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Inside the Cologne Cathedral, Germany
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 22 February 2012
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Lady at the Christmas Markets in Cologne
Blog: A Lady in London - 5 December 2011
When my flight landed at Dusseldorf airport the border agent asked me why I was visiting Germany. “The Christmas markets in Cologne,” I told him. “Ugh. Why do all you foreigners like them so much?” he asked. I was nervous. The seven Christmas markets in Cologne were famous all over the world, and yet the [...]
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Lady Does a Day in Dusseldorf
Blog: A Lady in London - 1 February 2010
My boyfriend's 77-year-old grandmother is quite the jet setter. With half her year spent in South Carolina and the other half spent near Dusseldorf, she thinks nothing of road tripping across America or traveling in Europe when she's in Germany. Impressive.
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Oh de Cologne
Blog: thebeergeek.com - 30 July 2009
A short distance down the Rhein from Düsseldorf is Köln, our last beer style city of the trip. This was our third time to Germany’s oldest city, but our first time really exploring beyond the Dom, the dominant landmark of the city. Köln is the home of Kölsch, another top fermented and lagered German beer. Köln [...]
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Seems Like Alt Times
Blog: thebeergeek.com - 26 July 2009
After spending two days in Düsseldorf, I am somewhat embarrassed that this was our first visit to the home of Altbier. From the moment we entered our first brewery, we realized that this city’s beer culture was something special. After a short train ride from Dortmund, we deposited our bags in the hotel room and were [...]
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A Tale of One City
Blog: thebeergeek.com - 24 July 2009
Curiosity brought us to Dortmund, the first stop on our “Cities with a Beer Style” tour. Dortmund is the home of Dortmunder Export, a style that is disappearing. Dortmund was once a steel and coal town and Export was the beer of the workers. In the 1970s-80s, these industries died and the jobs along [...]
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