FANTASTIC news: Schuster targets BALLACK

God Blut.....I guess Goethe would be proud :p

Btw, I was looking for a HSV avatar...and look what nasty stuff you get when you search for HSV :puke:

http://www.vinden.nl/?vid=l21393173170I1185984009&where=image&query=hsv+

Very controversial statement, people in the south will most probably disagree. Northern Germany is culturally way more similar to Holland than Southern Germany, that's for sure. Southern Germany is (predominantly) catholic, Northern Germany (predominantly) Protestant (it actually started here). It's traditionally more liberal than the south, Bayern in particular.

It all depends on what you prefer. Most people will prefer the landscape of the south though, the mountains in particular. The weather is usually better also, and the South is richer (wasn't always the case though):

well, I guess, we won't appoint you, blut, as Germany's next marketing director then

Raifael wrote:Am i right in saying , North Germany is the best area of Germany ?

Even though I'm planning to visit Berlin in the East , Düsseldorf in the West and Nuremberg in the South (saying that my Father will be in Berlin + Nuremberg for a conference next week , he really loves Berlin)

*laughs* You'll definitely win points with what's left of the German contingent on here.

And I'm glad to see that all of you are taller than I am.

Hey Anglo, nice to see you're back

Fey wrote:God Blut.....I guess Goethe would be proud :p

Btw, I was looking for a HSV avatar...and look what nasty stuff you get when you search for HSV :puke:

http://www.vinden.nl/?vid=l21393173170I1185984009&where=image&query=hsv+

Simple, but effective. Goethe would have been proud...

About the pictures: It really wouldn't have made any difference which one of those you had chosen, I'd associate them all with our beloved HSV.

TM wrote:Hey Anglo, nice to see you're back

Awww, thank you!

@anglo

Du wolltest uns verlassen

man sollte Dir den Hosenboden stramm ziehen

und Dir Deine Fluseln austreiben

wir brauchen Dich hier

you are our MUSE

Beieren is stunning....I go to Passau quite often that is such a gem of a city. Its easy to get there...immer gerade aus!! And how cute is that Gruss Got

But Schwarzwald is amazing to, good whines, friendly people. So to sum up. South>>>North West>>>East.

blutgraetsche wrote:Very controversial statement, people in the south will most probably disagree. Northern Germany is culturally way more similar to Holland than Southern Germany, that's for sure. Southern Germany is (predominantly) catholic, Northern Germany (predominantly) Protestant (it actually started here). It's traditionally more liberal than the south, Bayern in particular.

It all depends on what you prefer. Most people will prefer the landscape of the south though, the mountains in particular. The weather is usually better also, and the South is richer (wasn't always the case though):

Thanks

I've only been to Berlin , not a proper tour of the city just two days to see certain sights.

Any socialist towns/cities ? Frankfurt ?

otto hat Euch alle lieb wrote:@anglo

Du wolltest uns verlassen

man sollte Dir den Hosenboden stramm ziehen

und Dir Deine Fluseln austreiben

wir brauchen Dich hier

you are our MUSE

Zu viel der Ehre, otto!


I just needed a small time out--and don't worry, I'm not going anywhere anytime soon.

And about that punishment--well, you'll have to catch me first.

I'm 1.84m - just shy of 6'1.

Puro wrote:

I'm a tall Peruvian 1.85m that's on the short side in Holland isn't it.

I'm 1.86 m that's about average for my age group from the North & East of Holland. The West and South are smaller for some reason.

I estimate that the current crop of kids will already be 4-5 cm taller on average than my generation was...

Raifael wrote:
Thanks

I've only been to Berlin , not a proper tour of the city just two days to see certain sights.

Any socialist towns/cities ? Frankfurt ?

The traditionally most left wing city of all the bigger German cities is Bremen actually. Frankfurt is in the South, traditionally conservative, centre of banking and finance.

Berlin is a traditionally (100-150 years) leftist city as well, great city, would love to live there. My sisters lives there actually.

anglophileHedgehog wrote:

TM wrote:Hey Anglo, nice to see you're back

Awww, thank you!

How comes you were away for so long?

blutgraetsche wrote:

Raifael wrote:
Thanks

I've only been to Berlin , not a proper tour of the city just two days to see certain sights.

Any socialist towns/cities ? Frankfurt ?

The traditionally most left wing city of all the bigger German cities is Bremen actually. Frankfurt is in the South, traditionally conservative, centre of banking and finance.

Berlin is a traditionally (100-150 years) leftist city as well, great city, would love to live there. My sisters lives there actually.

