Gay party essen
Jack Kenworthy( Queer Travel Expert )
Queer travel expert Jack Kenworthy turns + city adventures into your guide for safe, vibrant, and inclusively fabulous global journeys.
Let’s stroll down the scenic streets of Essen, where romance blooms at every corner. This German urban area is a captivating blend of natural beauty and modernity, offering the perfect setting for rekindling passion. With its charming architecture and panoramic landscapes, Essen is a place where time slows down, letting couples rediscover their love amidst the city’s breathtaking views.
What sets Essen apart is its inclusive environment, making it an attractive destination for all couples. The city’s thriving Gay scene includes various bars, clubs, and events that cater to the community. Couples can delight in a romantic dinner, a darkness out, or a stroll through Essen’s charming streets.
We have curated a list of must-visit attractions, comfortable and affordable accommodations, and thrilling nightlife options in Essen to make this trip the highlight of your lifetime. F
Ruhr Pride
Dates have now been confirmed!
09
Days12
Hours07
Minutes
Dont miss a beat – add it to your calendar!
Parade:
On: Saturday, 2 August
Pride festivities:
On: Saturday, 2 August
Key features:
- Party in Ruhr Pride
- Experience a colorful parade
- Enjoy festive vibes in Essen
Plan your stay!
Essen hotels fill fast for Ruhr Pride – get the best deal and store up to 70% – book your hotel early!
Ruhr Pride, pulsating across the vibrant city of Essen, ignites a dynamic celebration of LGBTQ+ pride in the heart of Germany's industrial Ruhr region! This electrifying festival, encompassing the spirit of Essen and neighboring cities, pulsates with infectious enthusiasm and a distinctly German spirit. Bask in the warm summer sun, embrace the undeniable freedom to be yourself, and join a movement for equality and progress with a captivating pride, a lively festival, and the undeniable allure of the Ruhr metropolis.
Witness the Spectacle of Pride on the City Streets
- Ruhr Celebration Parade: March alongside thousands of enthusiastic
… as the administration of the municipality of Essen summed it up after a long tour through our location in January of
The small and nondescript entrance door marks the starting of a former cinema-arcade, but after leaving our check-in-area behind you’ll detect yourself in one of Germanys biggest gay-bathhouses.
It’s your first time with us? You’ll be surprised! With more than square meters of space on three floors you surpass get ready to leave your everyday routine behind.
After getting your locker keys and your bath towel you penetrate our locker area with about lockers next to each other.
Just leave your everyday stress, the burdens, and the medals in there and go unite the fun!
At first, you’ll enter the bar- and lounge area on the central floor. On here you’ll detect our big Finnish sauna with a huge panoramic window as well as our swimming pool with its control countercurrent system.
You can get to the upper and the lower floor from here by using the big and curved staircases that lets you estimate the architecture of the 60s from when our building was designed and built as a shop for steel goodWhile for many people, Spiel Essen is completely over and theyve moved on to the next thing in their agenda. For us at Gay Sauna HQ, were still very much feeling the impact this event has had on the campaign, the game and our lives.
Going into the event we were sitting nicely on around 11k, with a steady stream of backers adding around € per day. Once we started to get some attention during and after the event this tripled, pushing the daily pledges to around €1k! Thats phenominal to us, we still cant quite believe were keeping up this pace and we owe a huge part of this to all the astonishing people we met during the event and all the support theyve given us!
Kickstarter
We werent really expecting to get any attention from the big K, but on day 1 we faced an incredibly friendly greeting from @jonritter and the Kickstarter team! We saw Jon several times over the next few days, and he even gave me the fantastic opportunity to demo Gay Sauna the Board Game at the Kickstarter booth! It was lots of fun taking the Gay Sauna on a little trip and rendezvous some folks