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1. Impressive landscape of Ireland
The mild climate is great to relax in the autumn in Ireland. Dublin is surrounded by beautiful countryside and the city is also the ideal base to explore the surrounding area. Take the regional train (DART) and within 30 minutes you find yourself on the coast or in the mountains where the views over the city and the bay is phenomenal.
Dublin has the charm and the hip London without the immense size of this metropolis.
2. Music in Dublin
U2 calls the city their home the movie musical Once brought an Oscar and Phil Lynott was away from the 'Old Town'. Dublin breathes music! Wherever you are in Dublin, on every street and from every pub heard the familiar sounds of Irish music. But the city also has a reputation when it comes to contemporary music. Enjoy the traditional live music and a delicious pint of Guinness in one of the countless pubs where Dublin is so famous for.
Temple Bar in DublinTemple Bar is a street and neighborhood in the center of the Irish capital Dublin, known for its nightlife
3. Irish hospitality
Not for nothing Dublin three times named the "friendliest city in Europe by the international review site TripAdvisor. The people of Dublin to welcome each visitor with a warm welcome. They are hospitable, have a contagious sense of humor and the atmosphere in the city is never far away.
Pubs in DublinDublin is famous for its many pubs that the city is rich
4. Things
A tour of the Guinness brewery with a breathtaking view of the city is a unique experience if you are in Dublin. In and around the city is still much more to do and see, including Malahide Castle or the famous Trinity College. By the latter, the city even won a place on the UNESCO World Heritage List 'Cities of the literature.
The Long Room in Trinity College The Long Room in Trinity College
Every year around Halloween turns the city into a horror scene
5. Spooky Halloween
Irish celebrate Halloween 2000 years and from 28 to 31 October, the dark side of Dublin alive with countless ghost activities during the four-day Bram Stoker Festival. Halloween parades and partying vampire film events and exhibitions. The exciting mix of adventurous art, literature and drama come every year more than 40,000 visitors at the festival off.
A trip to the Bohemian Forest in the Czech Republic will take us to the birthplace of modern beer. Where once the quality was squandered, now brewed to the highest standards. Resulting in a stimulating environment for over 70 small home-brewers who exchange annually enthusiastic ideas during the festival 'Sun in the Glass. " Hunger trip went looking, and quenched her thirst.
"Dozens of barrels of beer were here flushed down the sewer. You were sick ... "I watch my city guide astonishment. Flushed the sewer? "At the end of 1200 everyone in Pilsen the right to brew beer at home. And that got out of hand. Not all of these small brewers look equally good in quality. Beginning in 1800 were therefore discarded all stocks and became one big new 1839 Civic Brewery built. With the highest quality ever. "Our modern lager was born.
The gate of the Urquell brewery in Pilsen. Birthplace of modern lager.The gate of the Urquell brewery in Pilsen. Birthplace of modern lager. Pilsen has besides the big Urquell brewery also micro-breweries.Pilsen has besides the big Urquell brewery also micro-breweries.
Urquell - the cradle of beer
Pilsen quickly became a rich city. Great brew masters came here in the Pilsner Urquell brewery ( Pilsner Urquell learning) box. Residential buildings were built in a modern rectangular street plan, an opera house and the largest synagogue (outside Israel). In Bohemia, in the west of the Czech Republic, you had to be. I wander through the city park. It's Friday afternoon and youths lounging with a beer in hand. Trams run between old façades, I pass the entrance to the medieval catacombs. Pilsen is relaxed.
Pilsen is a modern city that can be reached in an hour from Prague.Pilsen is a modern city that can be reached in an hour from Prague. Pleasant chill in the city park.Pleasant chill in the city park. Beer is everywhere in Pilsen. Table with its own tap? No problem.Beer is everywhere in Pilsen. Table with its own tap? No problem.
Modern production and old cellars
It's 10:00. My tour of the historic Urquell brewery begins when I get to the gate, the pungent smell of hops in my nose. I just finished breakfast on ... "On weekends we do not produce." What smell it if there is indeed produced, I think to myself. I see huge copper brewing kettles, filling lines and storage tanks. But then comes the best part: we go to the cellars. Under the whole site appear to be huge cellars. It's cold and chilly, so perfect to store the barrels of beer.
A visit to the Urquell brewery is a must.A visit to the Urquell brewery is a must. Modern installations. I hear all about lager: bottom fermentation, wort, bearing.Modern installations. I hear all about lager: bottom fermentation, wort, bearing.
cold fermentation
In the cellars I hear all about lower-beer: bottom fermentation, cold fermentation, wort, storage and ripening. Yeah, a beer do not just here. The process is much more complicated than a Belgian beer. In the beer cellars I finally get (it's already 10:30, ahem) the opportunity to test the final product. Czech firm with a leather apron tapped a glass straight from the wooden barrel. The beer is still young and not quite clear. And it tastes (for a pint) incredibly fresh and tasty full. I hear the drums now no longer be stored in the old cellars. The kilometers long corridors are too small ...
These kilometers long corridors were until recently the storage cellars for barley beer.These kilometers long corridors were until recently the storage cellars for barley beer. Yes, an unfiltered beer tapped in the old damp basement is really the best.Yes, an unfiltered beer tapped in the old damp basement is really the best.
Bierfeesten
If you have a patent on the name lager, you should be proud of yourself. And that they are therefore in Pilsen! Every summer, held beer parties. But that happens more modest than, say, at the Oktoberfest in Munich. The Pilsener Beer Fest is only one day. It takes place on the grounds of the brewery, a special unfiltered lager is served and there is music and it is by the locals pronounced annual spell.
The beer festival in Pilsen are much more modest than in Munich.The beer festival in Pilsen are much more modest than in Munich. But it is cozy!But it is cozy!
Sun in the Glass
It's raining a bit when I go on the road to the beer festival " Sun in the Glass ." Every September coming here over 70 mini-breweries and there are more than 250 types of beer to taste. The festival lasts only one day. So I can not wait until the weather is dry and the sun actually shines again in the glass. Host for the festival's microbrewery Purkmistr in Pilsen - Černice and mini brewers from around the world tell each other the secrets of their beer. I'm going around with a special tiny (!) Beer glass and I taste a storm. And modest taste, so does everyone: no one has too much.
The festival 'Sun in the Glass. " 70 mini-breweries present their beer secrets.The festival 'Sun in the Glass. " 70 mini-breweries present their beer secrets. A drizzly rain does not spoil the fun. There are more than 250 types of beer.A drizzly rain does not spoil the fun. There are more than 250 types of beer.
From Prague to Plzen
The city of Plzen is easily accessible from Prague. There is a luxury coach (with wifi and free coffee) for less than four euros. And you can already see a lot of one or two nights in Pilsen (and tasting). Good to combine so with a city trip to Prague. Outside the festivals would definitely big primal brewery ( Urquell ) and visit for example the mini breweries Purkmistr and Groll . Purkmistr has a nice beer spa, where you're in a hot tub with beer and meanwhile self draining your beer.
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