Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Listen up, Jungan und Mädchen

It's the last minute dash do grab all the supplies needed to spend the weekend in Stadtgemeinde Bremen. :-)

Stuff to see:

-The
Marktplatz (Market square) is dominated by the opulent façade of the Town Hall. The building was erected between 1405 and 1410 in Gothic style, but the façade was built two centuries later (1609–12) in Renaissance style. Today, it hosts a restaurant in original decor with gigantic wine barrels, and the wine lists boasts more than 600—exclusively German—wines. It is also home of the twelve oldest wines in the world, stored in their original barrels in the Apostel chamber.

-In front and to the side of the Town Hall stand two statues: one is the statue (1404) of the city's protector, Roland, bearing Durendart, the "sword of justice" and a shield decorated with an imperial eagle. The other is Gerhard Marcks's 1953 bronze sculpture Die Stadtmusikanten (Town Musicians) which portrays the donkey, dog, cat, and rooster of the Grimms Brothers' fairy tale.

-
Beck's Brewery, tours are available to the public which include beer tasting. (One of the many beers to be sampled)

Prost! (for beer)

Zum Wohl! (for wine)
Auf Schottland! (for whiskey)
Auf uns! (for everything else)

On-beergardens-on

1 comment:

Principessa of Cervesa said...

you have pictures, yah? vo ist de pictures...my german is not zer gut.