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Christmas Markets in Germany! The Holiday pics for 2010
Classic example of a typical German Christmas market Well, it is that time of year again! Christmas is creeping upon us and we are in a mad rush to buy as many presents for as many relatives and...
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More Trains and More Space, Please!
A busy and chaotic scene at Hamburg Central Station. Taken on 31 July on the busiest day of the summer season as many people took to the highways and tracks to head to their vacation destination....
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2011 Christmas Market Tour: Dresden Part I General Information
Frauenkirche and the Christmas Tree There is an old stereotype that many Americans go by when they hear of Germany, which is beer, bratwurst and Bavaria. Everything else is backwards and is not worth...
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Dresden Neumarkt: The Medieval Market
Frauenkirche at Neumarkt at night Moving on from the markets in the outer portion of Dresden, we come to the Christmas market in Dresden’s Neumarkt, one of two major Christmas markets in Dresden’s...
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Part III: Dresden-Neustadt
The Ferris Wheel and the Statue of Augustus I at the entrance to the market at Neustadt Leaving the Neumarkt Christmas Market and crossing the Augustus Bridge over the Elbe one will enter the...
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Striezelmarkt at Altmarkt
The fourth and final stop on the tour of the Christmas market in Dresden (and the last stop on the 2011 Christmas market tour) is the Striezelmarkt. Located at the Altmarkt market square adjacent to...
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The Problem with Soccer in Germany Part 2: Fan Behavior- How the German...
Could basketball and handball surpass soccer as the most favorite sport to watch in Germany? It may be the case, after watching this basketball game between Bayreuth and Oldenbourg in the German...
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Land Under in Germany!
Massive Flooding in eastern and southern Germany. 200-year flood expected. Other countries affected. This May was supposed to be the month where we would enjoy the highest number of holidays of the...
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Flood Update: Germany set to smash 2002 Flood Records!
Passau and Halle (Saale) set new hundred year flood records. Dresden set to follow. Elbe River rising drammatically. German Government to provide relief to areas affected. “Two hundred year floods in...
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Flood Update: Crest has arrived; Euro-Zone Funding has (and will) not
Elbe crests well below record levels in Dresden; Saale River receding in Halle, rising Magdeburg; No help from Brussels- further cuts imminent? To start off the Newflyer update on the Great Flood of...
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Germany At 25: The Zuckertüte Festival
This article is part of the series on Germany at 25: The 25 things that makes Germany, the country celebrating 25 years, special. School time is the right time. When the children reach six or seven...
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Germany At 25: The ICE-Train
ICE- Diesel stopping at Schleswig south of Flensburg. Photo taken in 2012 “Ding-Dong! Gleis eins, Einfahrt ICE 737 nach Hamburg Hauptbahnhof über Neumünster. Abfahrt 13:25. Vorsicht bei der Einfahrt!”...
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The Mystery Christmas Piece: The Three Candles
The Schwibbogen, one of the landmarks a person will see while visiting Germany at Christmas time. Consisting of an arch with holders for candles, the Bogen is more commonly known as the Lichterbogen,...
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“Wir Sind Das Volk” Als Illegale Ansage?
“Wir sind das Volk!-” literally translated as We are the People: A phrase that is universal. We stand together as one group, one republic, to all mankind. Although its origins date back to the time of...
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Moving On Up In The East In German Soccer
RB Leipzig, Dynamo Dresden and Erzgebirge Aue, all in Saxony, are going up one league in the coming soccer season. The German state of Saxony is celebrating this week, for despite having a week...
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Germany Quiz 8: Part II
After getting warmed up with the Sächsisch Deutsch, as shown in Part I of the Quiz (click here to get to the page) Part II takes us to the state of Saxony itself. Having spent quite a few months there...
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