During Christmastime in Candelara, visitors can attend the Candle Festival, Candele a Candelara, where all the lights are turned off and you are surrounded only by the soft glow of a candlelight procession.
In the Schwarzwald, or “Black Forest” feel the magic that the Grimm brothers were inspired by and see if you can spot famous fairy-tale characters at these three places.
Have you heard of the witch of Kandel and her hellhounds? Perhaps you’ve heard of the witch of Lautenbach? Dare to hike the trails in the Black Forest that these two witches haunt.
What, really, is a witch? How are they viewed in Germany, and where can you go to get in touch with witchy culture? Spoiler: It’s in the Harz Mountains!
Have you ever noticed the cats in medieval paintings or in the margins of manuscripts and wondered why they were painted with such dopey faces and strange poses? Did artists just not know how to paint them or is there intention behind their comical proportions and bulging eyes?
St. Beatus gave his name to the Beatenberg area of Switzerland, but only after this dragon-fighting saint decided to settle his hermitage in a local cave.
