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Vendors at Santa Pauli, Schmidt's in the background
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Santa Pauli, Hamburg’s “hottest” Christmas market

29. December 2022 Mia Jaap 1 Comment christmas market, hamburg

The Reeperbahn is the central street of Hamburg’s nightlife and red-light district and home to a special Christmas market: Santa Pauli.

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The LED rainbow of the DJ desk
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Hamburg Winter Pride – Queer Xmas market

24. December 202221. February 2023 Mia Jaap 0 Comments christmas, christmas market, hamburg

There is no Heavenue this year, so I visited the queer Christmas market Hamburg Winter Pride. One of the few markets still open after Christmas!

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Rooftop Xmas
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Rooftop Xmas Cologne

24. December 202224. December 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments christmas market, cologne

A Christmas market with a view of the cathedral – that’s Rooftop Xmas Cologne. This is Cologne’s highest Christmas market and quite a unique one.

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Campfire at the Vegan Christmas Market
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Vegan Christmas Market in Cologne

20. December 202220. December 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments christmas market, cologne

These days, it’s normal for vegan meals to be offered – but a whole Vegan Christmas Market? That’s why I visited Cologne’s very first Xmas market for vegans.

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Potato twister booth with plenty of smoke
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Christmas Markets opened in Germany

27. November 202227. November 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments christmas market, duesseldorf

It’s that time of the year for Christmas Markets again and in the past, it would be the same procedure as every year. Not in 2022 though for the German Christmas markets.

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K1 karaoke
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K1 Karaoke: The Spanish Language Moshpit

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

Let’s go to Düsseldorf’s K1 and sing your heart out – if you’re into Western-style karaoke. This was my first time in a karaoke bar in the West.

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Schloss Oldenburg
museum where to go 

Oldenburg: An Evening Day Trip

7. September 20227. September 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments oldenburg

15 years ago I visited the city of Oldenburg. This year, I took advantage of the nine Euro ticket to visit the northern city again. As before, my journey started in Hamburg.

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Kö-Graben
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Gourmet Festival Düsseldorf

27. August 202227. August 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments duesseldorf

Gourmets head for Düsseldorf this weekend, because it’s time for the 10th Gourmet Festival. Located around the Königsallee, the festival is supposedly Europe’s biggest open-air food festival.

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Cafe by Dokuwa, meal of the day
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Cafe by Dokuwa: Hamburg’s bento boxes

15. August 202219. February 2023 Mia Jaap 0 Comments hamburg

I love bento boxes, but last time I went to Marktstraße, the Cafe by Dokuwa was already closed. Time to return and get one of those bento boxes for a lunch on the go.

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Green Beachclub evening
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Green Beachclub in Düsseldorf

1. August 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments duesseldorf

Recently, I have been invited to the Green Beach Club. I’ve never heard about it before – I imagined an actual beach. I found something else…

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Bazar de Nuit x Mooi at Odonien: Vintage! Plants! Music!

29. July 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments cologne

Vintage fashion, plants, an auction, live music and more at one of Cologne’s most unique places! Odonien invited the Bazar de Nuit and Mooi for a whole day… and night.

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Market place of Oberursel
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Oberursel: Enchanted half-timbered alleys

13. June 202414. June 2024 Mia Jaap 0

Recently I was visiting Frankfurt (Main) for the annual Nippon Connection Film Festival – but there is always time for a quick trip to a town like Oberursel.

Schloss Oldenburg
museum where to go 

Oldenburg: An Evening Day Trip

7. September 20227. September 2022 Mia Jaap 0
Dockland building
where to go 

Dockland Hamburg: Step by Step for a view

9. June 20227. June 2022 Mia Jaap 0
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

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