Hahndorf, Adelaide

This is like a small town with some kind of a European-touch to the architecture of the shops. It's the atmosphere & the surroundings that make you feel like you're in European countries. There are various cafes and delis as well as stores that sell home-made soaps, etc. (Photos to be attached)

This is a photo taken at the quaint little German/Australian tourist town of Hahndorf, in the Adelaide Hills.

There's not quite as much German charm in the town as there used to be in years gone by, but it is still nice, and there are many quality Australian shops as well.
There's a lot of history here too, in the old German buildings. I especially recommend the museum.

I really enjoy the bakery, especially the German one, the handmade boiled sweets shop, ice cream parlour, the leathercrafts shop, souvenir shops - truly we spent a
whole day just exploring one side of the street!

(My brochure says there are more than 100 venues in town to browse, and I can well believe it...it's a very long street and packed with shops to browse or buy in)

The German people who immigrated here to the Adelaide Hills and the Barossa Valley in the 1830's played a very important role in the development of the area (which if you're interested to learn further details of, you can read more in the Travelogue at the bottom of my Adelaide pages)

This is the largest regional Art Gallery in South Australia. It has a gift shop, artists in residence, and works on display by the famous German immigrant artist Hans Heysen (he became one of Australia's most famous artists)

It is also home to the German Migration Museum, which I really enjoyed.
You can see many writings, books and relics from the German's early days of settlement history in the region.

German settlement nestled in the Adelaide Hills about half an hour from Adelaide. Full of produce, gift shops and a german pubs, an atmospheric little town, worth a stroll.