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5 Stars - 17 Opinions
Neuenheimer Landstrasse 12, Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, 69120, Germany
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Heidelberg City Theater
Reflection in a castle puddle.
View of Heidelberg from the Walk
view to the heidwelberg castle
Hi there,
I'll be spending two weeks in Heidelberg to take a German language course and enjoy the sights...I'll certainly sample the nightlife as well while I'm there, but since I'm in my thirties I don't want to end up in places where practically everyone there is a teenager : )
Do you know of any particularly good bars or clubs which are geared more toward the 25+ crowd and are good places to mix with the locals? Basically I'm open to anything other than blaring discotheques which feature deafening rap music etc.
Danke!
How about the "Eckstein" in old town Heidelberg?
It's cute and very unusual, as it's a "magic bar".
It's located exactly next to the Heilig Geist Church in the Haupstrasse, near the old bridge.
Details here:
http://www.ecksteinheidelberg.de/
Address:
am Fischmarkt 3
69117 Heidelberg
Tel: 06221-432280
Jess ('c',)
Drive up to the HEIDELBERG CASTLE if you've the time. Although in ruins, the castle is still worth visiting, hehe... according to my guidebook. Never made it there myself. Just took this photo with a zoom lens. But, it looked pretty amazing, even from afar. Quite regal, in my opinion.
The Philosphenweg offers great views of Heidelberg old town from across the River Neckar..... but there's no such thing as a free lunch in this world and I'm afraid you have to walk up either a pretty steep hill or climb up a lot of steps to enjoy the view!
I had dinner and some wonderful German beer at the Lowenbrau on the Alt Stadt Hauptstrasse just prior to my drinks and conversation with the Merck guys at the Weisser Boch. This was a wonderful little bar and the owner was also good natured about my horrible grammar. His English was worse than my German though, but he was nevertheless very talkative. I had a good opportunity to practice my language with him, and their food was fabulous.
The cigarette smoke though, was hard for me to get used to. All Europeans smoke, and it's something a non smoker just has to accept while in Europe.
In Germany gingerbread is called LEBKUCHEN, and has a slightly different taste and texture compared to typical gingerbread in the US or the UK. Ours is "chewier" and definitely benefits from the use of individual traditional spices. Its origins can be traced back to the 12th century and was first baked regularly in monasteries. The spices in the dough regarded as being healthy and aiding digestion. Enjoy!
This recipe makes about 50 medium-sized cookies:
* 100g Butter
* 250g Honey
* 120g brown sugar
* 1 tsp cinnamon
* 1 tsp ginger powder
* 1/2 tsp ground cloves (or allspice)
* 2 whole eggs
* 2 tsp cocoa powder
* 440g plain flour
* 1 tsp baking powder
In a pan, gently heat the butter, sugar and honey in a pan and stir regularly until the sugar has completely dissolved.
While this is happening, mix together all the other ingredients in a big bowl. Then add the liquid honey/butter/sugar mix to this (you'll either need a spoon and strong arms, or a kitchen aid machine with a kneading hook attachment).
Now leave the dough to rest/cool down for an hour at room temperature.
Pre-heat your oven to 180C degrees. (160 if fan-assisted)
After an hour, roll out the dough to about 1cm thickness and cut out Gingerbread men or any other shapes you prefer (if the dough is too sticky, place it in the fridge for a few minutes to firm-up, and add a bit more flour).
Place the cookies on a tray lined with baking paper, and bake for approx. 10min.
Once cool, feel free to frost them with icing, sugar pearls, or any other kinds of sweet decoration!
Merry Christmas and Enjoy!
Next door to the back end of the City Theater at Friedrichstr. 9 is the Hochschule fuer Juedische Studien or "Hjs".
This unique institution offers a wide variety of courses in Jewish history, literature, art and philosophy, as well as languages such as Hebrew, Aramaic and Yiddish. It views itself as "the successor of the great institutions of Jewish scholarship that existed in Germany in the years before the Second World War" and includes a comprehensive 50,000 volume library on Jewish subjects.
It was founded in 1979 and works in close cooperation with Heidelberg University.
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