Cineplex Neustadt (Weinstr.).

Louis-Escande-Straße 32, 67433 Neustadt an der Weinstraße

Neustadt an der Weinstrasse is the gateway to the German Wine Route, a Palatinate town where vineyards climb the slopes of the Haardt mountains and the annual wine harvest festival is said to be Germany's largest. The Cineplex on Louis-Escande-Strasse -- named for the French town's twin city, a reminder of the Franco-German character of this border region -- serves an audience for whom the good life is not an aspiration but a daily practice. The surrounding countryside, a sun-blessed mosaic of vines, almond trees, and sandstone villages, has earned comparisons to Tuscany. In such a landscape, cinema competes not with other entertainment but with the simple pleasure of sitting in a vineyard at dusk.