Welcome to Gallimarkt 2026
Dear Guest,
we are very excited that you will be joining us at this year's Gallimarkt party! All you have to do now is register. Don't worry — the celebration is only a few clicks away! See you on 15 October!
Registration
Quick facts
When
15 October, 7 P.M.
Where
Hafenstrasse 15
26789 Leer, Germany
Dresscode
Casual
Hotels & Directions
Hotel Hafenspeicher
booking information
Ledastraße 23 | 26789 Leer | Germany
phone:
+49 491 9975300
info@hotel-hafenspeicher.de
hotel-hafenspeicher.de
If you would like to book a room at this hotel, please write an email to: event@ems.group
Hotel Frisia
booking information
Bahnhofsring 16–20 | 26789 Leer | Germany
phone:
+49 491 92840
info@hotel-frisia.de
hotel-frisia.de
If you would like to book a room at this hotel, please write an email to: event@ems.group
Hotel Ostfriesen-Hof
booking information
Groninger Straße 109 | 26789 Leer | Germany
phone:
+49 491 60910
info@ostfriesen-hof.de
ostfriesen-hof.de
If you would like to book a room at this hotel, please use the following booking code: EMS2026
Hotel Waldkur
booking information
Zoostraße 14 | 26789 Leer | Germany
phone:
+49 491 9769800
info@hotel-waldkur.de
hotel-waldkur.de
If you would like to book a room at this hotel, please refer to the EMS Group.
Hotel KEDI
booking information
Deverweg 33–37 | 26871 Papenburg | Germany
phone:
+49 4961 940970
papenburg@kedihotels.de
kedihotels.de
If you would like to book a room at this hotel, please use the following booking code: EMS2026
Hotel Lange
booking information
Zum Schöpfwerk 1–3 | 26789 Leer | Germany
phone:
+49 491 919280
hotellange@hotellange.de
hotel-lange-leer.de
If you would like to book a room at this hotel, please use the following booking code: EMS2026
Five Rooms
booking information
Königstraße 9 | 26789 Leer | Germany
phone:
+49 176 23 83 08 05
mail@fiverooms.de
fiverooms.de
If you would like to book a room at this hotel, please use the following booking code: EMS2026
Shuttle service
Hotel to party
Shuttle service from the hotels to our party starts at 4:30 P.M.
(last shuttle leaves at 7:30 p.m.)
Party to Hotel
Shuttles back to the hotels will be available from 10 P.M. at the entrance of EMS Group headquarters.
Herolde – Town criers
The history of the Gallimarkt goes back more than 600 years. Leer, with its port on the Leda River, was an important trading center for the region. In 1508 the city was granted the right to hold a market, where mainly cattle but also other goods could be sold. Over the centuries, the Gallimarkt changed its face bit by bit, and since the middle of the nineteenth century it became more and more of a fair. Since 1907, the three town criers announce the opening of the Gallimarkt. Their exclamation exists only in the Frisian language. The name Gallimarkt derives from the date of death (October 16) of Saint Gall, a Christian missionary from Ireland.
Radeau, Radeau, Raditjes doe, de Stadt, de hört de König toe, Radeau, Radeau, Raditjes dum!
Town Criers opening the Gallimarkt
The original: Frisian
„Radeau, Radeau, raditjes doe,
de Stadt, de hört de König toe,
radeau, radeau raditjes dum!
De Börmester led vebeden,
dat nüms mag kopen of verkopen
bevör de Klocke negen sleit,
bi Verlüß van Goderen
un all wat over tein Pund weggt,
is na de Waage to brengen,
un darnaa dree Daag free Markt!“
English
„Hear! Hear! Hear!
The town belongs to the king
Hear! Hear! Hear!
The mayor forbids
everyone to sell or buy
before the clock strikes nine
under penalty of loss of goods,
and anything heavier than ten pounds
has to be brought to the scales
and after that three days of free market!“