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Spurring us all on for the Europe of tomorrow
What do Bill Clinton, Pope John Paul II, Angela Merkel, the euro and the people of Luxembourg have in common? They’re all past winners of the International Charlemagne Prize of ...
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Children in Aachen – always a top priority
After each meal, Mrs Cow comes to visit. “Moo!”, says two-year-old Benjamin, squealing with pleasure as his childminder wipes the jam off his little hands with a cloth in the ...
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Cities galore right next door
6 a.m. and the sun’s up! Fancy a stroll by the sea? Two or three hours later you can be running across the sand with the wind in your face. ...
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Aachen hits all the right notes
“One minute a storm is raging – nay, a hurricane, veritably whipping through the pit – and crashing waves that suck the breath from your lungs. The string section plays ...
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Networking made easy
Children’s eyes double in size, high society is thrilled and former US President Bill Clinton can’t go to sleep without them: chocolates, gingerbread “Printen”, and chocolate-covered fruity sponge “Domino” bites ...
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When in Aachen, do as the Romans did!
Your desk is snowed under, your diary’s awash, your car’s overdue a service and there’s a mouse starving to death in your fridge. Time to duck out and chill, surely!
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I was at home here right away
Aachen is an ideal size of city – one where you really want to feel at home.
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See, amid the winter’s snow
As The Eagles once sang, “You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave” – something proven year after year by over 1,000 Aacheners whose lives ...
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By children for children
For millions in Africa, Asia and Latin America, Aachen is more than just a name. For these people, it’s a place of assistance, refuge and dialogue – all thanks to ...
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Everything with chips
Potatoes, of all things! Despite its Latin name solanum tuberosum, this South American Indian root vegetable hardly prompts thoughts of international cuisine.
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Rolls with crumble topping
Reisfladen (Tarte-au-riz) is a true European dish – equally at home in the parts of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands that converge near Aachen, and a big hit in the ...
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The love of Shopping
Need a bit of retail therapy – quality time with no rush? Not for urgent requirements, but maybe to treat someone special – or just spoil yourself.
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