Clue #1 (Deutsch) | The Great Coffee Break Treasure Hunt 2025

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Herzlich willkommen zur großen Coffee Break Schatzsuche. Join us for a virtual treasure hunt across Europe, Episode 1. Hallo, ich heiße Marc. Und ich heiße Jessica. Wie geht's dir, Jessica? Mir geht's sehr gut, danke. Wie geht's dir, Marc? Auch sehr gut, danke. I am very excited today because this is the first episode of a new season of one of our most popular Coffee Break Podcasts.

Coffee Break Treasure Hunt. Can you tell us all about it, Jessica? Yes, that's right. So we are taking you on a virtual mission across Europe. Okay, so what exactly does this entail? So we have hidden four different clues in four different cities. Okay. So your task will be to guess the cities. And these are the checkpoints along our routes.

And these clues, what's the word for clue in German again? So a clue in German is der Hinweis. Der Hinweis. Der Hinweis. Also diese Hinweise sind auf Deutsch. Ja, natürlich, damit du dein Deutsch üben kannst. Ausgezeichnet. Okay, so it all sounds good, it all sounds like it makes sense. Shall we get started?

Ja, worauf warten wir? Los geht's! Los geht's! Now, before we do actually get started, there is one other thing that we've got to do, and that is introduce you, because this is your first podcast for Coffee Break German. Yes, that's right. Also, wer bist du? Also ich heiße Jessica und ich bin Teil des Coffee Break German Teams.

Und ich komme hauptsächlich aus Schweden, aber auch aus Deutschland. Also aus Schweden und auch aus Deutschland, ja? Ja, genau. Okay, so you're both Swedish and German? Yes. Okay. Genau, und ich bin mit Schwedisch und Deutsch aufgewachsen. So you grew up using both Swedish and German. Yeah, I grew up with both Swedish and German.

Mainly in my family, yes. Okay, so you've been involved in lots of our video content and our email content and all the other content that we're already doing and also some Swedish content too. Yes, as well, yes. But that's for another podcast. Okay, sounds good.

Das klingt gut. Ja, klingt sehr gut. Los geht's. Also, einst trennte eine Mauer das Land. Nun ist sie bunt bemalt von Künstlerhand. Wo man folgt der Allee unter Linden, gibt es ein Tor mit Pferden zu finden. Rot und Grün blinken hell auf dem Steig. Kleine Männchen sei zum Gehen bereit. Ein Turm einst vom Osten zu erreichen, thront über Alm ein stolzes Wahrzeichen.

Okay, some interesting vocabulary in there. Some words I definitely don't know. You'll need to help me. Of course, I should have said that I'm a learner here on Coffee Break German. It's my job to learn along with our listeners. But you're obviously the native German speaker and therefore you can help us. Einst trennte eine Mauer das Land.

means like once upon a time, once in the past, it's that kind of idea. Yes, exactly, yeah, that's exactly right. So trente, that looks to me like a past tense, like an imperfect, and it's from the verb trennen. Yes, it's the verb trennen. To divide? To divide, yeah. Okay, so once trennte eine Mauer, so divided a wall, das Land, the country. Yeah. Okay, so once... Nun ist sie bunt bemalt von Künstlerhand. So, is the verb malen, to paint?

Yes, that is right, yeah. Okay, so now ist sie, is that the motor? Yes, exactly. Yeah, that's right. Die Mauer. So, now is she, like the wall. So, now is the wall bunt bemalt. It's something painted von Kunstlerhans. So, Kunstler is an artist. Yes. So it's something painted by an artist's hand or something like that. Yeah, exactly. What's the Bund? That's right. So Bund, colourful. So it's colourfully painted. And the verb here then is...

So it's to paint something. Now we're painting an object, like the wall in this case. Right, okay. So this wall that once upon a time separated or divided the country is now... Wo man folgt der Allee unter Linden. Gibt es ein Tor mit Pferden zu finden. Right, so the whole of that line then. Wo man folgt der Allee unter Linden. So where one follows the avenue. Unter linden, like linden trees. Yes, yeah. Okay, so under linden trees. Good clue. Gib te sein Toa. There is a gate.

mit Pferden zu finden. So, a gate with horses to be found. Ja, exactly. Das Tor ist the gate. A gate with horses can be found there, exactly. A gate with horses at the end of an avenue of linden trees. Yes. Okay, okay, some good clues, some good clues. Let's continue. Okay. Rot und grün blinken hell auf dem Steig. So red and green, rot und grün blinken the shine or the flash. The flash, yeah. Hell is like light, brightly. Auf dem Steig. So is the Steig the pavement?

