Feature on Koelnmesse 2008
By Natasha 2007.11.20
Top players have already signed up
The 2008 International Hardware Fair/ Practical World is scheduled for
March 9-12, in Cologne, Germany. Many big players have already signed up include toom BauMarkt, OBI, BayWa, ABUS, Burg-Wächter, GAH Alberts, Hettich, HSI Schwerter, Meffert and Westag & Getalit.
The fair will feature presentations not only by industry companies, but also by the trade for the first time, as Halls 6 to 9 will also be open to do-it-yourselfers and members of the killed trades. Home improvement/DIY centres will be exhibiting at the trade fair as well. Visitors will be able to encounter leading retail chains at the "forum new DIYmension - Shape your own future!" in Hall 8.
This will not affect the Tools (Halls 1 to 5 and Hall 10) and Security and Fastening Technology, Locks + Fittings (Hall 11) sections of the INTERNATIONAL HARDWARE FAIR, which will remain open exclusively to trade and industry specialists. These specialists will have access to all halls of the INTERNATIONAL HARDWARE FAIR / PRACTICAL WORLD.
What Cologne has to offer away from the exhibition Halls
You can also experience and enjoy all kinds of different activities away from the Cologne Exhibition Centre Halls. There are various colorful interesting events ranging from what are definitely familiar sounds- exactly according to notes or with skillful intermediate tones - through to abstract art up to a guided city tour of a somewhat different kind, there is something to suit the tastes of every Rhinelander and non-Rhinelander.
Glenn Miller Orchestra, Urban Priol and Magic of the Dance
03/10 Monday:
Tap dancing, jumping, a sparkling performance. the "Magic of the Dance" dancers will fascinate and captivate the audience in the Musical Dome. The show brings together the best tap dancers in the world and is regarded as Ireland's fastest growing entertainment export.
03/11 Tuesday:
At the Theater am Tanzbrunnen with his "Tür zu!" (Shut the door) cabaret programme. Right up to date, the man from Aschaffenburg, Franconia, who likes to ridicule, poke fun and hurl abuse, will battle his way through the absurd, the mad and the unbelievable.
03/12 Wednesday:
The Glenn Miller Orchestra, conducted by Wil Salden, will pay homage to the music of the 1940s. In Cologne's "own parlour" so to speak, the Gürzenich, the professional musicians will put on their performance in the Rhine metropolis.
Artistic attractions for the eye
Up to the end of March 2008 the Museum Ludwig is presenting one of the world's largest and most significant Mondrian collections. The exhibition traces the path of the artist from his impressionist and cubist beginnings up to neo-plasticism. From the 1920s onwards Piet Mondrian adopted a completely abstract approach in his characteristic geometric style, with its optically balanced compositions in red, yellow and blue rectangles in a system of black lines and white spaces. These creations have firmly established themselves in the collective memory of images, not least because they are also always being repeatedly featured in commercials.
For more information, please visit the web site:
http://www.hardwarefair.com
