• Gifts,  Winter

    Advent calendar Regensburg

    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…

  • Leisure time,  Tips,  Winter

    Winter fun

    WINTER FUN IN REGENSBURG! January is not necessarily the most popular winter month, but the cold season often offers a lot more opportunities than we think! Do you find January rather cold, gray, dark and uncomfortable? Then we have tips for you for a large portion of coziness and variety. Here are our 8 tips for winter: 1) Ice skating in the Donau-Arena We recently got our skates out of the cellar and are keen to reactivate our rusty ice…

  • Winter

    Christmas magic

    CHRISTMAS MAGIC! The English star architect Sir Norman Foster described Regensburg as “One of the most beautiful cities in the world”. We wholeheartedly agree. Regensburg is beautiful, whether in spring, summer, fall or winter. But Regensburg is at its most beautiful at Christmas time! Everywhere in the old town glitters and lights up, the streets are decorated for Christmas and you can’t decide which of the alleyways is the most beautifully decorated. To prolong the Christmas magic a little longer,…

  • Excursion,  Winter

    Winter fun

    SNOWSHOEING! Mother Hulda has provided us with snow! High time for some winter fun. How about a snowshoe hike? The weather would be perfect for it right now. Last year we did a taster tour on the Dreisessel. The journey from Regensburg takes about 1.5 hours. On this guided tour, you start at the Dreisesselhaus and then hike through the beautiful border triangle. The landscape is really beautiful and some of the frozen trees look bizarre. Fantastic views (some as…