So I'm going to be over in Germany for a month or more and trying to figure some awesome things out to do. I'm going over for work so its not really going to be a fun trip but I want to make the most out of my nights and weekends. If anyone has any good ideas about places to go, restaurants, etc. there in Dusseldorf or around there (Belgium, Netherlands, France) lemme know.

Also if any tww's are going to be over there we should meet up.

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3/5/2008 4:30:41 PM

i really enjoyed muenster...it was a such a cool town...if you go, make sure to visit the market in the middle of the city (gathered around the cathedral) for lunch

3/5/2008 4:31:27 PM

Hofbrauhaus in Munich, and see the Neuschwanstein Castle in Fussen at the base of the Alps

3/5/2008 4:47:42 PM

go to hamburg, check out the red light district



FTR pretty much anything in Germany is awesome. Hot Women, Great Beer.

3/5/2008 5:01:09 PM

^ aha, do that, too

3/5/2008 5:01:55 PM

Hamburg. Check out the fish market one morning (i think it opens up at like 4-5 am but not sure of the day...its quite an experience though. There is a street in the red light district that only men are allowed to walk down.

3/5/2008 5:45:44 PM

We took a day trip to Cologne and on the way back got kicked off in Dusseldorf. We had a lot more fun in Dusseldorf. If you want to go on a day/few day trip the train ride to Amsterdam is really nice and Amsterdam is great. You don't have to smoke anything to have a great time there. I would suggest that you go to a couple of the nicer coffee shops and hang out.

3/5/2008 6:15:43 PM

There's a little town called Heidelburg (i think) up in that NW corner that is one of the few towns not burned during the war. It's soooo beautiful and gives you an idea of what pre-war architecture in Germany was like.

3/5/2008 6:50:10 PM

^ heidelburg is in the Southwest. Beautiful city. Lots of Americans though since there is an Army base there

3/5/2008 7:14:33 PM

Maybe a day or two-day trip.

3/5/2008 7:47:15 PM

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"Hofbrauhaus in Munich"

3/5/2008 8:19:52 PM

bah

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3/5/2008 10:27:08 PM

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"Neuschwanstein Castle in Fussen at the base of the Alps"

thats southeast germany.... probably 300 miles away. not sure how long it would take to get there though via train. if its within your range, it is definitely an awesome thing to do

3/5/2008 10:38:42 PM

i spent ~5 months in bremen, germany last winter -- the weather's not great this time of year, but it should be starting to get better...

i never made it to dusseldorf, but i enjoyed the weekend i spent in köln (though i was there for karneval); bremen isn't too exciting but the beck's brewery is there and as the weather warms up the beer gardens by the river are really nice (i imagine this would be the same in nearly every german city/town in spring and summer)

i went to belgium right before i came back and loved it -- i spent a few days in brussels trying out lots of good beer and eating chocolate and frites, it was fantastic; i also took a day trip to antwerp which was nice

the trains in germany are incredibly efficient and easy to travel on, so you'll have no problem getting around -- enjoy your trip!

3/6/2008 11:29:40 AM

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"Hofbrauhaus in Munich"

Great place, but not in "NW Germany." Try the seaport town of Bremerhaven--I haven't been there, though--and the surrounding area toward Hamburg.

^ Bremerhaven's in Bremen--did you visit the town?



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3/6/2008 1:18:08 PM

3/6/2008 1:57:17 PM

if you have the time for a weekend trip or whatever, go to prague. great town, great beer and food, nice people, great nightlife, architecture etc

everyone should go to vienna once in their life
switzerland for the outdoors stuff, hiking, caving, whatever. beautiful as hell but a tad pricey


and yeah a bit more accessible would be bavaria for a long weekend. breathtaking beauty, some of the nicest people you'll ever meet, the beer is yummy, great little towns, cool castles to tour.

3/6/2008 1:58:01 PM

deny the Holocaust.

3/6/2008 2:38:21 PM

i liked bremen, too...stop by the beck's brewery

they give you (quite literally) as much beer as you can drink (from all of their available types) at the end of the tour...people (read: americans) were absolutely shit-faced leaving...all-in-all, though, i really enjoyed it

if you have a day, visit berlin...i really enjoyed that, as well...though i was pissed that i didn't get to see the bombed-out church (we were at the top of the memorial tower in the center of the city and could see it)...i have a particular love for the macabre

3/6/2008 4:00:10 PM

go to Hamburg/Bremen...take in a Bundesliga football match

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3/6/2008 4:38:22 PM

Take a day trip to Amsterdam

The canals are awesome, so is the Anne Frank house and Van Gogh museum

3/6/2008 4:55:47 PM

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"^ Bremerhaven's in Bremen--did you visit the town?"

i took a day trip to bremerhaven (it's ~40mi from the city of bremen), it wasn't too exciting and was a little depressing (port town, not much going on) but i thought the maritime museum was cool

i'll second the berlin recommendation, if you get a chance to head that way -- very cool city with lots to see and do

and if you watch any tv while you're over there keep an eye out for my friend joe, she works for viva http://www.johannaklum.de/

3/6/2008 5:12:12 PM

Take a trip to the Mosel River and spend as much time in the villages along it as possible, eating and drinking. hit up the Bitburger brewery and find a hotel in that town to drink beer all night.

Along the Mosel - Trier, Bernkastel, Cochem... check out some of the castles.. Burg Eltz.

I was born in Bitburg and when my Dad took me back there (Germany) for the first time we spent a little time in Cologne, and most of our time near and around the Mosel.

As far as places that are not in NW Germany, Berchetsgarten (Hitler's Eagle's Nest was here) and the Zugspitze (southern Germany, in the Alps), Rothenberg (medieval walled village near the eastern border) are all worth excursions, in addition to places people have already provided.

What a great country.

3/6/2008 5:23:29 PM

I had a great time in Dusseldorf touring the old city - there's a section with a bunch of breweries which make this like especially dusseldorfy dark bitter which they serve in tall skinny glasses and you drink it on the sidewalk at stand up tables.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altstadt_%28D%C3%BCsseldorf%29

also, hop over to Solingen and buy some knives.

3/7/2008 9:35:48 AM

Thanks for all the suggestions! I'm going to try and get out as much as possible. Got 4 days for Easter that we can't work so the train to Amsterdam is definitely a possibility, as well as hitting up Brussels and even Paris. Any more ideas would be great!

^ I need to look into that. Those are nice knives.

3/7/2008 10:42:24 AM

If you want to see some holocaust shit then go to Dachau. It's about 30 min north of Munich which will be a decent trip but not too bad if you take the ICE train.


FUcking mind blowing



Everything that they learned at Dachau set the precedence for Auschwitz.

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3/7/2008 8:05:49 PM

you should check out some spas. sauna bathing feels so good.

3/7/2008 11:41:08 PM

broads and beer

3/8/2008 3:03:53 AM

rent a car and drive around nurburgring a few times

3/8/2008 4:50:26 PM

siegen or koln

3/12/2008 9:45:57 PM

So I'm gonna be here until April 21 now. Anyone going to be around? I'm getting a little bored of where I am right now so I'm probably going to travel around on the weekends or something.

3/26/2008 5:07:07 PM

I've heard you can get a prostitute for $20 US.

But that was before the Euro...

3/26/2008 5:48:15 PM