Hello dear Hivers! đź‘‹
Today I decided to tell you about an interesting place I recently visited, namely the European Museum of Bread in Germany. I hope it will be interesting not only for those who love bread.
The beginning
The museum is located in the small town of Ebergötsen, about a 20-minute drive from Göttingen. The museum has a parking, so it is quite convenient. Follow a beautiful path to reach the museum. At the entrance there is a beautiful sign and an interesting bike that greets you. The ticket is 5 euros, but if you are a whole family you can buy a family one, which costs 15 euros.
The first part
The museum itself is on two floors and consists of about 10 rooms, each with a different purpose. In some of them different tools are presented. One of the rooms was from 1800! It was impressive to see what appliances the bakers used then. We saw huge stirrers, mixers, old stoves and more. There were also rooms with objects from several millennia. There were also large knives and chainsaws. We learned many interesting facts such as the symbol of the baker and how he was punished in the past when he did not prepare enough bread!
An interesting room was the one with the boards. Dozens of boards hung on the wall, painted in unique ways. I don't think anyone will dare to cut bread on them :) And on the other wall there was an interesting board with the word bread in over 30 languages. I'm pretty sure you'll find it on yours, too.
The second part
Climbing to the second floor on the wall is hung a copy of the famous painting by Da Vinci - The Last Supper in a fairly large size. It's really impressive and beautiful.
The rest of the rooms are specifically for the types of bread. There is a room with different types of wheat, barley, corn and other cereals. Different types of flour made from them are also presented. The museum also has a huge collection of cereals from every country you can think of. It's impressive!
And the variety of bread - indescribable. Room by room you get to know traditional bread from all over the world. From Europe, the Middle East and Asia to every corner you can think of. Even if you don't like bread (who doesn't), at the end of this tour you will want to eat.
I liked the bread from Ukraine the most. All art. I had never seen such beautiful bread before. It turned out to be a traditional bread prepared for weddings.
Apothekergarten
Outside in the garden, something very interesting is done - "Pharmacist's Garden". It is full of various herbs and beautiful flowers. It had everything you can think of that is used in medicine. Hops. balm, raspberry, thyme, sage and what not. And the flowers were so beautiful. There was also a flower corner made especially for bees.
The whole place is so amazing. There is information about each herb and you can learn so many things. You combine the useful with the pleasant. You learn new and interesting things and at the same time enjoy the time spent there and the beauty of the plants.
The garden
The rest of the garden is again filled with various tools used in the past. The most impressive is a huge, working mill in real size. We looked like dwarves next to it :) There was also a model of a small mill. There are other interesting exhibits everywhere, such as a cart, a small truck and others. Everywhere in the museum there are interesting games for children such as puzzles and word search. So they will definitely be interested.
There is also a small cozy restaurant where you can sit down to relax and eat or just drink a nice German beer.
The museum is really interesting and worth a visit! Thank you for your attention!
I hope you liked it!