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Cultural Travels from Home: Cologne at Christmas
Monday 2nd December 6.00PM GMTINTRODUCTION
Join us for an online, festive guided walk of Cologne’s Christmas markets, with a commentary given by one of our most popular guides, Stephan, who recently led two wonderful livestream tours of Delft and Leiden for us. This evening Stephan takes us on a journey of discovery through Cologne’s 2000 years of history.
The traditional Christmas markets in Cologne first started to appear in 1820, and quickly became an annual event in the city – there are now seven totally different markets to choose from, of which we will visit two. We will learn what the festive season means to people in Cologne, exploring the ancient streets of the city and enjoying some festive fun and winter cheer. Stephan will also discuss the history of the Cathedral – the largest Gothic church in Northern Europe. The people of Cologne are so proud of this landmark that cathedral-shaped waffles are found throughout the Christmas markets. We will also discover various handcrafted treasures and learn about local culinary traditions.
Our tour is online and interactive, so you will be able to put questions to Stephan throughout the visit.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
This is a live event starting at 6.00pm (UK time). It will last approximately one hour including interactive Q&A. Tune in live from anywhere in the world, or if you cannot participate live, you will automatically be sent a recording soon after the end of the session, enabling you to watch later that day or during the following 3 days. The recording will be available until 5th December at midnight (UK). Please note, the recording is only available to those who have not been able to participate live, and it is not possible to purchase a recording after booking has closed.
Booking closes the day before the event is streamed. Please refer to the Further Information panel below.
Further Information
Participation
1. BOOK.
Click on the gold “Book This Course/Event” button, fill in the online booking form and pay online. You will be notified automatically by email once your booking has been accepted.
Please ensure you enter your email address correctly, as your Zoom link will be sent to this address, thank you.
The participation fee is £10 per person, if making bookings for a number of people please provide their email addresses and book them as separate participants.
2. DOWNLOAD
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3. REGISTER
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** Please note that these details are sent out in office hours, so if you book on a weekend you may not receive them until Monday. You must register with the same name that you have booked under, otherwise you may not be able to watch. If you have not received your email confirmations, please check your ‘deleted items’ and ‘junk mail’ folders or click here for advice.
4. JOIN
Join the event up to ten minutes before it is scheduled to start, to ensure everything is working.
If you are not able to watch the event at the time it is live-streamed, you can watch on catch up. Just book online as normal and you will be contacted soon after the event with instructions on how to access the recording. This will be available to watch on catch up later that evening and for the following 3 days. You do not need to advise us if you can’t participate live, don’t worry! Please note, the recording is only available to those who have not been able to participate live, and it is not possible to purchase a recording after booking has closed.
Bookings close the day before the event is streamed.
Please refer to our Terms and Conditions for booking this event. We regret that we are unable to offer technical support with Zoom but tips can be found in the attachment. If you would like to book more than one event, please book separately for each event that you would like to attend, thank you. If you are booking for more than one person, it is important that you include their email address so that we can send them the lecture link too. We regret we are unable to offer refunds but don’t worry if you are not able to attend, as we will send you the recording link.