Dont forget Wolfsburg...this beauty in the centre of die Heimat. Such a wonderfull city

blutgraetsche wrote:

Raifael wrote:
Thanks

I've only been to Berlin , not a proper tour of the city just two days to see certain sights.

Any socialist towns/cities ? Frankfurt ?

The traditionally most left wing city of all the bigger German cities is Bremen actually. Frankfurt is in the South, traditionally conservative, centre of banking and finance.

Berlin is a traditionally (100-150 years) leftist city as well, great city, would love to live there. My sisters lives there actually.

I always knew that Berlin + Bremen were GREAT cities

Haha...Wolfsburg is no city though, it's a friggin' town. Ugly, but hey, industrial cities have a certain charme as well, you as a Rotterdamer should be able to relate.

Berlin has a rough charme as well, it's not a beauty in particular. It's special, difficult to describe.

Fey wrote:

blutgraetsche wrote:

Raifael wrote:
Thanks

I've only been to Berlin , not a proper tour of the city just two days to see certain sights.

Any socialist towns/cities ? Frankfurt ?

The traditionally most left wing city of all the bigger German cities is Bremen actually. Frankfurt is in the South, traditionally conservative, centre of banking and finance.

Berlin is a traditionally (100-150 years) leftist city as well, great city, would love to live there. My sisters lives there actually.

Dont forget Wolfsburg...this beauty in the centre of die Heimat. Such a wonderfull city

And as a next thing you'll praise Brunswick to heaven and back...? (The area surrounding the station is particularly... Attractive...) Good one, Fey.

blutgraetsche wrote:Haha...WOlfsburg is no city though, it's a friggin' town. Ugly, but hey, industrial cities have a certain charme as well, you as a Rotterdamer should be able to relate.

Berlin has a rough charme as well, it's not a beauty in particular. It's special, difficult to describe.

For me, it's the fusion of old and new, east and west. It has so much history, yet seems so modern and alive. One of my favourite cities for sure (even though I was only there for a few days).

TM wrote:

anglophileHedgehog wrote:

TM wrote:Hey Anglo, nice to see you're back

Awww, thank you!

How comes you were away for so long?

Oh surely it wasn't that long, was it?

Nah, I just had to get away for a few days to get a bit of space to clear my head.

It's the history that makes Berlin special, and the weird people.

If you want (superficial....) beauty, you have to visit Hamburg, Munich and the likes. Yeah, they are nice, but they don't have that special, difficult to describe rough charme.

blutgraetsche wrote:Haha...Wolfsburg is no city though, it's a friggin' town. Ugly, but hey, industrial cities have a certain charme as well, you as a Rotterdamer should be able to relate.

Berlin has a rough charme as well, it's not a beauty in particular. It's special, difficult to describe.

Wolfsburg is indeed a nice city, just like Gelsenkirchen and the rest of the Rurhgebiet....wir sind das Ruhrgebiet

Berlin is indeed special...Rotterdam has that has that same thing...that Bombed city feeling. A sad buidling from the 50's next to something from the golden age...and then something from 21st century.

Yes, Rotterdam is similar in that respect. About the "bombed city feeling": Well, 99% of Germany was bombed to pieces, the difference is how ... aesthetic the rebuilding process was. Hannover (or "Hannoi" rather...) is a good example for how it should not have been done....


*hides from Wiebke*

Bluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut...?

Rotterdam was also cool when I went...very modern indeed. I remember that bridge in Fey's photo, our hostel was quite close to it. But I never saw the 3 Red, Yellow, and Blue buildings

kas wrote:Rotterdam was also cool when I went...very modern indeed. I remember that bridge in Fey's photo, our hostel was quite close to it. But I never saw the 3 Red, Yellow, and Blue buildings

Rotterdam is a beautiful city , you can tell the people love their sports + culture.

Kralingen

Raifael wrote:

kas wrote:Rotterdam was also cool when I went...very modern indeed. I remember that bridge in Fey's photo, our hostel was quite close to it. But I never saw the 3 Red, Yellow, and Blue buildings

Rotterdam is a beautiful city , you can tell the people love their sports + culture.

Kralingen

Well im not saying its beautiful...like in Florence, St. Petersburg etc beautiful. But it is home, and I quite like modern cities...I mean even without the bombings, knowing us, we would have took it down. Loads of examples of that in Holland.

Anyway, a couple of weeks ago we had batman lights in the city that marked the area that was destroyed...was pretty impressive.

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