the opportunity to find second hand things at very low prices. They are usually held during the weekends.
• Wochenmarkt: The farmers' market, is on Tuesdays and Saturdays at the marketplace from 8:00 in the morning till around 13:00 in the afternoon. Here, you can buy fresh vegetables, cheese, meat, honey, fruit, and regional products. Fresh flowers and plants are also sold here.
• Maimarkt: This fair with carousels, music, and booths with, food and drinks from the end of May until the beginning of June takes place at Alter Messplatz.
• Herbstmarkt: The fair takes place in mid-September. Carousels, music, food, and a market are offered.
• Thomas-Nast-Nikolausmarkt :  Landau's Christmas market is named after Thomas Nast, caricaturist from Landau, who is known for giving Santa Claus the face we know today. The market opens at the end of November and ends just before Christmas. Indulge the various specialties, find great handmade items in the craftsmen-tents and enjoy the cozy atmosphere!
  Other famous Christmas markets worth visiting in Germany are in Heidelberg, Stuttgart, Neustadt an der Weinstraße and, the most famous one is the Nürnberger "Christkindelsmarkt".
   

Cinemas

• AStA-Kino: During lecture period movies are shown every Wednesday. The movies are often multicultural or international and are shown at a very modest price − but in a lecture hall.
• Filmwelt Landau: Close to Mediamarkt (program Filmwelt)

Normally, cinemas offer student concessional rates and special prices on a certain weekday. Just ask at the cash counter!
 

Regional Markets, Festivals and Carnevals

• La meko Landau:  The annual short-film festival in Landau (la meko, in German)
• Landauer Sommer: Annual three-day music event with music of various styles, combined with food, takes place throughout the town of Landau (Landauer Sommer)
• Dürkheim's Wurstmarkt: Takes place in autumn in Bad Dürkheim, one of the largest and entertaining wine festivals in Germany. Almost comparable with the Oktoberfest in München.
• Deutsches Weinlesefest in Neustadt: A very large, 2-week wine festival which takes place in October. During the festival, the well known Wine Festival Parade/Winzerfestzug takes place.
• Various local wine festivals: There are hundreds of wine festivals in the palatinate every year. Each wine growing village organizes at least one wine festival. (Calender German only)