As it was Yannick’s last year of University, we decided to explore Aachen and its surroundings a little bit more. Basically he wanted to show me the famous border triangle or tripoint between Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. So let’s start the adventure.

Aachen, also called Aix-la-Chapelle in French, is a small city in Germany near the Belgium and Dutch Border. It has 241.683 habitants, which is not that much in comparison with Cologne, which has 1.034.175 habitants. Even if Aachen is not that far away from Luxembourg, it has a large difference when it comes to rainy …

One of the most beautiful things to do at the Christmastime is visiting many Christmas markets. I could go to 100 Christmas markets and still have the desire to visit thousand more. Since I can remember, I always loved to visit Christmas markets, but I think this comes with the Western Europe traditions.