Ja, so this is actually referring here to the Bürgersteig in this poem. So yeah, that's the pavement. Okay, so the blink or the flash brightly on the pavement. Okay, the next part. Kleine Männchen sei zum Gehen bereit. So, what's the sei there? That looks a tricky verb. Yeah, well, it's actually the verb sein, to be. But it's in the imperative. Ah, so it's like the command form. Yes, for you. So, can I mention little men? Yes. Be...

Zum Gehen, be ready, ah, be ready to walk. Yeah, yeah, be ready to go, be ready to walk, exactly. And these are little red and green men. They're little. Ein Turm, einst vom Osten zu erreichen. So ein Turm is a tower, and then with that einst again, so once vom Osten zu erreichen. So erreichen, is that to reach? Yes, yeah, to reach, yeah.

So, is this saying that a tower that was once reached from the east? Yes, it could once be reached from the east. So, it was once accessible from the east. Okay, and the last part. Ein stolzes Wahrzeichen. Ein stolzes... Wahrzeichen. So, is Zeichen to point, to show? Well, Zeichen is actually in this context, it's a symbol. Okay. Wahrzeichen.

Also, es könnte ein symbol, ein symbol von einem Stadt oder einem Ort oder einem Ort oder einem Ort. Oder wie ein Landmark. Ja, genau. So, es ist, über alles, ein Proud Landmark. Ja, genau. Ja, das ist genau richtig. Okay, so we've got some really good clues in here. We've got something about a wall. We've got something about red and green men. We've got the linden trees and a gate. Und dann, auf der Ende, haben wir auch eine Tower, die über die Stadt sieht, vielleicht? Ja, ja, ja.

Okay, I've got quite a good idea. Now, I'm not going to say this because it's obviously, I'm trying to guess here, but you're also trying to guess and I don't want to spoil it for you.

But also, we don't want you to spoil it for other viewers and other listeners, so don't post what you think it is in the comments. That's forbidden. You cannot do that. Let's go back through the whole clue, first of all, okay? The whole thing from the top. Einst trennte eine Mauer das Land. Nun ist sie bunt bemalt von Künstlerhand. Wo man folgt der Allee unter Linden, gibt es ein Tor mit Pferden zu finden. Rot und Grün blinken hell auf dem Steig. Kleine Männchen, sei zum Gehen bereit.

Ein Turm einst vom Osten zu erreichen, thront über allem ein stolzes Wahrzeichen. Now, there is one other clue that you can share, isn't there? Oh, right. Yes, there is another clue that I can share. That's right.

So, for this treasure hunt, we are starting in the home of coffee break in Glasgow and heading in a particular direction for a particular distance. And I think that's what you can share with us, auf Deutsch natürlich. Ja, natürlich. Also, diese Stadt... ist 750 Meilen oder 1200 Kilometer von Glasgow entfernt. Alright, so it is 750 miles.

Or 1200 Kilometres from Glasgow. It's distant, entfernt. It's away from Glasgow. Yeah, exactly. Right. And what about the Richtung? Richtung. Wir sind in Richtung Süd. So we've traveled. in a southeasterly direction. Right, so we're traveling southeast from Glasgow in Scotland, 750 miles or 1,200 kilometers southeast, and that's where we will find this city.

Okay, so this is Episode 1 of this mini-series. It's the 20th of October today. The second episode is on the 22nd, so that's Wednesday. Then the third episode's on the 24th. which is Friday, and the fourth episode on the 26th, which is next Sunday. And you basically need to follow all four of those episodes, get all four locations. And on Sunday, we will make available a form on our website where you can enter those four locations.

und you will stand the chance of winning a fantastic prize. Ja, genau. So, one lucky winner is getting lifetime access to our entire collection of German courses. Yeah, fantastic. So, for German listeners... There's that to win. And then of course, for French listeners and for Spanish listeners and Italian listeners, there's the equivalent in the other languages. And also make sure you head to our website because there's more information there about what everyone who enters the...

Also, Jessica, vielen Dank. Ja. Hat mir sehr viel Spaß gemacht. Vielen Dank. And we'll be back next time with the second clue and the second checkpoint. In the meantime, vielen Dank und bis zum nächsten Mal. Viel Erfolg. Copyright 2025, Radiolingua Ltd. Recording copyright 2025, Radiolingua Ltd. All rights reserved. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Okay, it's just that when people say knock-knock, there's usually a joke to go with it. Like I said, this isn't a joke.

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