The first 2 Routes: From Gent and Copenhagen to the Surduc Lake

Heya folks,
Here are the first two routes of Tramprennen 2012, the 4 other ones will be published within the next days aswell! 🙂
Start: 18th August 2012
End: 1st September 2012

First off, the theme of this year’s race: the heroes of our childhood days – the Sesame Street muppets! 🙂
Route No.I: Kermit the Frog, starting in Copenhagen!
Route No.II: Cookie Monster, starting in Gent!

We have chosen the routes randomly and we have no clue what to expect there. Maybe you’ll see the most beautiful village in the world, maybe the most terrible city you’ve ever seen…But to be honest: We don’t care. Isn’t that the reason of travelling, to expect nothing except the unexpected? It’s up to you to make it a special journey: Welcome to the playground called planet Earth! 8 Billion people worth to get to know, billions of birds and plants, of trees and leaves, lakes and seas! The goal is not to reach a specific place, but rather to go on an inspirational journey. And we’re looking forward to be on the road for two weeks with many many great people and hopefully you aswell!

And now: Let’s DANCE! 🙂

Cookies and Quacks to you!
Cheeers,
Tramprennen 2012-Crew! 🙂

Route No.I: Kermit the Frog

Copenhagen (DK) – Lüneburg (D) – Dresden (D) – Ostrava (CZ) – Banská Štiavnica (SK) – Szeged (HU) – Lake Surduc (RO)
The Route on Google Maps

Start: Copenhagen (Denmark)
Size: large!
Water: sun, beach, water
Important: the autonomous town of Christiana is still existing

1st Stage: Lüneburg (Germany)
Size: small for a city
Water: just culture!
Important: City, country, fun… the tourism slogan of the city..

2nd Stage: Dresden (Germany)
Size: large
Water: the river Elbe passes the city withendless grassland
Important: football, watch this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BJ7BDtE8yI

3rd Stage: Ostrava (Czech Republic)
Size: third largest city of the czech republic
Water: directly at the river Oder
Important: center of the heavy industries in the Size!

4th Stage: Banská Štiavnica (Slovakia)
Size: very small
Water: mountains!
Important: town wall from the 13th century and we meet the other route

5th Stage: Szeged (Hungary)
Size: third largest city of Hungary
Water: river mouth of the Mieresch in the Theis, 15 small lakes and 3 big ones
Important: sunniest city of Hungary

6th Stage: Lacul Surduc
Size: Lake!
Water: Lake!
Important: Lake!

Route No.2: Cookie Monster

Gent (BE) – Kassel (D) – Prague (CZ) – Vranov nad Dyji (CZ) – Banská Štiavnica (SK) – Oradea (RO) – Lake Surduc (RO)
The Route on Google Maps

Start: Gent (Belgium)
Size: third largest city of belgium
Water: where the rivers Schelde and Leie crossing
Important: Gent is known as „the proud city“ and „the city of flowers“

1st Stage: Kassel (Germany)
Size: medium
Water: on the river Fulda and very,very green
Important: famous for the art exposition „documenta“

2nd Stage: Prague (Czech Republic)
Size: large
Water: on the river Moldau
Important: the golden emperor city with the big night life

3rd Stage: Vranov nad Dyji (Czech republic)
Size: population: 845 people
Water: a dam just around the corner
Important: it’s a market town

4th Stage: Banská Štiavnica( Slovakia)
Size: very small
Water: mountains!
Important: town wall from the 13th century and we meet the other route

5th Stage: Oradea (Romania)
Size: medium
Water: the river Crisul Repede is crossing the city center
Important: since 2008 there are trams of type ULF in operation

6th Stage: Lacul Surduc
Size: Lake!
Water: Lake!
Important: Lake!