Worms is the Nibelungenstadt. Recently the town and the Nibelungen have been in the public eye, the reason is the Nibelungenfestspiele organised by Dieter Wedel and interpreted by actors in the line of Mario Adorf. In Worms the myth of the Nibelungen is ever present, even if only when you’re drinking a freshly pulled Hagenbräu. Although, the Nibelungen’s treasure has never been found, gold digging tourists have left plenty of their own treasure in the towns coffers.

The Wormser year has many other highlights: the Jazz festival "Jazz & Joy“ which has welcomed such stars as Al Jarreau or Joe Cocker, who in turn gave much celebrated concerts, not to mention one of the largest folk festivals in Rhineland-Palatinate, the Backfischfest.