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Germany and Poland are one!
©Victoria Ade-Genschow – The British Berliner – Görlitz Zgorzelec – June 2022
Oh no you didn’t!
Oh yes, I did!
Oh dear!
I mentioned the complicated relationship between Germany and Poland a few years ago, and all I got was a barrage of insults and outrage!
Neither side were happy.
Ah well!
In this context however, I’m referring to Görlitz – commonly known as Görlitz – Zgorzelec – a tiny little city in East Germany, so entwined with it’s neighbour that you merely have to walk across a single bridge and you’re right there.
©Victoria Ade-Genschow – The British Berliner – Görlitz Zgorzelec – June 2022
So we did.
We walked over the bridge!
Are you still with me?
To a border town called Zgorzelec.
In Poland!
In fact, not only are you in another country, some might say that you’re almost in another world!
Ah yes!
About that!
It wasn’t enough to just skip over the bridge, ‘cos I wanted to learn and see things too.
In this case, the home of Jacob Böhme!
Jacob Böhme was a German shoemaker, a 17th-century mystic and a Protestant theologian to boot!
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Do you see what I did there?
A peasant whose books caused a scandal!
Of course I wanted to visit!
The Jacob Böhme House is not only a monument / museum, it’s also the Zgorzelec Tourist Information Office!
It was supposed to open at 10:00.
It didn’t!
We’re German now, so we arrived at 09:45!
And we waited.
And waited.
And waited.
At 10:30, we heard a slight movement, and a quiet “click!”
No comment.
No apology.
Just a grumpy stare.
OK then!
©Victoria Ade-Genschow – The British Berliner – Görlitz Zgorzelec – June 2022
I’m not at all deterred, so we had a good look at the exhibitions and bought postcards and stamps.
Funnily enough, as soon as the museum assistant realised that although I spoke German, I was in fact British, he spoke to us warmly, and was even quite chatty!
In fact, he was so delighted that he allowed me to stamp the postcards with the Görlitz – Zgorzelec heritage mark, and encouraged me to choose a book, which he then gave me as a present!
I was really looking forward to visiting the Lusatian Museum in Zgorzelec – an exhibition about the city, history and culture of Upper Lusatia.
It was supposed to be open, but was firmly closed.
Such a shame!
©Victoria Ade-Genschow – The British Berliner – Görlitz Zgorzelec – June 2022
We then took a quick sprint up Raven’s Hill, and then gently strolled along the river bank of Neisse, and had ALL our lunches and dinner in the local restaurants.
©Victoria Ade-Genschow – The British Berliner – Görlitz Zgorzelec – June 2022
©Victoria Ade-Genschow – The British Berliner – Görlitz Zgorzelec – June 2022
I highly recommend the Piwnica Staromiejska /Altstadt-Brauhaus / Old Town Brewery, which you can find in the courtyard of the Dreiradenmühle / Granary Mill on the edge of the bridge in Zgorzelec!
We absolutely loved it!
©Victoria Ade-Genschow – The British Berliner – Görlitz Zgorzelec – June 2022
As well as the Restauracja PRZY JAKUBIE /Jacobs Inn, right next door to the house of Jacob Böhme, which was delicious!
Both restaurants are highly recommended.
For better value, pay in zloty if you can, rather than in Euros!
©Victoria Ade-Genschow – The British Berliner – Görlitz Zgorzelec – June 2022
It has to be said, we really like Poland, and are always delighted to get as much chance as possible to visit.
The food is great.
The people are lovely.
But the politics.
OMG!
Not at all.
But this blog isn’t usually the place to get all serious …
I said usually!
So I’ll leave you with these photos of one of the world’s most delicious food you can ever find.
Ever.
That’s right!
So bite me!
©Victoria Ade-Genschow – The British Berliner – Görlitz Zgorzelec – June 2022
©Victoria Ade-Genschow – The British Berliner – Görlitz Zgorzelec – June 2022
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Görlitz – The Hollywood of Germany!
Aha!
So back to Görlitz!
A couple of weeks ago, I told you that I went to a tiny little city in East Germany, called Gorlitz!
We were most impressed.
But what really got my juices flowing, was the fact that Görlitz was on the border of Poland!
In fact, it’s so close, that you merely have to walk across a single bridge and you’re right there.
In Poland!
We adore Poland, so I decided to see what all the fuss was about.
In doing so, I reached out to the lovely people at Stadt Görlitz, who very kindly offered to show us around.
© Europastadt Görlitz Zgorzelec GmbH_Anja Schließ
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We were not disappointed.
I mean.
