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Board Games: Carcassonne
culture 

Board Games

5. March 2023 Mia Jaap 0 Comments cologne

Roll the dice, trade and gain new friends (or lose existing ones) through board games. Germany not only has the biggest board games show, but also many meetups.

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Ballroom Party DJs
event 

Ballroom Party: The Tarm Center Revival

16. February 2023 Mia Jaap 0 Comments cologne

Ballroom Party is a party celebrating a very special club from the 80s, 90s and 2000s: the Tarm Center. It’s a club fondly remembered by all those who experienced it.

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Rooftop Xmas
event 

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
event 

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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event 

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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B-Fest B Movie Festival
event 

B-Fest – Open Air B Movie Festival in Cologne

24. July 202225. July 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments cologne, movie

B-Fest is a free movie festival where you can’t be sure what film will be shown. And it also promised entertaining b movies. A no-budget festival for low-budget films?

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Onigiri at the Asian Street Food Festival
eating out event 

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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PC-Engine TurboGrafx
shopping 

Retrospiel: Retro Game Shop in Cologne

16. April 202216. April 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments cologne, technology

I had a retro craving or rather a desire to ask what my Dreamcast is doing and visited one of Cologne’s prime locations for retro gaming, Retrospiel. This is also a personal journey about my retro collection.

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Christmas Market Wiener Platz
event 

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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Nobiko Ramen
eating out 

Nobiko: Udon restaurant in Cologne

27. December 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments cologne, vegan, vegetarian

Tucked away in an area where you wouldn’t expect a vegan udon restaurant is Nobiko. This Japanese restaurant offers homemade udon noodles with various soups.

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Cologne central station Christmas decoration
event 

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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Schloss Oldenburg
museum where to go 

Oldenburg: An Evening Day Trip

7. September 20227. September 2022 Mia Jaap 0

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.

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
where to go 

Sticker Art – Urban art in Hamburg

22. April 202219. April 2022 Mia Jaap 0
Walking the Boberger Dunes
where to go 

Boberger Dunes: Hamburg’s last shifting dunes

18. April 202218. April 2022 Mia Jaap 1

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