Brothers Grimm

50 years of the Fairy Tale Route: from Hanau to Bremen

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • 6 December 2025

The German Fairy Tale Route (Deutsche Märchenstraße) is a tourist attraction in Germany that was originally established in 1975. With a length of 600 kilometers, the route runs from Hanau in central Germany to Bremen in the north. Tourist attractions along the...

Fairytales

Written in: Dutch • Yvonne Kruse • 26 December 2016

Perrault (France) collected folk tales in the 17th century and wrote *Mother Goose Tales*, in which Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb are mentioned for the first time. The illustration for the cruel fairy tale Bluebeard is by Gustave Doré. The German Brothers...

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