Discover Asendorf: Museum Railway, Art and Markets

Asendorf combines railway history with changing art exhibitions and market days. The Museum Railway runs between Bruchhausen-Vilsen and Asendorf; there is also an art and events venue, as well as markets with different themes. When planning your trip, it’s worth first considering what you’d like your stay to revolve around: the historic railway, an art event or a visit to a market.

Asendorf and the Museum Railway

Since 1966, the German Railway Association (Deutscher Eisenbahn-Verein e.V.) has operated Germany’s first museum railway between Bruchhausen-Vilsen and Asendorf. The line is over 100 years old and eight kilometres long; it has eight stations and stops. As a living open-air museum, it preserves railway history within the context of a specific line. Its history, length and stops give you tangible points of reference when planning your stay around the Museum Railway.

If you’d like to combine a train ride with a visit to a market, check the current timetable before you travel.

Art and events at the Kunst-Schuppen

The Kunst-Schuppen Asendorf is run by Kunst-Schiene. Art and crafts exhibitions change regularly; the events programme includes, for example, the Kunst-Schiene Slam (a poetry slam), readings and puppet theatre. Alongside exhibitions, you’ll also find a range of stage and event formats. If you’re travelling for a specific event, check your visit against the latest dates.

Markets as a reason to plan your trip

The strawberry market offers strawberries on their own, as well as strawberry milkshakes, freshly baked waffles, cake, punch, wine, ice cream and strawberry jam. The offerings may vary by vendor.

The potato market takes place every year on the first Sunday in October. It is accompanied by a flea market and a Sunday opening of the shops. The Christmas market takes place every year on the third Sunday of Advent in December. These dates provide two different points in the year to plan a stay around. If a market is the reason for your trip, check the event dates for your planned travel dates.

Choose accommodation to suit your travel plans

Whether you’re mainly interested in the Museum Railway, changing exhibitions and events, or a market, the experience you’re after can help you choose when to travel. Then search specifically for accommodation in Asendorf that suits your travel dates. If you’re combining the railway with a market, checking the current timetable is also a practical part of your planning; for an art event, the dates of the particular event are key. In the wider destination of Diepholz, the Dümmer Museum in Lembruch offers a different cultural and historical focus: it presents the nature, landscape and culture of Lake Dümmer in the past, present and future. It also brings the Stone Age at Lake Dümmer to life with original artefacts dating from 4,000 to 2,000 BC and reconstructions.

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