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Aachener Printen, a type of gingerbread, is made from a variety of ingredients including cinnamon, aniseed, clove, cardamom, coriander, allspice and ginger. Originally sweetened with honey, nowadays Printen are sweetened with the syrup from sugar beets because honey became temporarily unavailable when Napoleon issued a trade embargo, banning all trade with the main supplier of honey, the USA. The tradition of sweetening with sugar beets was kept even after Napoleon was defeated and the French occupation lifted.
There are many stores selling this local specialty in Aachen's city center. These gingerbread treats are especially popular during the Christmas season.
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 Klenkes by sandysmith
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Every year, Aachen is the site of the CHIO Equestrian Tournament. During this tournament, equestrians compete in the five disciplines of jumping, dressage, four-in-hand diving, eventing, and vaulting. More information about this equestrian tournament can be found in the website link included with this tip.
For this annual event, the hotels in Aachen and the surrounding area are booked months in advance. Therefore, unless you are attending the tournament, you probably want to schedule your trip to Aachen at another time.
Because of this important event in the equestrian world, Aachen is sometimes referred to as the "City of Horses". The city promotes this moniker by having statues of horses throughout the city.
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 A Ribboned Treebranch by aukjejetty
After I wrote this TinyTuck let me know that I forgot some important details, so here they are: A guy goes and cuts a young "Birke" (this tree with the white trunk people can be allergic to :-)) the NIGHT before ( -> trees are missing in the forests and alleys the next day!) and SECRETLY puts it up in front of the window of the GIRL he likes, as a secret
admirer ;-)
Well it does make this local custom tip much more interesting, thank you Stef! Leave a Comment
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 gingerbread girl by sandysmith
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 May Day Tree by staindesign
My Experience, I only saw these trees in Aachen. There were a few not many. I saw one outside the apartment of a friend, she told me that the tree belonged to the up stairs couple. The boyfriend supposedly is placing a tree each year for his girlfriend "steffi".
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