Live-Nacht in Ludwigsburg - Friday 18.Apr.2008 - Live-Nacht Ludwigsburg am Freitag, den 18. April My wife and I are hitting the town Friday night here in Ludwigsburg: 20 bands are playing at 20 restaurants and clubs. Access to the shows is 8€ bought in advance or 11€ night of the shows. Some of you from Stuttgart orther near by areas may want to show up?
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Biennial "Luminale" lighting festival in Frankfurt - Tonight is the last night of the biennial "Luminale" festival - which runs in parallel to the Light+Building Exhibition at the Messe. I've been told on good authority that the various light installations around town are well-worth seeing - and you can find out more here including a downloadable pdf of the full programme. The "Light Roof" connecting the Zeil, Banking District, Hauptwache, Goetheplatz, Kaiserplatz and Taunusanlage
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Public drinking banned in wine-happy Heidelberg - After Freiburg and Marburg the tourist Mecca Heidelberg will be banning alcohol from its streets on weekends and holidays from 9 pm to 5 am. City Hall is blaming the increase in brawls on informal congregations of drinkers who buy their booze in neighboring shops and gather in public squares and streets, getting drunk, disorderly and aggressive. Deputy mayor Wolfgang Erichson said, however, that beer gardens and street cafes in the popular old town
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Nuclear Water Wonderland in Kalkar - Just outside of Kalkar in NRW lies a huge nuclear reactor that was ultimately never taken online. The SNR-300 "Fast Breeder" (a neutron reactor that creates more fuel than it uses) was needed since Germany has a limited supply of uranium and wanted to limit imports. When dutch businessman Hennie van der Most bought the complex in 1995, he decided to turn it into a hotel and amusement park - "Kernwasser Wunderland", later renamed
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Freibank Fashion Fair (Frankfurt) - For those fashion conscious girls and those who would like to be in Frankfurt there is a fashion fair on this weekend. Lots of big labels will be exhibiting and it will be kicking off tonight with a fashion show and party afterwards. So for those of you who fancy a good night of clubbing. Freibank Fashion Fair Taken from the website: DIE FREIBANK FASHION FAIR LANDET WIEDER AUF DEM UFO! Auf über 1.000 Quadratmetern präsentieren Aussteller aus
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Classic car show at Stuttgart Messe - The town that brought you the motor-car will shortly be hosting the 2008 Retro Classics motor show (this weekend 14-16th March 2008). If its anything like the UK classic car shows, it will offer a fantastic trip down memory lane - the real oldies are joined by so-called Young Timers, i.e. Opel Mantra, Golf Mk 1 etc. It is located at Stuttgart Messe so easy to reach, even for us out-of-towners.
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Düsseldorf's police dogs to wear protective shoes - From the Polizei NRW press portal: Schutzschuhe für Düsseldorfer Polizeidiensthunde. Mainly as a protection against shards of glass, the dog squadron of the Düsseldorf police force has purchased 20 sets of commercially available protective shoes for their four-legged colleagues. Apparently there's a problem in Düsseldorf with beer bottles being discarded on the pebbled walkways of the Altstadt. The dogs are currently on patrolling safe ground
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SPEZI - bike show for special and unusual bikes - To avoid confusion, this is not a thread for fans of soft drinks Germersheim will again be playing host to SPEZI, which bills itself as "Europe's largest Show for recumbents, recumbent tricycles, quadracycles, folding cycles, tandems, family cycles, velomobiles, transporters, electrical bikes, special needs bikes, adult kick scooters, child and load trailers, customized designs, accessories". I haven't been before myself but have read
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Ludwigsburg's 2008 Schlossfestspiele - Ludwigsburg is celebrating her 75th Schlossfestspiele this April with an impressive lineup. Check it out: Die Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele / Internationale Festspiele Termine 2008 Frühjahr: 4. - 13. April (das Programm erscheint Ende November 2007) Sommer: 30. Mai - 27. Juli (das Programm erscheint Anfang März 2008) Herbst: 21. - 30. November (das Programm erscheint Anfang März 2008)
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Man throws Christmas tree and self out of window - Last Saturday a 20-year-old man in Mönchengladbach decided to throw his Christmas tree out of the window instead of schlepping it down the stairs. It's not clear exactly what then happened. But somehow he threw himself with it and fell seven meters onto the sidewalk below. He's now in hospital suffering serious head injuries. Source: Mönchengladbach - Mann fiel mit Tanne aus dem Fenster
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El Chango Steakhouse in Cologne - I highly recommend El Chango in central Cologne if you are in the mood for a great steak. This place was recommended by a local we met in an Irish pub, it is did not disappoint. My mom and I had a great meal! For a starter we had this amazing garlicky shrimp thing- I can't remember the name, but it is at the top of the right page of vorspeisen. For entrees, we both had the Filet Mignon and shared a few sides (baked potato and spinach). There are
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Great Egyptian mummies show, Stuttgart & Mannheim - Egyptian Mummies - Immortality in the Land of the Pharaohs The large state exhibition "Egyptian Mummies - Immortality in the Land of the Pharaohs" at Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart, (06 October 2007 to 24 March 2008) under the patronage of the First Lady of Egypt, Suzanne Thabet Mubarak, and of the Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg, Günther H. Oettingen, gets to the bottom of the origins of the Egypt belief of the dead and
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Best Irish Pub in
Düsseldorf ! All
football games
shown on large
screens or plasma.
Friendly staff,
pool, d...
6.May.2008 -
Anon
Woody's American Res... - Stuttgart
I have been here 3
times, thinking
3rd time is a
charm and we all
deserve a
second/or third
chance. But the se...
3.May.2008 -
stuttgal
O'Shea's Irish Pub - Nuremberg
I´ve been to the
Irish pub in
Frankfurt, its not
all that.The O in
Nürnberg is the
BOMB and i will
always pa...
28.Apr.2008 -
eye-rish lover
La Mirabelle - Hamburg
Good quality
French cuisine in
Hamburg but the
service is
dreadful and the
focus on
maximising wine
sales is s...
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Graham Ball
Tandoorian Indian Re... - Wiesbaden
Was here last week
with my wife.
Service was ok,
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restaurant..I am a
vegetarian, so I
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food was
excellent, not...
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Pat
La Boveda - Frankfurt
I still managed,
very nicely, to
have lunch at
15:00!!! Spaniards
do eat late....
If you're looking
for FISH...
17.Apr.2008 -
Inêz Corrêa de Sá
James Joyce Irish Pub - Wiesbaden
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typical Irish pub
in Wiesbaden.
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schedule is as
follows:
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Stereobar - Frankfurt
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out! What kind of
style? Do I need
my sunglasses?
Heidelberg is too
boring!!!!!
zzzzzzzz...
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M Steakhouse - Surf... - Frankfurt
Glad you posted
this. I was there
just last week
with work
colleagues and
everyone had a
fantastic meal.
You...
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Waxy's Irish Pub - Frankfurt
I like the
interior here very
much, it reminds
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La Stalla Di Ugo
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extraordinary
Italian
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expect Pizza, but
excellent cuisine!...
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