Places to visit
Dovecote?
The Answer to the Flensburg Files’ Frage for the Forum: To wrap up the 2012 Tour of the Christmas Markets in Germany, and in particular Saxony-Anhalt, let’s go back to the question I had left for the people to consider while touring the Adventsmarkt in Quedlinburg, located in the western part of the state. Take … Continue reading
Christmas Market Tour 2012: Halle (Saale)
There are many cities and towns that are guilded and overrated- full of glanz and glamour on the outside but full of corruption and disappointment on the inside. But there are cities and towns that are diamonds in the rough- ugly on the outside but on the inside, beauty in terms of history, culture, architecture, … Continue reading
Christmas Market Tour 2012: Quedlinburg
The next stop on the 2012 Christmas market tour is Quedlinburg. Situated on the Bode River at the foot of the Harz Mountain region in western Saxony-Anhalt, Quedlinburg at first may be a typical town that had survived 40 years of East German Communist rule and seemed to be neglected even after the Berlin Wall … Continue reading
Christmas Market Tour 2012: Buckau
When it comes to Christmas Markets, sometimes the best ones can be found either in the suburbs of a big city, like Magdeburg, or in rural communities. Why? There are many reasons to support this argument, as we look at the example here on our stop in Buckau. Located four kilometers south of Magdeburg’s Alter … Continue reading
Christmas Market Tour 2012: Magdeburg, Germany
Author’s Note: This is the first of five series on this year’s Christmas market tour in Germany. This year’s tour focuses on two themes: locality and rural. The tour through the German state of Saxony-Anhalt with stops in Magdeburg, Quedlinburg and Halle (Saale) will address these two in full detail. Here’s a Flensburg Files Frage … Continue reading
Glucksburg Castle
One of the jewels of the Holnis Peninsula, the Castle at Glucksburg, located on Lake Glucksburg near the town’s city center, is the symbol of unity between Germany and Scandanavia. It is also the symbol of the town of Glucksburg, located between Flensburg and the northernmost tip of the peninsula. Built under the direction of … Continue reading
Hiatus at Holnis
For the third time in three years, the author took a two-week trip to Flensburg and the surrounding area, but this time with some company. Some of the articles to come will deal with the summer trip. Here is a question I have for those who love travelling or taking a vacation in the summer … Continue reading
Flensburg Files News Flyer 5 September 2012
There were a lot of events that happened while I was on hiatus for a few weeks, two of which were spent back in Flensburg and the surrounding area with my family. Most of the events have a zero at the end of each number, marking some events that should not have happened but they … Continue reading
Annie’s Kiosk Coming Soon to Schleswig Holstein
During my trip to Flensburg in May 2010, I did a pair of bike tours along the Flensburg Fjord, a bay area that is part of the Baltic Sea and enclaves the border city. On one day I toured the south end, finishing up at the eastern most point of the peninsula at Holnis. On … Continue reading
Striezelmarkt at Altmarkt
The fourth and final stop on the tour of the Christmas market in Dresden (and the last stop on the 2011 Christmas market tour) is the Striezelmarkt. Located at the Altmarkt market square adjacent to the Kreuzkirche and across the street from the Medieval market at Frauenkirche, this market is one of the oldest known … Continue reading
