This year`s Christmas season Germanwings offers not only attractive prices for flights to the most…
This year`s Christmas season Germanwings offers not only attractive prices for flights to the most cosy Christmas markets in Cologne and Bonn, but also several special raffles and online activities on their homepage, where attractive prizes such as package tours to Christmas attractions can be won.
Christmas markets have an old tradition in Germany. Cologne and Bonn, two of the oldest cities in Germany celebrate this tradition every year with an exciting Christmas atmosphere for young and old. Their typical wooden kiosks offer hand made wooden toys and handicrafts as well as famous culinary items such as Lebkuchen (sweet bread), Spekulatius (cinnamon cookies) and Gluehwein, the hot wine for freezing evenings.
The largest Christmas market in Cologne is located at the Roncalli Place closed to the Dom, Cologne`s famous emblem. 4 Million people have been visiting the 160 kiosks. Especially designed for children is the Christmas market at the Rudolf place with the subject fary tale where famous fary tale figures are sitting on the kiosks or flying above the market. In Cologne also worth to discover:
The Medieval Christmas Market in front of the Imhoff-Stollwerck-Museum 29.11. – 21.12.2003. The worldwide largest Christmas crib path with more than 100 different crib design kiosks presenting cribs from different cultures and centuries is another highlight in Cologne from November 21st until January 6. Further information can be obtained at www.stadt-koeln.de.
In Bonn, the after-war capital of Germany, more than 150 Christmas kiosks are offering hand made Christmas decorations and culinary items. At the Muenster Place visitors can enjoy a daily changing stage program with Chorus, live Christmas music, concerts and musicals as well as puppet theatre and handicraft lessons for children. A real highlight of the Bonn Christmas season is the 300m2 large ice-skating ground of Bonn on Ice at the Friedensplatz. Furhter information can be obtained at www.bonn.de.
Germanwings E-specials: short trip Christmas packages to be won
On their web page the low-cost airline is offering several attractive specials as well as raffles, where short trop package can be won: Winter dream weekend to Phantasialand, the German Disneyland, who are offering special Christmas shows under the motto: Winterdream, Christmas Shopping in Cologne, Weekend in Aachen in combination with a Christmas cruise on the river Rhine are some of the prizes. An online Christmas calender offers since December 1st until December 24th, 2003 several prizes on the Germanwings website.
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