SAVE THE DATE:31 July – 2 August 2026
Drivestyle & Lifestyle are back at Rittergut Birkhof!
This is the home of the festival celebrating cars, culture, fashion, design and stylish time travel. A visit to the idyllic green surroundings of Korschenbroich is always worthwhile for Germany’s most beautiful automotive garden party.
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January Highlight:
InterClassics Maastricht
The place to be … at the very beginning of the year. This is always the top fair to kick off the season: InterClassics Maastricht at the MECC…
Guest of Honour 2026:
Lance David Arnold
We are delighted to announce the second prominent driver for the Grand Meeting 2026, following Hans-Joachim Stuck: Lance David Arnold is coming!
The Avengers – 2026
65th anniversary at the Grand Meeting
The festival celebrates ‘The Avengers’ and everyone can join in. We are calling for a big themed dress code in 2026.
Thank you for 2025 – looking forward to 2026
After a wonderful restart with the ‘Grand Meeting’ Classic Days at Rittergut Birkhof, we look back gratefully on the year 2025.
Oops. We do it again!
Monoposti at the festival
Long admired, marvelled at and enthusiastically followed... and then asked to take a back seat at the last festival: the Monoposti are returning to…
Hans-Joachim ‘Strietzel’ Stuck to attend the Grand Meeting 2026
Just discussed with ‘Stucki’, now confirmed and in consultation with Hans-Joachim Stuck, Formula 1 legend, two-time Le Mans and DTM winner, we are…
News for motorbike owners and enthusiasts
We have often been asked about this, and many ideas have been put to us, but now we are finally ‘stepping on the gas for younger model years’. At the…
Registration for the 2026 Grand Meeting – Now open online – Start now!
The convenient registration platform for the Grand Meeting from 31 July 2026 to 2 August 2026 at Rittergut Birkhof is now open. All areas of the…
Grand Meeting – Classic Days 2026 … Advance ticket sales now open!
During the last Classic Days – just under eight weeks ago – we received numerous enquiries about ticket sales for the new year 2026 and the next…
Classic Days 2025 Looking Back – Teaser Clip 2025
The premiere of the Grand Meeting at Rittergut Birkhof offered every Classic Days fan plenty of variety and a journey through time. In 2026, we will…
Classic Days back on track: 31 July – 2 August 2026
SAVE THE DATE: 31 July – 2 August 2026 – The Grand Meeting continues!
Classic Days attract visitors in the sunshine
Welcome to Classic Days 2025
Today – 3 August – the festival Sunday, the Grand Meeting attracts visitors to the Rittergut Birkhof in 41352 Korschenbroich. With temperatures…
Timetables programme online
Starter groups in the grids online
All lights are green: Classic Days 2025 is ready to go. We have published all the current times for the circuit. They will be available on the…
Starter 2025: Full throttle with a full house – The festival offers great diversity
The starting grids in all categories on the Racing Legends demo circuit are complete. The selection committee for the Grand Meeting has made an…
Ready, set, start your engines!
The 2025 programme has been published
Here are all the schedule times for the races on the Racing Legends demonstration circuit. All starting fields – all historic grids – can be found…
Come with us!
Take a look around with us…
The Classic Days kick off in a week's time at the Rittergut Birkhof. Time to take you on a tour of the grounds in a short clip.
Back to the Future – something very special:
The GM Future Liner #5
We all remember when the Future Liner #9 was a guest at Classic Days 2016 and caused quite a stir. One of the few surviving General Motors Future…
American LaFrance – Renner
Grand gathering of big engines
We are now receiving fantastic registrations for the big ‘American LaFrance Meeting’ at Classic Days from 1 to 3 August 2025.
Our nostalgic campsite – ‘Nostalgic Journeys’ – fully booked
Anticipation is growing – our historic campsite is fully booked.
