Mia Jaap, Author at Take me to Germany!

Dieter Rams Exhibition – Less and More

30. January 201112. October 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments exhibition, korea

Dieter Rams is a legendary product designer for the German company Braun. His influence is visible in every iPod, iPhone or Mac. Jonathan Ives was heavily influenced by Rams’ design philosophy.

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Kiel – Snow & Christmas Market

21. December 201012. October 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments christmas, christmas market, kiel

All of Germany is covered in snow which includes Kiel, the capital of the furthest north German state Schleswig-Holstein. Kiel is not the most exciting city in the north and Lübeck is undoubtedly more popular with tourists. But I had more than one reason to go there.

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Hamburg in Snow

24. December 200912. October 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments hamburg, video, winter

It doesn’t snow often in Hamburg in December, but this month has been exceptional and I’m happy to be in Germany at this time.

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Day trip to Hamelin (Hameln)

20. December 20092. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments christmas, hamelin, winter

Hamelin was for a long time on my list for potential day trips from Hamburg, so today I could scratch that town off my list. The town is of course famous for the tale of the Pied Piper who can be found at various places in the city.

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Toy camera views: Train to Hameln

20. December 200924. May 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments hamelin, snow, train, winter

Impressions of Germany, covered in snow during a train trip to Hameln (Hamelin)

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Esbjerg – where Man Meets the Sea

13. April 200924. October 2021 Mia Jaap 1 Comment denmark

Esbjerg is the fifth largest city in Denmark and has a few notable museums. But we were interested in another landmark: Man Meets the Sea.

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Tønder

13. April 200924. October 2021 Mia Jaap 1 Comment denmark

Our stay at Tønder came quite unexpected. Tønder is a Danish border town and also the place where we had to change trains. Unfortunately, the ticket was only valid until Tønder and trains leave every two hours to Esbjerg.

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Somewhere in between: Neumünster

9. April 200912. October 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments neumunster

If you travel from Hamburg to Kiel by regional express, the train will surely stop in Neumunster. This is definitely not a tourist destination, but since I passed the city so many times I wondered how it looked like.

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Kiel – Not quite a leisure trip

9. April 200924. May 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments elmshorn, kiel

Time for another trip to Kiel! Okay, this is not exactly one of my favorite cities nor is it one of the cities I dislike most. Although this wasn’t a leisure trip everything went well.

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Strasbourg

4. October 200824. May 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments france, strasbourg

I did choose Saarbrucken only for its close proximity to the border. There are special roundtrip tickets for Strasbourg and Luxembourg.

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Going Underground in Saarbrücken

3. October 200817. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments saarbrucken

I finally arrived at Saarbrücken or rather Saarbrücken Ost which is one station before the central station. The station is run down and can be quite scary at night, but my cheap hotel was nearby.