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Heavenue Cologne
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Heavenue Cologne – The Gay Christmas Market

27. November 202128. November 2021 Mia Jaap 5 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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Café Schnurrke: Cat thinking
eating out 

Café Schnurrke: Cologne’s cat café!

23. November 202118. November 2021 Mia Jaap 2 Comments cat, cat cafe, cologne

Opened in 2014, Café Schnurrke is well established in Cologne’s café scene. It’s also the only cat café in Cologne. Let’s meet Lora, Cleo, Cheri and Freddy!

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Motorworld glass garage
eating out museum 

Motorworld Cologne: Classic meet luxury cars

18. November 202119. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments cologne

Motorworld Cologne, a museum that’s actually a car shop, a garage, a restaurant and a very special hotel. A recommendation if you like old or sports cars!

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Takumi Sapporo Ramen with mascot
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Takumi in Düsseldorf: Authentic ramen in Little Tokyo

16. November 202116. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments duesseldorf, japan

Düsseldorf’s “Little Tokyo” is full of authentic Japanese restaurant and one of the more popular ones is Takumi. My VIP guide recommended it to me!

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Town hall illuminated
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Recklinghausen leuchtet 2021: 150+ illuminations!

13. November 202115. November 2021 Mia Jaap 1 Comment illumination, recklinghausen, video

The city of Recklinghausen is back with their annual light festival “Recklinghausen leuchtet”. It boasts a record number of illuminations: quantity over quality?

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pavilion
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Expo 2000: When the World came to Hanover (TBT)

11. November 20211. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments hanover, throwbackthursday

It was the year 2000 and the city of Hanover welcomed visitors to the Expo 2000. Forty Million were expected but then everything went wrong.

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Commodore 64 with appropriate extras
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Deutsches Museum Bonn – Retro Gaming!

8. November 202115. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments bonn, technology

Deutsches Museum Bonn is a branch of the one in Munich and located in Bonn’s science centre. Last weekend it featured a special exhibition: retro games!

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Essen Illumination Weeks: animal
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Essen Illumination Weeks

6. November 202115. November 2021 Mia Jaap 1 Comment essen, illumination

Essen is host to no less than three illumination festivals, the Essen Illumination Weeks is the middle one. This year’s theme is “animal park”.

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Bibimbap with egg
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TBT: Bibim Boy: When a Korean restaurant met a copy shop

4. November 202130. October 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments closed, cologne, food, throwbackthursday

Possibly the copy shop with the tastiest food – or a Korean restaurant where you can copy stuff before heading to the university: Bibim Boy.

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Trans Europ Express
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DB Museum Koblenz

2. November 20211. November 2021 Mia Jaap 1 Comment koblenz, technology

Going to a train museum courtesy of a special train: DB Museum Koblenz is a branch of the main one in Nuremberg. It’s a place for all train fans.

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Where to go!

Market place of Oberursel
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Oberursel: Enchanted half-timbered alleys

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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
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Oldenburg: An Evening Day Trip

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Dockland building
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Dockland Hamburg: Step by Step for a view

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

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