Spaghetti blooper in Hameln, Germany - the Pied Piper City
You can’t stay put for weeks in the Netherlands without going away for a weekend, where, for a change, there are sprawling valleys, steep cliffs, and impressive mountain views.
Hameln Centrum on a Saturday afternoon.
My first stop-over for this weekend getaway was the medieval town of HAMELN, Hamelin in English, the city famous for its legendary character, the Pied Piper, who drove all the rats away to the Weser River. When the relieved (from rats) town residents turned their backs and refused the Pied Piper the amount of money they originally promised him to pay, he came back with a deadly vengeance. He led 130 children out of the once rat-infested town into a cave and disappeared... never, ever, to be seen again.
This is a nice bird’s eye view of Hameln from the Klutturm Church tower.
For a splendid view of the city, a visit high up the Klutturm tower is a must! Children are free of charge and adults pay €1 each. Just a little bit of warning though, climbing up the Klutturm tower is only for the fit. To reach the top you must mount 167 spiraling steps, but definitely worth it. The views are therapeutic as you will also see the river and the mountains across town.
You can get a free map of the town at the tourist information office and ask there for direction to the Church tower. When you arrive at the church, inform the attendant that you would like to go up because they normally lock the tower doors and only open this when visitors ask.
The Pied Piper of Hameln in action. Check out his colourful attire and his funky yellow boots.
Beautiful artwork on the facade of a building in the Centrum.
It was a very cold and dry day in Hameln. Our necks and hands were freezing. Outside, the temperature clock registered 9C but it felt more like 5C, perhaps even lower. So we thought for lunch we will have something hot to fill our cold stomachs.
MadamE and I ordered Spaghetti Carbonara, and we were really looking forward to this meal but when the order came we were both speechless! MadamE’s husband burst into fits of uncontrollable laughter seeing our confused faces -– the Spaghetti Carbonara we ordered was actually ICE CREAM that looked like Spaghetti Carbonara! Ha-ha!
The shady Spaghetti Carbonara and Spaghetti Ice that tricked us.
This is what happens when you are too confident with your Dutch that you think you can actually read Deutsch menus. LOL
Surprisingly, the Spaghetti Carbonara ice cream were in fact very tasty - think the ice cream parlor must have been one of the best in Hameln, but it didn’t help us warm up a bit though, which was primarily our objective for that lunch.
Four of us in Hameln taking a weekend break.
For more fotos of Hameln, please go here: Hameln, Germany
The best time to go to Hameln is beginning the second half of May up to the first half of September. There are free open-air theater shows with actors dressed in medieval costumes depicting the story of the Pied Piper getting rid of the rats in Hameln and later coming back for the children.
Hameln is located in northern Germany, south of Hannover and part of the Niedersachsen region.
Travel Period: October 2007
Destination: Hameln (Hameln-Pyrmont - Lower Saxony), Germany
Hameln Centrum on a Saturday afternoon. My first stop-over for this weekend getaway was the medieval town of HAMELN, Hamelin in English, the city famous for its legendary character, the Pied Piper, who drove all the rats away to the Weser River. When the relieved (from rats) town residents turned their backs and refused the Pied Piper the amount of money they originally promised him to pay, he came back with a deadly vengeance. He led 130 children out of the once rat-infested town into a cave and disappeared... never, ever, to be seen again.
This is a nice bird’s eye view of Hameln from the Klutturm Church tower.For a splendid view of the city, a visit high up the Klutturm tower is a must! Children are free of charge and adults pay €1 each. Just a little bit of warning though, climbing up the Klutturm tower is only for the fit. To reach the top you must mount 167 spiraling steps, but definitely worth it. The views are therapeutic as you will also see the river and the mountains across town.
You can get a free map of the town at the tourist information office and ask there for direction to the Church tower. When you arrive at the church, inform the attendant that you would like to go up because they normally lock the tower doors and only open this when visitors ask.
The Pied Piper of Hameln in action. Check out his colourful attire and his funky yellow boots.
Beautiful artwork on the facade of a building in the Centrum.It was a very cold and dry day in Hameln. Our necks and hands were freezing. Outside, the temperature clock registered 9C but it felt more like 5C, perhaps even lower. So we thought for lunch we will have something hot to fill our cold stomachs.
MadamE and I ordered Spaghetti Carbonara, and we were really looking forward to this meal but when the order came we were both speechless! MadamE’s husband burst into fits of uncontrollable laughter seeing our confused faces -– the Spaghetti Carbonara we ordered was actually ICE CREAM that looked like Spaghetti Carbonara! Ha-ha!
The shady Spaghetti Carbonara and Spaghetti Ice that tricked us.This is what happens when you are too confident with your Dutch that you think you can actually read Deutsch menus. LOL
Surprisingly, the Spaghetti Carbonara ice cream were in fact very tasty - think the ice cream parlor must have been one of the best in Hameln, but it didn’t help us warm up a bit though, which was primarily our objective for that lunch.
Four of us in Hameln taking a weekend break.For more fotos of Hameln, please go here: Hameln, Germany
The best time to go to Hameln is beginning the second half of May up to the first half of September. There are free open-air theater shows with actors dressed in medieval costumes depicting the story of the Pied Piper getting rid of the rats in Hameln and later coming back for the children.
Hameln is located in northern Germany, south of Hannover and part of the Niedersachsen region.
Travel Period: October 2007
Destination: Hameln (Hameln-Pyrmont - Lower Saxony), Germany
