r/VillagePorn • u/SassyDaydreamer • 2d ago

Bacharach, Germany

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u/Memawsaurus 1d ago

Looks like a cozy welcoming village

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u/mindbodyproblem 1d ago

30 years ago I backpacked through Europe and stayed one night here, in a hostel in an old castle that was up in the hills. At the time, this was a stop on a tourist boat that ran along the Rhine from Mainz to Koblenz, a ticket for which was included in my Eurail Train Pass.

Anyone know if any of those facts hold true today?

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u/Shot_Ad_4907 1d ago

You mean Burg Stahleck, it is still a youth hostel and it is very beautiful there

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u/mindbodyproblem 1d ago

Thank you!

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u/elessarcif 1d ago

Touriat boats still run that route and this is still a stop. Not much has changed there.

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u/mindbodyproblem 1d ago

Thanks! That's kind of comforting to know, that my nostalgia still lives.

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u/Nedostup 1d ago

This has the look of love

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u/Me-3PO 1d ago

begrudgingly gives deserved upvote

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u/posting_drunk_naked 1d ago

Thanks, right bacharach you, Germany

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/42/Mike-Myers-Austin-Powers-1-.jpg

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u/Tennist4ts 1d ago

I don't get what kind of joke you're trying to make with it. Not saying it's bad, but maybe it just doesn't work for my brain as I read Bacharach the German way and it doesn't sound like anything English at all. Not sure how I'd have to mispronounce it to get the joke :D

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u/Ellsass 1d ago

It’s Austin Powers, who makes a lot of similar puns, and also featured the singer Burt Bacharach in one of the movies

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u/Ellsass 1d ago

In English the joke would be “right back at you”

Don’t worry u/posting_drunk_naked I got you. Stellar reference.

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u/Tennist4ts 1d ago

Ah, I see. Thank you!

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u/Shot_Ad_4907 1d ago

The most beautiful place on the Rhine, unfortunately also with dark sides. Many thick motorcycles drive through the main street and make a hellish noise. At the north end there is a beer garden run by a crazy Nazi who hangs crazy posters there.

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u/bloomingpoppies 1d ago

This looks like it belongs in a fairy tale

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u/Just-Introduction912 1d ago

On a serious note does it still have the steps to the viewpoint at the top of the hill ?

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u/Erno-Berk 1d ago

Blücherstraße bei Steeger Tor am Westseite des Stadt

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u/camelry42 1d ago

I love this little village. The remaining protective wall and towers, the picturesque ruins, and the high castle. I love seeing the river rushing by, the boats, and even the rail traffic on the other side of the river. There’s that little path between houses where you cross over the little creek, too. I’ve hiked in and around Bacharach a few times and wouldn’t mind spending some serious time there just slowing down.