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Vinokilo event
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Vinokilo Vintage Clothing Sale – Cheaper by the Pound?

9. May 20228. May 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments duesseldorf

Vinokilo is an online shop for vintage clothing. Quite often, they have events where they open up a pop-up shop for a limited time and do a vintage kilo sale.

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Onigiri at the Asian Street Food Festival
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Asian Street Food Festival in Cologne

1. May 20222. May 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments cologne

Foodies unite for a taste of Asia in Cologne – food truck style. The Asian Street Food Festival was held from April 29 to May 1.

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Culture Flea Market Barmbek
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Culture Flea Market in Hamburg Barmbek

24. April 202220. April 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments hamburg

It’s Spring, and Spring is flea market time. As Corona restrictions are gradually removed, a flea market visit almost feels like pre-Corona.

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Christmas Market Wiener Platz
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Wiener Platz: A local Christmas market

28. December 202127. December 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments christmas, christmas market, cologne

Like any big German city, Cologne has dozens of less known Christmas markets such as the one on the Wiener Platz. What can you expect at these “hidden” markets?

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Cologne central station Christmas decoration
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Christmas decorations at Germany’s train stations

25. December 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments christmas, cologne, duesseldorf

Since Germany’s major train stations also serve as shopping malls, it’s only natural that they are decorated for Christmas as well. It’s time for Düsseldorf vs. Cologne.

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Engelchen Markt: Christmas stars
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Engelchen Markt: Christmas market in Düsseldorf

12. December 202112. December 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments christmas, christmas market, duesseldorf

Between Düsseldorf’s Old Town and shopping street Königsallee is this small and cozy Christmas market. Plenty of angels and an illuminated pavilion!

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Neumarkt Markt der Engel Karussell
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Market of Angels at Neumarkt, Cologne

10. December 202110. December 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments christmas, christmas market, cologne

After making a stop at the Heavenue and the Nickolausdorf, I went to the “Market of Angels” (Markt der Engel), one of Cologne’s biggest Christmas markets.

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Düsseldorf ferris wheel
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Burgplatz Christmas Market: The One with a Wheel

8. December 20218. December 2021 Mia Jaap 1 Comment christmas, christmas market, duesseldorf

Burgplatz Christmas Market in Düsseldorf is the place where you can both satisfy your glow whine needs and get a great view from a ferris wheel.

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Nikolausdorf with Hahnentorburg
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Nikolausdorf, the Christmas Market Village in Cologne

28. November 202130. November 2021 Mia Jaap 4 Comments christmas, christmas market, cologne

Nikolausdorf is a Christmas village in Cologne’s central city next to the impressive middle-age Hahnentorburg. It’s one of the most beautiful Christmas markets in Cologne.

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Heavenue Cologne
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Heavenue Cologne – The Gay Christmas Market

27. November 202128. November 2021 Mia Jaap 3 Comments christmas, christmas market, cologne

Heavenue Cologne is one of the more special Christmas markets and an early starter: It opened on November 18! There’s stage shows, a fountain and colourful booths.

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AR Biennale rings
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AR Biennale Düsseldorf: Digital Smartphone Art

25. November 202128. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments art, duesseldorf

AR Biennale – people posing for no reason, other people taking pictures of grass: It’s time for Düsseldorf’s first Augmented Reality Biennale!

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Sign full of sticker art on the back
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Sticker Art – Urban art in Hamburg

22. April 202219. April 2022 Mia Jaap 0

If you live in an urban area, chances are that you’ve seen a wall of stickers – sticker art. This is a form of street art often with a political or societal message.

Walking the Boberger Dunes
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Boberger Dunes: Hamburg’s last shifting dunes

18. April 202218. April 2022 Mia Jaap 1
Let it Snow… in Hamburg!
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Let it Snow… in Hamburg!

29. December 202128. December 2021 Mia Jaap 0
Deutsches Eck
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Koblenz – Where Rhine meets Moselle

31. October 20211. November 2021 Mia Jaap 3

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