Visit Braunschweig The Lion City of Germany!
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2024
- Die Loewenstadt - Germany's Medieval Lion City, Braunschweig (Brunswick)! We're in Nicole's hometown - join us in this town from the Middle Ages, and, walk its cobble streets.
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Today we take a quick look at the city in which Nicole was born and grew up - Braunschweig (aka Brunswick - namesake of New Brunswick and many other towns and cities throughout the world)!
We begin in the Burgplatz (Castle Place), surrounded by stunning Medieval architecture... Many of the buildings have stood here for centuries - the Lion or Loewe in the centre of the square was created in the 12th century! The one we can see here today is a more recent arrival - the real sculpture, made in the Middle-Ages, was moved a number of times to keep it safe from falling bombs and, more recently, environmental damage. Now-a-days, the Braunschweiger Löwe (pronounced 'loo'v'eh) can be found inside the Burg Dankwarderode - you'll see!
Some of the buildings here look like they have been here forever, but a few have been relocated here from nearby towns. Braunschweig Dom aka St. Blasii (Cathedral) - shown in the opening shots, and where the bell tower rings out - has stood here since 1195! Only a few years after the Lion itself was cast in Bronze. The Dom is also the resting place of Henry the Lion and Emperor Otto IV.
We'll show you around the Burgplatz and inside a few of the buildings... Handwerkskammer (Guild's Building), the Burg Dankwarderode, where the original lion from 1164, can be seen among many Medieval treasures!
We also pop by a few places of interest in the city - Altstadtmarkt (the Old Town Market), Kohlmarkt (Coal Market), and we visit one of the cities most memorable characters who, it is said, tricked the town's shoemakers and bakers of the city around 1325... Till Eulenspiegel, who is the protagonist in many folktales from Germany, is though to have been a real person who lived in Lower Saxony in the early part of the 14th Century!
We hope you enjoyed today's video... Thank you so much!
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Wow, I didn't know Braunschweig is so full of history and well preserved buildings. Thanks for tanking us along.
Thanks so much! A lot of the inner city was destroyed in WWII , some of the older buildings were moved around 1900 from other villages but there has been a big movement of restoring what's left over the last few decades :) I had never really realized just how amazing some of the buildings are!
FUll? Not really due to the war. One of the heaviest destructions during the RAF raids, but it was called the nuremberg of the north.
What a beautiful place! Thanks so much for sharing it with us, Nicole!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Everytime I see germany I want to go back more and more
Glad you enjoyed the video :)
Wow, Nicole ... What an awesome tour of your home town. Thank you sharing its beauty and rich history with us.
Thank you so much Sheila! So glad you enjoyed the video :)
Wow that was an awesome place of your home town, both the older architecture and the colourful newer part. Take care and thank you for sharing your home town with us 👍🙏❤️
Thanks so much Chris! Glad you enjoyed our trip to Germany :)
What a beautiful city! So clean and the details on every building. One day I’ll visit. Went to France but never made it to Germany. ♥️
Oh! The cannon ball 😱.
Thanks so much Sissi! A lot of the buildings have been lovingly restored , some around the 1900s :) I noticed how much cleaner Germany is compared to the UK ( everything gets recycled in Germany! ) .... The cannon ball dates back to 1615 !
Very beautiful The Lion City and all of the gorgeous art everywhere 🤗🤗so thrilled you took us with you! Happy to see Nicole’s hometown. Have a wonderful weekend ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💜
Thank you so much 😀
This beautifully edited video is a wonderful introduction to an interesting city I had not even been aware of. I especially love all of the art and creativity.
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed the video :)
Stunning city, brilliant mix of history and modern. Very beautiful and interesting place. Really enjoyed the tour 😃
Thanks ever so much ! Glad you enjoyed the video :)
Really enjoyed the tour of your hometown, Nicole. Beautiful architecture. Brought back fond memories of when we were stationed in Germany, though farther south in Augsburg and Stuttgart. So much beauty in this country.
Glad you enjoyed it! I heard Augsburg is rather lovely as well :)
What a beautiful place with stunning buildings!
Thanks so much :)
This video reminded me that there are so many beautiful buildings I will never see, so thank you for showing me some of them.
Thanks so much ! Glad you enjoyed the video :)
Your home town is beautiful Nicole, definitely a place to visit. Thank you for showing me around.
Aww thank you so much! It was amazing to be back :)
Thanks for this. I was born in Hong Kong to a Chinese mother and German father from Braunschweig. I just arrived yesterday to see my family. Been visiting here since I was a kid. Nostalgic.
Aww so glad you enjoyed Braunschweig! Hope you are there for the Weihnachtsmarkt when it starts in a few days :)
Oh the stunning details you captured 🙌 Lovely, just lovely. Thanks you two
Very kind of you to say Terryl :)
Hi Nicole and Craig,
I've been to Braunschweig once when I was on holiday.
The city is so beautiful, with all those historic details.
Seeing it in this video brought back a few memories.
It must have been quite a journey through memory lane for Nicole.
It's good to see you were flying back with KLM.😅 💙
Have a wonderful weekend!
