May 2009 | Germany Travel

Neumünster Designer Outlet – Neumünster

May 27, 2009 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

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 it opens in 2011, this will be McArthurGlen's second designer outlet in Germany, the first being Berlin. The site of the new mall is located on the B205, the main access road to Neumünster from the A7/E45 motorway linking Denmark with Southern Germany. It is 40 … [Read more...]

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Berlin Designer Outlet – Berlin Outlet

May 27, 2009 By Helen Page 1 Comment

Berlin Outlet Shopping Grows with the Berlin Designer Outlet: 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 launch their designer discount outlet concept for this city. Since reunification, Berlin is the top tourist destination in Germany and amongst the top destinations … [Read more...]

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Ingolstadt Village – Ingolstadt Shopping Village

May 26, 2009 By Helen Page 2 Comments

Ingolstadt Village is a Designer Shopping Outlet 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 100 luxury outlet boutiques here with prices discounted by up to 60%. If you need an excuse to come to Ingolstadt, other than shopping, there is a lot to see and do in this city and the surrounding region. Local … [Read more...]

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Wertheim Village – Wertheim Outlet Village

May 25, 2009 By Helen Page 3 Comments

Wertheim Village is a Top Outlet Village in Germany: 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 names, from Aigner to Wolford, Wertheim Village is one of Germany's top destinations for designer brands outlet shopping. The brands here include … [Read more...]

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Neuschwanstein fairytale castle

May 20, 2009 By Helen Page 1 Comment

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, on a rugged cliff, Neuschwanstein Castle (Neuschwanstein Schloss) is every child's fantasy of what a castle … [Read more...]

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Asbach – A German Brandy from Rüdesheim

May 18, 2009 By Helen Page 1 Comment

Asbach Uralt is a German Brandy Produced in Rüdesheim since 1892: 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 brandy specialty from Rüdesheim am Rhein. Asbach brandy has been in production for over 100 years in Rüdesheim and consistently ranks amongst the top ten liquor brands in the food and alcohol industry in Germany. For our taste of this famous Rüdesheim liquor, we went to the … [Read more...]

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Rüdesheim on the Rhine

May 18, 2009 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Rüdesheim, Rhineland's best wine village

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 in the village atmosphere, that is if they've not been snared into one of the many wine taverns and beer gardens. Drosselgasse is lined with many taverns … [Read more...]

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River cruises | Rhine river cruise

May 17, 2009 By Helen Page 1 Comment

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 the major river cruise companies have boats that ply the Rhine. From historic castles to beautiful church spires to endless stretches of vineyards, the … [Read more...]

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Oberammergau, Germany

May 10, 2009 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

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 from extinction. In the middle of the Thirty Years' War from 1618 - 1648 compounded by the plague of 1632 the entire village was … [Read more...]

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River cruises – Regensburg Wurstkuchl

May 7, 2009 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

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 do is follow your nose to the tavern. The "Wurstkuchl" in Regensburg is Germany's oldest bratwurst tavern still in existence. It was established shortly after 1146 and … [Read more...]