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Cycle's can be hired from the campsite, they also do guided walks.
There are plenty of cycle track's and walk way's, map's and guides can be obtained from the shop or reception.
In winter this becomes a skiing area, the site has drying room's for ski's and wet clothes. Leave a Comment
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Alpine skiing has its apex in the Bavarian Alps, though you can ski in small areas in other hills of Germany, as well - nothing like trying to make it down the hill at the Erbeskopf in the Hunsruck, the Hohe Sauerland, or the narrow paths of the Gosser Feldberg near Frankfurt.
The main resort of the Alps is Garmisch-Partenkirchen. This was the site of the 1936 Winter Olympiad and there are World Cup events held here every year. Ski areas center on the cable cars: Kreuzeckbahn, Hausbergbahn, Osterfelderbahn and the Eckbauerbahn. Also the Wankbahn. Finally, there is skiing atop the Zugspitze on the Schneeferner. Here in Garmisch you will find the German Alpine Central. There are other good areas in the Alps to seek out as well - Steinplatte, Obertsdorf, etc.. Leave a Comment
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I wasn't really sure where to put this one as I took it somewhere on the Autobahn between Aachen and Koeln.
http://www.stadt-kerpen.de/
I kind of get the impression you hire the karts there! Leave a Comment
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This is the highest soccer/football league in Germany. The equivalent to the NFL in America. Each of the 18 teams play each other twice in one season to determine a German champion. Seasons last from August to May. Like in other football-crazed countries in the world, German fans are crazy and extremely loyal to their teams. Teams have old and cherished histories, which most true fans will be able to recite at the drop of a hat. The team Bayern Munchen has had most success in the Bundesliga over the years winning the German championship an unprecedented 18 times - the nearest other team has only single digit success - thus serving as a German formula for success similar to that of the New York Yankees, in American baseball.
The match in question for my visit was the Arena auf Schalke in Gelsenkirchen of the Ruhrgebiet - no fewer than 6 of the 18 teams hail directly from or on the outskirts of the Ruhrgebiet. Koenigsblau and weiss is what the fans here bleed as they look forward to seeing their team strike down the opposition - especially Bayern Munchen or Borussia Dortmund. FC Schalke 04 has Germany's newest football stadium - room for over 60,000, featuring a retractible roof. Learning from the problems of the stadium of Ajax of Holland, the grass is actually moved out of the stadium when there is no game, so that it can grow better than in the not-so sunny confines of the stadia. Luxury boxes and business seats are the rage, as in the US, but the north end is still standing room only for Schalke's most rabid Nordkurve faithful as they sing and chant for the Blue and white. The game this night saw 04 come from behind to beat FC Slovan Liberec of the Czech Republic 2:1.
Some tickets and some clothes in the appropriate color combination for the team in question. Leave a Comment Theme: Sports WatchingAddress: Arena Auf SchalkeDirections: North of the city of Gelsenkirchen in the RuhrgrebietWebsite: www.bundesliga.de/
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The Altmühltal, located north of München, is a popular place for canoeing on the Altmühl River, rock-climbing, biking, hiking and a lot more.
Canoes can be rented in many of the towns along the Altmühl River. Leave a Comment
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This is not necessarily for Germany only but for Europe or the world. The website Bikemap.net has been created from cyclers/bikers for cyclers/bikers (bicycle, not motorbike) and is constantly growing. At the present moment it lists 22.000 routes or 1,5 million kilometers worldwide. But it seems to have an emphasis for routes in Germany. And for those of you who are Google Earth addicts – all described routes can be transformed into a .klm format and a .gpx file as well.
The weblink leads to the German version but on the upper right side is a little dropdown menu for changing languages (English, Spanish, French, Italian, Polish, Czech). Each route is described with distance, vertical climb, inclination, surface and category and has a graphic altitude profile.
Fantastic site!!! Leave a Comment
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Renn-Bob-Taxi is a brand new service that is offered for all fans of high-speed-racing in the Ice-Canal of Berchtesgaden / Koenigssee.
For 85 Euros a person you will race down the ice-canal at Koenigssee with an experienced driver and with a speed of 120 km/h
These races are possible only at the weekends !