Big hug and lots of love, xoxo ❤️, Ilona
Aww you've been to Braunschweig!!!! It really is a beautiful city and I felt we were appreciating it much more, having not been there in ages :) yep KLM .. a little slow this time around, but usually great ! Enjoy your week xo
I miss the bells and culture of European cities. One of my favorite videos so far.
Aww thank you! The two Glockenspiels were amazing to hear again and we were lucky to catch the Dom bells ( there was a Wedding that day!) ...
What a charming tour, thank you for sharing! I love all the bells and especially the Medieval cat hangout! :-)
Funnily enough youtube suggested the Medieval Cat Hangout as a thumbnail ;)
Thanks for sharing your home town, Nicole. It was beautiful! ❤
Thanks ever so much Lisa :)
Absolutely magnificent architecture! Thank you for sharing this lovely tour!
Glad you enjoyed it :)
Thank you for such a beautiful tour of your hometown. The architecture is out of this world!! What artisans they were. The Grand Hall is so, so, what can I say, "Grand". A delightful Friday night. Have a wonderful weekend. ♥️👩🦳🌺
Thank you so much! The grand hall was restored in 1906 to its former glory with some partial paintings remaining from the Middle Ages :)
@@scottishmudlarking The Great Hall is holding up magnificently. ♥️👩🦳🌺 Old world craftsmanship. I visited my cousins in Karlsruhe five years ago and was in awe everywhere we went. I considered moving there, think I should have. Too old now. ♥️👩🦳🌺
That is a beautiful city. Was in Germany for a couple of years with the Army in Swabich Gmund and your video brought back some fond memories. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it and it brought back memories :)
Such a beautiful place and lovely video 😊
Thank you so much 🙂
What a beautiful town. It must have been fun growing up there.
Oddly growing up there, you take all of those buildings for granted but coming back was amazing :)
So beautiful! Thanks so very much for sharing!❤
Thanks for watching!
Hi guys that was wonderful the beautiful old buildings,the music was great also nice to see something a little different. Cheers 🇦🇺……..
Glad you enjoyed it Roger :)
Nice to see where I grew up, but I feel you could have shown more locations. LIke the Braunschweiger Schloss, the theatre, the old post building, and one of my favourite places: Handelsweg (that small little Alley with all the interesting bars.
Also you could have just walked us through the Altstadt (Magniviertel) with the actually cobbled streets and least destruction.
Thanks for the tips! All very amazing areas to cover in a future video :) There are always a lot of people in the Magniviertel so it's difficult not to show them... very true the Handelsweg is worth walking down!
Thank you Nicole for showing us the beautiful city that you grew up in ❤️🇦🇺 xxx
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it Siona :)
Ich werd verrückt. Braunschweig ist auch meine Heimatstadt und meine Tochter ging auch zur Kleinen Burg. Im Sommer sind wir immer an der Ostsee und wir waren heute in Schwerin da war Heinrich der Löwe auch und auf dem Burgplatz steht auch ein Löwe.
Ein tolles Video habt ihr gemacht. Die Altstadt von Braunschweig ist auch wirklich hübsch. Die Überschwemmung in der Innenstadt habt ihr auch gesehen, da ist euch ja alles geboten worden. Danke fürs zeigen.
Was, das gibt's ja fast gar nicht Gabriele!!! Es war so toll BS wieder zu sehen - man guckt so wenig nach oben wenn man dort aufwaechst und vergisst die schoenen Gebaeude anzuschauen :) Wahnsinn, dass Du auch aus BS kommst und Deine Tochter auch zur Kleinen Burg ging!!!
Yes, and I grow up here. Thank you for these impressions. All the best of Braunschweig ❤
Thanks so much , glad you enjoyed it :)
Very cool video. Thanks for sharing your memories of where you lived.
Glad you enjoyed it L)
your music reminds me of the film score music in "the Wicker man "
Luckily it's not too close to the song in terms of copyright ;) Thanks so much!
Such beautiful place. I have never been to Brauschweig but I think I need to visit the place. I hope you gad a wonderful time over here in Germany.
Being back was weird, so many buildings I never really looked at properly when I grew up there and now they look amazing :) Glad you enjoyed it Beate !!
I miss Braunschweig.
Awww !
Pracowałem w tym mieście przez 3 miesiące. To wystarczyło żebym się w nim zakochał. To moje drugie miejsce na ziemi gdzie czuje się jak w domu.
Pozdrowienia z Polski.
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the visit to Braunschweig :)
Ah, Braunschweig flooding, what else would i expect from my beloved city
I've never seen the moat flooded with water in all my life :)
Nicole no way Id have said you were from Bonnie Scotland through and through x
Well I married an amazing Scotsman ;)
get mad at me for calling it Brunswick - no, quite a setting for an education.....rich in architecture and sculptures! The necklace was great....back to the dump them!
Brunswick is its bame in English.
The old name is Bruno's viek which means Bruno's village ;) So no offence taken Dean!! So many old and restored buildings that I never really noticed when I grew up there... you take so many things for granted when you live in a place! Back to the dumps and beaches now!! Great to hear you are happy with the necklace x
Yes it's Brunswick in English :)