Sometimes illegal campfires and barbecue parties were organized, which the public order denied due risk of fire for the plane trees of the alley.[1][2][when?]

Every year, of early June the Tübingen Puntboat Challenge (Stocherkahnrennen) around the Neckar island is celebrated.

Since 2003 there has been the TüGast event Sommerinsel (Summer island), which took place for a few years on the plane tree alley and then moved for safety and conservation reasons to the Anlagensee (park lake), but kept the name.

The Neckar Island was also the scene of memorable theatrical events: The Theater Lindenhof presented outdoor performances with great response of "Hölderlin.

From the south: from Central Station and Anlagensee, it goes over a small bridge, the so-called "Indianersteg" (Indian footbridge), on the Neckar island.