Friday it is mostly after 08.00p.m.
Saturday in the afternoon after 03.00p.m.
sundays after 02.00p.m.
Check the exacte schedule here !
You wont need any special equipment except some gloves against the icy winds. The whole run is about 1300 meters, the difference in elevation is 110 meters...
NO passengers younger than 18 years !
you have to be totally fit !
click here for the web-cams of the bobsled-racing-track Leave a Comment Theme: Extreme SportsDirections: The Ice-Canal is in Schoenau am Koenigssee, get into the village and turn to the right at the ships-landing. It is opposite of Malerwinkel, about 800 meters from the town-centre.Website: http://www.bglt.de/
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Germany is worth a trip in winter. Best time is between November and March. Only regions above 800m are snow proof.
Winter sport regions:
Bavarian Alps: one hour south of Munich. Up to 2900m high. Best winter sport region. Snow proof - but expensive.
Black Forest : one hour west of Stuttgart. Up to 1400m high. Very expensive region.
Harz : Most northern winter sport region. 90min northwest of Leipzig. Up to 1100m high. Moderate prices.
Erzgebirge & Thüringer Wald (Ore Mountains & Thuringian Forest) : Winter sport region in the east. 90min south of Leipzig/ 90min north of Nuremberg. Up to 1200m high. Moderate prices.
Sauerland : 2 hours east of Cologne. Up to 800m high. Not snow proof.
Bayrischer Wald (Bavarian Forest): 2 hours northeast of Munich. Up to 1400m high. Quite expensive. Leave a Comment Theme: Skiing/Snowboarding
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Mönchengladbach is of course a few hundred kilometers far from the beach. But that doesn't mean that you have to abstain from beach activities. The Return Sportpark offers beach badminton and beach volleyball indoor. Included in the charge is a sauna-visit afterwards in the two small saunas.
The whole Sportpark is very clean and has a nice atmosphere. Tennis and "normal" badminton is also possible.
Sportclothes and the equipment for the activity you chosed (and of corse a towel for the shower and the sauna-visit afterwards :-) Leave a Comment Theme: Beach ActivitiesAddress: Breite Str. 65, 41236 MönchengladbachPhone: 02166- 922922Directions: At the border to Mönchengladbach-RheydtWebsite: http://www.myreturn.de/
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Well it looks like I'm going to be living here when the big show hits Germany, and the country is gearing itself up for the greatest of world sporting events: Weltmeisterschaft 2006. All the teams have qualified, and there's going to be a lot of excited first time fans at the competition, including the Ukraine, and four new African teams, Togo, Angola, Ghana and the Ivory Coast. Even Australia has made it for the first time since 1974, coincidentally the last time the World Cup was held in Germany. The only real shame for me in the qualifications was Turkey losing out to Switzerland in the play-offs. With such a large Turkish population in Germany there would have been some amazing parties here if the national team would have made it.
I guess the biggest question for anyone wanting to come to Germany for the World Cup is going to be about accommodation and tickets. For the former you can expect to pay huge surchages as the locals look to cash in on the huge demand, and for the latter you can only hope and pray. If you haven't already tried to get your tickets through the FIFA lottery, then you should do so NOW as time is running out (if it hasn't run out for you already). The first two rounds have already passed as of my writing, and there were five times as many people requesting tickets as there were tickets available. Good luck!
For those failing to get tickets, then do not despair. The Germans are well aware of the problem, and want to make sure that this is a World Cup for all. Outside every stadium there will be a huge screen for those without a ticket, where the view will be better than inside, and the atmosphere should be almost as electric. Every town is also responding to the needs of the fans, and everything from bars to churches will be opening up on match days to let in people to see the game.
My advice on accommodation would be to look for cheaper alternatives in the towns nearby the main stadiums, like Augsburg for Munich and Mainz for Frankfurt. German transportation is excellent, and the money you pay for transport should be more than recouped in accommodation. If you really must stay in the city center, then I can only imagine that the cost of accommodation will rocket to Munich Beer Festival levels and beyond. For the beerfest hotel prices can triple, and all the cheapest accommodation can be booked out months in advance. You've been warned! Leave a Comment
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