 1. Dance with a gnome. At all of our major festivals, you’ll meet New Ulm’s “ambassadors” – costumed gnomes and the masked Narren, all eager to welcome new faces. So go ahead and ask them to dance. (We promise they’ll say yes.)
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 6. Roll on the river. Bring your tubes, boats or canoes anytime – we’ve got two rivers just waiting for you.
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 2. Sample beer the way it should be- none of that watered-down, mass-produced stuff. At the August Schell Brewery, you can try a variety of our rich, handcrafted beers while sitting elbow-to-elbow with friends in the new tap room.
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 7. Picnic in the Park. Bring your blanket and picnic basket to German Park on Monday nights and spread out beside the fountain for our free outdoor summer concert series. The lineup ranges from polka to Broadway melodies, marches, and a variety of other musical styles. For the kids, there’s the playground and New Ulm’s Puppet Wagon.
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 3. Ski by the pale moonlight. Flandrau State Park keeps its eight miles of trails well groomed throughout the winter. Since the park is located right in town, you can grab your cross-country skis and enjoy a moonlit trek a few times each winter and not be late to dinner. In summer, hiking trails and a sand bottomed pool await.
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 8. Dine like the Deutsche. Many of New Ulm’s restaurants and almost all of its festivals and special events serve up traditional German cooking, from landjaegers to sauerbraten and sauerkraut. It’s authentic Deutschland cuisine, minus the airfare.
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 4. Go cuckoo-as in cuckoo clocks or nutcrackers. Or candy, glassware, music boxes and steins. New Ulm’s shops offer specialty items straight from the old country, as well as a full range of other treasures.
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 9. Sleep as late as you like. Someone else will make breakfast when you stay at any of New Ulm’s award winning B&B’s. You’ll also get warm surroundings, beautifully restored architecture and expert advice on local attractions and events.
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 5. Tune in to history. Your kids might be surprised when you tell them to put the ear buds in, not take them out. With New Ulm’s unique downtown history iPod tour, the whole family can take a walk and learn about the area’s past. Nothing dull about it.
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 10. Scale new heights. Drive to the top of the Center Street hill and then climb a spiral staircase to the cupola below the towering Hermann Monument for a spectacular view of the valley that stretches for miles.
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