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Neumünster Designer Outlet – Neumünster

May 27, 2009 by Helen Page  
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Designer outlet shopping  | Read More

Neumünster gets on the designer fashion map:
The City of Neumünster has selected McArthurGlen as its preferred partner to develop a designer outlet mall in Neumünster, in the north German state of Schleswig-Holstein.  When opened in 2011, this will be McArthurGlen’s second designer outlet in Germany, the first being Berlin.
The site of the new mall is [...]

Berlin Designer Outlet – Berlin

May 27, 2009 by Helen Page  
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McArthur Glen Berlin Designer Outlet  | Read More

Designer Outlet shopping gets bigger and better in Berlin:
McArthurGlen opened its Berlin Designer Outlet on June 18, 2009, having taken over from B5 Designer Outlet which has closed down.  Berlin has come up the ranks of the fashion scale, so it is not surprising that the McArthurGlen Group has decided that it is time to [...]

Designer Outlet – Ingolstadt Village

May 26, 2009 by Helen Page  
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Ingoldstadt Village, Germany  | Read More

Designer outlet shopping in Audi city:
Ingolstadt Village is the second of Chic Outlet Shopping ’s German designer discount outlets.  This designer outlet is a convenient location for savvy shopper’s living between Munich and Nuremberg.  There are 85 luxury outlet boutiques here with prices discounted by up to 60%.
If you need an excuse to come to [...]

Wertheim Village Designer Outlet

May 25, 2009 by Helen Page  
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Wertheim Village, Germany  | Read More

Wertheim is a top destination for shopping and sightseeing:
Wertheim Village opened in 2004 and was Germany’s first high-end designer discount outlet in Germany.  In spite of the economic downturn at that time, the Village was a success from the start as it feeds into the German psyche of value hunting.
With over 100 national and international [...]

Neuschwanstein fairytale castle

May 20, 2009 by Helen Page  
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King Ludwig's Neuschwanstein castle

Neuschwanstein, Germany  | Read More

Mad Ludwig’s fairytale Neuschwanstein Schloss:
Many people are familiar with the alluring fairytale Castle of Neuschwanstein as it has graced the cover of many travel brochures, been featured in airline advertisements and is the inspiration for Disney’s Sleeping Beauty Castle.  It is also famous as the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang castle.
Set against a picturesque mountain backdrop, [...]

Rüdesheim | Asbach

May 18, 2009 by Helen Page  
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Asbach Uralt demonstration  | Read More

Rüdesheim’s Asbach Uralt:
There’s plenty of wines and beers to taste in Rüdesheim, but one liquor that must be tried when in this village is Asbach, the famous German specialty from Rüdesheim am Rhein.
Asbach has been in production for over 100 years in Rüdesheim and consistently ranks amongst the top ten liquor brands in the food [...]

Rüdesheim on the Rhine

May 18, 2009 by Helen Page  
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Rüdesheim, Rhineland's best wine village  | Read More

A Night of Fireworks and Rheingau wines:
Rüdesheim is one of the Rhineland’s best known wine villages and has many attractions. This charming village is on the route of many Rhine river cruises and as passengers disgorge from their river boats, they are brought to Drosselgasse where they can stroll along the cobbled-stone streets and take [...]

River cruises | Rhine river cruise

May 17, 2009 by Helen Page  
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Rhine river cruise

Rhine Castles River Cruise  | Read More

Independent Rhine river cruises:
River cruises have become a very popular travel alternative these day and is a keen competitor to the coach tour holidays for people who prefer organised holidays.
The Rhine is of course one of the the main rivers where river cruises operate as the scenery along the Rhine is simply spectacular.  All [...]

Oberammergau, Germany

May 10, 2009 by Helen Page  
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Oberammergau water-colour facades

Oberammergau, Germany  | Read More

Oberammergau’s world famous Passion Play:
Oberammergau, a small colourful alpine town in Germany is inundated by visitors once every ten years.  This town is world famous for its Passion Play, a play about the “Suffering, Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ”.
Oberammergau began out of a desperate promise that the people made if their village were spared [...]

River cruises – Regensburg Wurstkuchl

May 7, 2009 by Helen Page  
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River cruises - Regensburg Wurstkuchl

Regensburg, Germany  | Read More

Regensburg’s historical Wurstkuchl:
On any Danube river cruises, you’ll most certainly hear about “Wurstkuchl” in Regensburg, a tavern famous for its bratwurst. Your river boat will stop near the Old Stone Bridge, thought to be the eighth wonder of the world when it was built. As you disembark from your boat, all you have to [...]

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