Traveling in Germany (and Europe)

Frauenkirche (Church of our Lady) in Dresden. Photo taken in December 2011

This page features articles and a tour guide of places in Germany that you should visit. Articles include apsects of traveling from an expatriate’s point of view (including my pet peeve on the German Railways), while a tour guide features Christmas markets visited that are recommended (some of which are marked with TIP 🙂 ), as well as places in Germany that should be visited. This includes a section on Flensburg, where the column originated from and some interesting facts about the city by the border. Guest columns are marked with a g.  The list is ongoing so stop back here on occasion if you want some ideas on where to go and what to be aware of while travelling. 🙂

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CHRISTMAS MARKETS IN GERMANY & ELSEWHERE:

EDUCATIONAL ITEMS FOR STUDENTS:

Activities for students and interested.

How to make your own Christmas Market

10 Typical Christmas Celebrations (g)

History of Christmas Lights  and Answer key

The Story of Advent (g)

Idiomatic Expressions involving Christmas and Weihnachten

Schwibbogen Quiz and Answer Key  and 

Tongue Twister with a Schwip!

Christmas Tree Quiz and Answers

Quizzing Around the Christmas Tree Quiz and Answers

Christmas Pyramid and Answer Key

Gingerbread  and Answer Key

Domino Steine

Adventskranz (Advent Wreath)

Guessing Quiz: History of the Candy Cane and Answers

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CHRISTMAS CALENDAR SERIES (Click on the year and follow through the dates just like in a Christmas Calendar)

2020

2021

2022

2023

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PLACES TO VISIT

Virtual Christmas Market 2020

Christmas Museum Husum

Pulsnitz

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Berlin

Overview (including Pop Quiz)

Alexanderplatz and revisited in 2023

Janowitzbrücke

Gendarmenmarkt TIP 🙂

Potsdamer Platz

City Hall

Unter den Linden

RAW Complex at Friedrichshain

Breitscheidsplatz/ Gedächtniskirche near Zoologischer Garten

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Dresden

Overview with some small markets TIP 🙂

Neumarkt- The Medieval Market

Dresden-Neustadt

Striezelmarkt at Dresden-Altmarkt

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Other Cities and Towns

Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Frankfurt (Main)

Bayreuth

Nuremberg

Magdeburg (including Buckau)

Halle (Saale) TIP 🙂

Erfurt

Quedlinburg (including Dovecote) TIP 🙂

Weimar

Gera (including Pop Quiz and answers)

Jena (includes older article)

Naumburg (Saale)

Chemnitz

Leipzig  TIP 🙂

Gotha

Kiel  TIP 🙂

Freiberg (Saxony)

Glauchau (Saxony)

Heilsberg (near Rudolstadt, Thuringia)

Zwickau (Saxony)  and Osterstein Castle TIP 🙂

Flensburg  TIP 🙂

Hof (Bavaria)

Meissen

Oberwiesenthal

Plauen (Vogtland)

Waldenburg (Saxony)

Landshut (Bavaria)- Drive thru Market  (f)

Werdau (Saxony)

Schneeberg (Saxony) 

Meerane

Bautzen: The world’s oldest Christmas market. TIP 🙂

Regensburg (g)

Herrnhut

Heidelberg (g)

Esslingen (g)

Stuttgart (g)

Bavarian Forest (g)

Seiffen

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USA and Elsewhere:

Amana Colonies, Iowa TIP 🙂

Pella, Iowa

Frankenmuth, Michigan

Oslo, Norway  (g)

Manchester, UK (g)

Maastricht, The Netherlands  (g)

Strassbourg (g)

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Schell’s Beer sign outside one of New Ulm’s bars. Schell’s is brewed directly in town

GERMAN-NAMED VILLAGES AND TOWNS IN THE USA:

Minnesota:

New Trier

Bergen

New Ulm (includes quiz on Ulm/ New Ulm)

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Michigan:

Frankenmuth

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ICE Train on the Berlin-Munich route at the Saale River Bridge near Grossheringen (Thuringia)- Photo taken in June 2011

TRAVEL ARTICLES AND TIPS:

Copenhagenization

Cycling in Germany

More bike space on the trains

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OTHER RECOMMENDED CITIES AND TOWNS IN GERMANY AND EUROPE:

River System in Germany (Guessing Quiz)

WEIMAR:

Weimar Rendezvous

Onion Market

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