Schneeballen or Snowballs Have Been a Rothenburg Tradition Since the Middle Ages: While running around Rothenburg taking snaps, I was stopped in by tracks by snowballs. No, it wasn’t winter and neither was there a freak snowstorm, but the snowballs that caused me to stop were the neat rows of delicious-looking Schneeballen, a Rothenburg speciality. […]
Französischer Dom – The French Cathedral in Berlin
Französischer Dom or Französische Friedrichstadtkirche is a French Cathedral in Berlin: Französischer Dom or Französische Friedrichstadtkirche is a French cathedral located on the Gendarmenmarkt in the historic heart of Berlin. This French Calvinist cathedral stands opposite the Deutscher Dom (German Cathedral), and forming a triangle with these two cathedrals is the Konzerthaus Berlin, the centre […]
Berliner Dom – The Largest of Berlin Churches
Berliner Dom – A Protestant Berlin Cathedral: Berliner Dom is located on the north side of Museum Island and is the largest of the Berlin churches. As we stroll along Unter den Linden towards the River Spree we can already see its unmistakable mighty dome peaking above the treeline. But the awesome size of […]
Perlen der Klassik or Pearls of Classic in Berlin
Perlen der Klassik – A Concert Series in Magnificent Venues: Perlen der Klassik is a series of classical concerts that has been held in palaces and historic venues around Berlin, Brandenburg and Bavaria since 1999. Berlin Perlen der Klassik The Berlin festival is held at spectacular venues like the Orangery of Schloss Glienicke, Schloss Köpenick, […]
German Wine Regions – Part 2
The Thirteen Wine Regions of Germany – Part 2: Nahe Valley Wine Region Although the Nahe Valley vineyards are some of the oldest wine regions in Germany after the Moselle, it would be fair to say that the Nahe wine region itself is not well known to most outside of Germany. Located in the south-west […]
German Wine Regions
German Wine Regions and the Wines They Produce: Germany is well known for its white wines and for some, especially the baby boomers, the mention of German wines still brings flashbacks of names like Blue Nun Liebfraumilch, Hock and Black Tower. But German wine production has come a long way since the early years of […]
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 […]
Baden Asparagus Route
The Baden Asparagus Route Covers 136 Kilometres of Asparagus Producing Country: With spring comes asparagus, nicknamed “spears of spring air” by some in Germany. The Baden region is well-known for its fine asparagus and for lovers of this vegetable, the Baden Asparagus Route covers almost 136 kilometres of fine asparagus-producing country. A Royal Vegetable As […]
200th Anniversary of Beer Gardens in Bavaria
Bavaria Celebrates the 200th Anniversary of the Biergärten : When King Max I decreed in January 1812, that Bavarian beer breweries could sell retail quantities of their cellar beer to the public between the months of June to September, the Bavarian biergärten was born. Biergärten’s 200th Anniversary 2012 marked the 200th anniversary of the Bavarian […]
Beer Gardens – A Fundamental Part of German Culture
Beer Gardens are to Germany What Pubs are to Britain: Beer Gardens (Biergärten) are as fundamental to the German culture as pubs are common to the British cultural landscape. Everywhere you go in Germany, you’ll find restaurants and beer halls with outdoor shaded areas where beer and local food are served. Beer Garden History Beer […]
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