Käthe Wohlfahrt Has All Kinds of Christmas Decorations for Your Christmas Tree and Home: Heidelberg is packed with wonderful shops and anyone walking along the Hauptstrasse and its side streets will discover this very quickly. One of the shops that is very popular with ladies and children is Käthe Wohlfahrt which specializes in Christmas decorations. […]
The Student Kiss – A Heidelberg Tradition
The Legend of the Heidelberg Student Kiss: Heidelberg has many sweet shops and one of the more interesting chocolate shops is Heidelberger Studentenkuß. Located at Haspelgasse 16 in the heart of the old town centre of Heidelberg, Heidelberger Studentenkuss is a popular chocolate shop with a nice legend attached to it. Heidelberger Studentenkuss Heidelberg’s Student […]
Ingolstadt Village – Ingolstadt Shopping Village
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 […]
Mädler Passage – A Magnificent Leipzig Shopping Arcade
Mädler Passage Is Beautiful Shopping Arcade in the Heart of Historic Leipzig: Mädler Passage is one of Leipzig’s most magnificent city arcades and there are many reasons why locals use this arcade and why visitors to Leipzig might want to visit this arcade. This Mädler Passage is an L-shaped arcade which fronts onto Grimmaische Strasse […]
Christmas Markets in Cologne, the Cathedral City – 2017
Cologne – a Popular Destination at Christmas Time: With no fewer than seven Christmas markets, the cathedral city of Cologne is a popular destination at Christmas time. Christmas Market at Cologne Cathedral (24 Nov 2017 – 23 Dec 2017) Cologne’s main Christmas market, the Weihnachtsmarkt am Kolner Dom, is set against the magnificent backdrop of […]
4711 – Cologne’s Original Eau de Cologne
A Visit to 4711 Eau de Cologne, the city’s oldest internationally famous brands: Eau de Cologne was first invented in the city of Cologne in 1709 when Johann Maria Farina named his elixir Eau de Cologne (Water of Cologne) in honour of his new home. He had moved to Cologne from Santa Maria Maggiore by […]
The Crossed Swords of Meissen Porcelain
How to tell the markings on your Meissen porcelain: Keen porcelain collectors will have heard of Meissen, the first ever porcelain manufacturer to be have set up in Germany in 1710. In 2010, Meissen celebrates 300 years of porcelain in Germany. If you’re looking to start up a porcelain collection or are keen to add […]
Neumünster Designer Outlet – Neumünster
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 September 2012, this will be McArthurGlen’s second designer outlet in Germany, the first being Berlin. The site of […]
Berlin Designer Outlet – Berlin Outlet
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 […]
Wertheim Village – Wertheim Outlet Village
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 […]