Comments on: Welcome to Oldenburg https://budgettraveller.org/welcome-to-oldenburg/ Travel in style, on a budget. Discover the best hostels across Europe and the World with my guide to Luxury Hostels Fri, 20 Nov 2015 14:08:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: BudgetTraveller https://budgettraveller.org/welcome-to-oldenburg/#comment-66146 Fri, 20 Nov 2015 14:08:51 +0000 http://budgettraveller.org/?p=7153#comment-66146 In reply to Bernd Muehlenbeck.

Hey Bernd

Thanks for the comment and your perspective which is important.

The comment from the taxi driver is again his view and perspective ( right or wrong)- felt fair to put his view across. I think at the end of the article you can judge for yourself about what Oldenburg is. More places like Heimathaven please: great place. There is a video to be published soon which I hope you will enjoy and share with friends. Stay tuned to the blog 🙂

]]> By: Bernd Muehlenbeck https://budgettraveller.org/welcome-to-oldenburg/#comment-66088 Fri, 13 Nov 2015 03:45:12 +0000 http://budgettraveller.org/?p=7153#comment-66088 In the end you have written a nice blog, and luckily it does not end that negative it starts. Living and evaluating Oldenburg depends on what you were used to before. If you are from NY then maybe Oldenburg is quite boring for you – but on the other hand you should not forget the calming effect of this city :-). There are some things you forgot, i.e. the yearly “Christmas Market” (Weihnachtsmarkt) and the advantage of many one – family – houses compared to other cities with their huge skyscraper ghettos.
From your blog it sounds that Oldenburg is more suitable for elder visitors, which can’t be true, because OL has a huge university with thousands of young students. So there is something like a nightlife. There are pubs with live music, and I’m sure there is a disco somewhere.
And as somebody who is not affirmative with maps you can get lost everywhere. For what do you guys all have your GPS mobile phones ?!
I wouldn’t say, OL is for the elder. It is for the more intellectual and settled people. Look at the hundreds of bookshops and cafeterias, the opera, the culture center . . . Oldenburg is a city where you can relax from stressful daily work in the afternoon and evening. You can sit in one of the multiple cafes and just breathe, – yes “Heimathaven” is a good place to do that. It is new but on the way to become a real gem in town. Tell it to all your friends.
Thanks for an objective critic written with charm – that’s the way it should be. You have proved some intelligence with it – so you are totally right in Oldenburg 🙂

best regards

Bernd

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