Wow!
People have been …
And by people, I mean everyone!
EVERYONE has been coming here, as it’s the most preserved city in Germany that was (luckily), untouched by both World Wars!
So we were able to really get our teeth into everything around us, and one of those things to do, was a bus tour around town, on the Görliwood Entdecker / Gorliwood Explorer!
©Victoria Ade-Genschow – The British Berliner – Görlitz – June 2022
Haw! Haw!
You don’t have to ask me twice when it comes to bus rides, but what was most interesting was that it wasn’t your typical bus tour, but a city tour for history enthusiasts and film fans.
Film fans you say?
Yep!
Let me through!
Would you believe that Görlitz is often used by Hollywood and other film production companies to depict Europe, North America, and other parts of the world!
In fact, Görlitz has 4,000+ architechtural monuments spanning the last 500 years and is known locally as not Hollywood, but Görliwood!
I know!
It’s a bit cheesy, but it does the job ‘cos Görlitz was first used as a film location just 60 years ago and since then has been voted Europe’s best film location of the decade and picked up so many awards.
And Oscars!
With films such as:
© 2013 Twentieth Century Fox
- The Grand Budapest Hotel – Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Saoirse Ronan, Tilda Swinton, Owen Wilson, Edward Norton, Tony Revolori and Florian Lukas
- The Book Thief – Sophie Nélisse, Ben Schnetzert, Sandra Nedeleff, Nico Liersch, Ben Becker, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson and Heike Makatsch
- Alone in Berlin – Emma Thompson, Brendan Gleeson and Daniel Brühl
- The Reader – Kate Winslet, David Kross, Ralph Fiennes and Bruno Ganz
- Around the World in 80 Days – Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Owen Wilson and Cécile de France
- Inglourious Basterds – Brad Pitt, Til Schweiger, Christoph Waltz, Mélanie Laurent, Eli Roth, Michael Fassbender, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Christian Berkel, Milan Peschel
Be still my beating heart!
©Victoria Ade-Genschow – The British Berliner – Berlin – Feb 2018
In fact, I’ve actually met Wes Anderson at the Berlinale in Berlin!
He was really nice, and took a photo with me.
Top guy!
©Victoria Ade-Genschow – The British Berliner – Görlitz – June 2022
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Many Thanks to Stadt Görlitz and Görliwood Entdecker.
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And off to Görlitz we went!
©Nikolai Schmidt
Omigosh!
Do you remember when I told you that I went to France, England, Spain, and Poland, and spent most of the summer either trying to find a way to get to England or running through Germany with the €9-Euro-Ticket?
Well.
It was amaaaaaaazing!
One of the places we went to was a city called Görlitz.
In truth, I had never heard of it until an Irish blogger friend of mine mentioned that she had visited in early 2022!
I was fascinated about what she wrote.
But what really got my juices flowing, was the fact that Görlitz was on the border of Poland!
In fact, it’s so close, that you merely have to walk across a single bridge and you’re right there.
In Poland.
We adore Poland, so I decided to see what all the fuss was about.
In doing so, I reached out to the lovely people at Stadt Görlitz, who very kindly offered to show us around.
©Victoria Ade-Genschow – The British Berliner – Görlitz – June 2022
We were not disappointed.
I mean.
Wow!
People have been …
And by people, I mean everyone!
EVERYONE has been coming here, as it’s the most preserved city in Germany that was (luckily), untouched by both World Wars!
So we were able to go on a brilliant city walk, through the historic old town.
©Victoria Ade-Genschow – The British Berliner – Görlitz – June 2022
I’m all about history and culture, so we also visited the Upper Lusatian Library of Sciences, the best Baroque House in Görlitz, the Cultural History Museum, the Silesian Museum, the Senckenberg Museum of Natural History, a wide variety of churches, and the Jacob Böhme House on the Polish side of the city.
Sadly, the only thing left of it’s Jewish history is the Görlitz Synagogue Cultural Forum.
We also went on a bus ride around town, on the Gorliwood Explorer, a beer tour to the Görlitzer Landskron Brewery, which was brilliant, and an adorable trip over the bridge, to Poland.
More about that next week!
©Europastadt Görlitz Zgorzelec GmbH_Anja Schließ
©Victoria Ade-Genschow – The British Berliner – Görlitz Zgorzelec – June 2022
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Many Thanks to Stadt Görlitz and Petrus Snoeijer.
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And off to Görlitz we went!
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A win-win for all!
So what are you waiting for?
Thanks a million!
Have you ever been to Görlitz? Let me know in the comments below!
See you in Berlin.
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