Experience market for the apple harvest
On theSeptember 18, 2026, from 2 PM to 6 PMrevolves around theLinden Fountain in downtown ReutlingenEverything about the apple. The small apple fair invites you to discover, taste, and participate with regional products, exciting insights, creative activities, and a free children's program.
The program at a glance
What to expect:
Gifts to eat up:Look forward to homemade specialties such as jams, wild fruit specialties, honey, and other regional products from traditional orchards.
Streetpiano:Musical accompaniment with the street piano creates the perfect atmosphere and makes shopping in the city center a special experience.
Fruit and Wine Estate Reusch:Discover fresh juices, musts, dried fruit, distillates as well as sparkling wines and wines from our own production. You can sample many products and buy them directly on site.
PHILMO – the PhilMobile of the Württemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen:Experience music from a new perspective: With the virtual reality headset, you immerse yourself in a 360° orchestra.
Eduard-Lucas-Verein Support Association:Learn more about Eduard Lucas and the Lucas Festival. There is also a wheel of fortune with small prizes waiting for both young and old.
City Marketing and Tourism Reutlingen:At the "Only Love" booth, you can expect temporary tattoos, small giveaways, and a photo opportunity.
Climate Protection Agency Reutlingen County:Get information about sustainable living as well as energy and climate protection consulting.
World Shop Reutlingen:Try the mango-apple juice made from mangoes from the Philippines and apples from regional orchards, and learn more about sustainability, regionality, and fair trade.
Brot Kult (Bäckerei Schmid):Spin the wheel of fortune and secure great discounts or win delicious apple products. In the cozy seating area, exciting books and stories about apples invite little and big explorers to linger. In addition, customers receive a free apple.
AOK Reutlingen:Discover exciting facts about the tasty and healthy fruit – from vitamins and different apple varieties to cultivation and processing. During the Experience Days, a free apple also awaits you at the AOK Customer Center.
Additional free children's program
There is also plenty for children to experience: A free hands-on and craft program provides lots of fun. Additionally, three new colorful ground games in the city center invite jumping, playing, and trying out.
Art Museum Reutlingen:Create creative postcards, posters, and take-home pictures using old suitcases, portable printing presses, and colorful materials.
HEARTFELT Childcare:Design your own fabric bag with colorful apple motifs and take your personal unique piece home as a keepsake.
Youth Art School Reutlingen (juksrt):Get creative and design apples with colors, pens, and modeling clay. You will also gain insights into the new program of the youth art school.
City Library Reutlingen:Discover books about apples, try out "Gaming with Apples," and program with analog robots on the topic of apples.
Floor games in the city center:Three new colorful floor games invite you to hop, play, and try them out.
Experience Week for Apple Harvest
Not only at the experience market is everything about the apple
In the week ofSeptember 16 to 20, 2026During the experience days for the apple harvest, numerous activities and special experiences await you in Reutlingen. Look forward to an exciting baking workshop, the hiking tree rally, creative offerings, autumnal moments of enjoyment, and more activities all centered around the apple.