Hot Cross Buns

April 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment

In England isst man heute – am Karfreitag – Hot Cross Buns, auch “Good Friday Buns” genannt.

Hot Cross BunDas sind Rosinenbrötchen, die mit einem Kreuz versehen sind.  Das Kreuz entsteht entweder durch Zudecken des Teigs mit Alufolie, oder wird später als zusätzlichen Streifen aufgeklebt.

Waren diese Gebäckstücke früher nur am eigentlich Tag, oder wenigstens nur in der Karwoche erhältlich, sind sie – wie auch bei vielen Saisontraditionen in Deutschland – seit Weihnachten in den Läden zu sehen.

Mehr über die Ostertraditionen in England erfahren Sie in unserem Artikel “Ostereier englischer Art“.

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Why are there no lorries on the roads on Good Friday?

April 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment

It’s always nice to be returning from holiday or a weekend away on a Sunday, as there are very few lorries on the roads.  The reason for this is something called the “Wochenendfahrverbot”, a part of the German road-users law (StVO) which prohibits lorries from using the roads on Sunday before 10pm.

There are some exceptions, such as those delivering fresh produce, but in general it means that the roads, especially the motorways, are fairly empty and flow faster.

A hot cross bun - not something you usually see in GermanyBut what about on Good Friday?

When I was asked this yesterday, I thought I might be in for a lot of research, but in the end the answer was simple.  Just look in the relevant paragraph of the StVO.  That paragraph is known as §30 Abs. 4 – and contains a very straight forward answer.

Good Friday is listed by name as a day on which the Fahrverbot applies for all of Germany.

And before the same question comes up again next week – Easter Monday is too.

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Read all about us!

April 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Last week we were visited by a journalist from our local newspaper, the Taunus Zeitung.

Claudia Rundel had been searching the internet, when she stumbled onto the AllThingsGerman.net blog.  Accompanied by photographer Jens Priedemuth, we talked about how and why the blog was started, the podcasts, the topics that we cover and how many readers we have.

You can read the article today on the newspaper’s website.

Oh, and for the record, we have about 8000 “visitors” each month, not including the sub-sites “The Monday Podcast” and “German Words Explained”.

I’m off to the newsagents…

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