MAKE YOUR OWN ADVENT CALENDAR!

You can see Advent calendars everywhere now – December 1st is not far away. I find homemade Advent calendars even more beautiful and personal than bought ones, so I make one every year. As it takes a little time to put together 24 little gifts, I thought about what a homemade Regensburg Advent calendar might look like. I usually only take 12 gifts and 12 sweets and alternate them so as not to overdo it and break the bank.
All Regensburg stores are of course happy if you buy vouchers too, in the spirit of #supportyourlocals!
These ideas are of course also great for small St. Nicholas gifts.

Here are the RegensburgNow tips for 24 doors from December 1st to December 24th!

Gifts up to 5€:

Voucher for a bratwurst croissant to take away from the Wurstkuchl €4.20 (available at the Wurtskuchl or online)
Beautiful soaps and e.g. bath balls for 5,00€ or guest soaps 2,00€ from Einseifer (Tändlergasse 2)
Small items from various stores (e.g. Blinkfüer, Schwesternliebe, Donaustern, Selmair, Menschenskinder, Schauhi, Gumprecht, VEA Store)
Tea or spices. For example, Advent tea or mulled wine spice from the spice store (Sonnentor, Spiegelgasse 1 / Teelust, Weisse-Lamm-Gasse 1 / Teeladen, Untere Bachgasse 12 / Gewürzdepot, Hinter der Grieb 3)
Vouchers that cost nothing at all: vouchers for a walk, a bike ride, baking cookies or cakes…

Gifts up to 10€:

Voucher for admission to the Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie € 6.00
Voucher for the House of Bavarian History 7,00€
A guided tour of the cathedral is always worthwhile, as there is always something new to discover. The ticket costs €8.00
Cinema voucher (e.g. cinema voucher from Garbo for €10.00 or Ostentor cinema voucher for €8.00 or vouchers for cinemas in Andreasstadel, Regina, Filmgalerie im Leeren Beutel)
Chocolates from Café Prinzess (Rathausplatz) or from Confiserie Seidl’s Naschmarkt (Goliathstraße)
The Regensburg Quiz – Box with 68 playing cards and instructions for €8.95
Altstadtzehner: voucher for many stores in Regensburg’s old town

Gifts over 10€:

You can buy various vouchers at the tourist information office on Rathausplatz: city tour vouchers for €12.00 but also vouchers for events or for the theater
Vouchers from various Regensburg restaurants (e.g. Paletti, Orphée, Kaminsky, Café Jolie…)
Voucher for a snack in the Wurstkuchl, valid for 6 original Regensburger Bratwürstl, 1 beer and 1 croissant (€22.00, available at the Wurtskuchl or online)
The book “101 things to do – Everything you must have experienced in Regensburg” by Sophia Wiesbeck. Price 10,99€, published by J. Berg Verlag. Please buy at your local bookstore!
Book “Glücksorte in Regensburg: Fahr hin & werd glücklich” for €14.99

The 2024 special this winter is Enlightment Regensburg, the light and video installation in the Minorite Church. Admission costs €14.00.

Enlightment Regensburg ©Uwe Moosburger/altrofoto.de

I wrap all the small presents in Christmas paper and label them from 1-24. You can also buy pre-labeled bags or sacks, or you can simply make them yourself. You can either hang everything on a string or put it in a pretty box.

For the sweets, by the way, I take a packet of Merci chocolate, wrap the chocolate in paper and write nice sayings or wishes on it.

Have fun giving them away!
Yours Annette
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