Lovely Heroes – packed to the brim – cars from the economic miracle era
The charming classic car section of Classic Days is complete: all spaces for the colourful favourites of the 1950s and 1960s have been allocated –…
Legendary record-breaking car comes to Classic Days: The 1922 Wisconsin Special
Highlights … next up: the 1922 Wisconsin Special is coming to the manor!
JDM power at Classic Days
TJ Imports brings Japanese icons to the Grand Meeting!
In 2025, we are particularly looking forward to an exciting guest: TJ Imports with Thomas Junge, his team and an impressive selection of vehicles –…
Experience a motorsport legend live: Hans-Joachim ‘Strietzel’ Stuck at Classic Days 2025!
Good news from Classic Days 2025 – We are looking forward to welcoming a very special guest: Hans Joachim ‘Striezel’ Stuck
Motorhomes – parking spaces for visitors and participants – back to being pleasantly local and rural in 2025
For the first time at Classic Days, we can point you to a motorhome/camper van car park in the immediate vicinity of the Classic Days site.
Super sports car & sports car parking spaces
A feast for the eyes, exquisite engines, powerful and classic – not to mention tomorrow's top collector's items: super sports cars and sports cars…
Great content at Classic Days 2025: the time travellers of the ‘Time Cruisers’
The international street theatre group ‘Timecruisers’, which has been closely associated with Classic Days for many years, brings huge fantasy…
Parisian motorsport history
The 1913 Darracq TT at the festival
The festival has always showcased large vintage cars with a rich racing history. Mefistofele, Beast of Turin, Napier Bentley. Sporty cars from a time…
Garden Lounge Packages – All-inclusive service in a special VIP location
The Garden Lounge 2025 can now also be booked online. Due to popular demand, we have made the ordering process even easier. It's very easy to do…
Become a member of a special club – the festival’s Drivers Association!
It is popular and well-known – and its membership is growing: the exclusive club for the Grand Meeting... at the Classic Days.
‘80 years of the VW Beetle’ – we’re celebrating an anniversary! 1945–2025 – The history of a Volkswagen
Please make a note: We are planning a ‘big Beetle meet-up’ during the Classic Days! The anniversary celebrates the beginnings of the civilian VW…
Registrations possible in 2025 – all areas can be selected online immediately
Registration for active participation in the 2025 festival is now open in the participation section of this website. In response to popular demand,…
Delahaye 107 Racer from 1924
Riccardo races around the circuit
The Classic Days from 1 to 3 August 2025 at Rittergut Birkhof are looking forward to welcoming a special guest from Switzerland: our friend and…
Classic Days Tickets 2025
Advance sales matter – demand is very high
Ticket sales for the ‘Grand Meeting’ from 1 to 3 August 2025 at Rittergut Birkhof began at the ‘Interclassic’ trade fair in Maastricht in…
Bagpipe music at the manor house
Classic Days tradition in 2025
Our first Classic Days in 2006 were opened with sounds that were unusual for the region. As a surprise, we had a bagpipe band perform at the opening…
Where we go – we don´t need roads! The DeLorean from Back to the Future
This legendary time machine is coming to Classic Days at Rittergut Birkhof to mark the 40th cinema anniversary of the Back to the Future trilogy. Doc…
VW W30 prototype from 1936
World premiere on the racetrack
The history of this prototype is virtually unparalleled in the automotive world. We are pleased to recount it here with the kind permission of…
Classic Days 2025
Grand Meeting in the Countryside
The big festival for all topics related to lifestyle time travel and mobility is returning to the countryside on the left bank of the river Rhine in…
Classic Days – Grand Meeting
August 1st – 3rd, 2025
It took much longer than expected. Good progress takes time. The Classic Days team has good news before the 4th Advent 2024: namely, good prospects…
Classic Days 2024
We’re going to the pits
It is with a heavy heart that we have to cancel the Classic Days 2024 at Green Park in Düsseldorf today. The Classic Days association, with its many…
