Tag: Germany

/ Nikki

⛹ Bällebad ⛹—Geocache of the Week

Traditional Cache
GC8D4AR
by Patchwork Thielen
Difficulty: 4 
Terrain: 5
Location:
Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
N 49° 58.245 E 006° 18.745

This year, we’ve been highlighting a variety of amazing themed caches as part of our Cache Hiding Themes series. We’ll be honest: when it came to this geocache, we struggled a little. Do we feature it as a colorful cache, an extra-large cache container, or an extreme T5 cache? The only logical answer was that it needed to be a Geocache of the Week.

This adventure is one you surely won’t forget. Dive with us into our Geocache of the Week, ⛹ Bällebad ⛹ (GC8D4AR).

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/ Emma

Park and Grab CELLE – Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GC5PR0F
by SammysHP
Difficulty:
2
Terrain:
1
Location:
Niedersachsen, Germany
N 52° 37.098 E 010° 05.429

Hiding a geocache can be a challenge. Hiding a geocache in a city can be downright dreadful. It must be cleverly concealed to avoid suspicion but hidden in such a way as to catch the eye of an experienced geocacher.

Cache owner SammysHP takes hiding in-plain-sight to the next level with their deceptively designed, Park and Grab CELLE (GC5PR0F).

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/ Andrew Baldwin

Das PETling-Zimmer — Geocache of the Week

Letterbox Hybrid
GC50CRA
by PETling-Mafia
Difficulty:
2
Terrain:
2.5
Location:
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
N 52° 15.125′ E 008° 51.179′

Have you ever had difficulty making a choice on where to begin? This Letterbox Hybrid may only have three stages, but there are thousands of opportunities for hints and perhaps fun, too!

A petling is a pre-formed 2-liter soda capsule and a very common container in Germany, where this geocache resides. Hidden by the infamous PETling-Mafia, the group got together to create a geocache with so many petling containers it could be a crime.

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/ Mackenzie

High Score! — Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GC8HAJP
by Piepsi Panic
Difficulty:
2
Terrain:
2.5
Location:
Bayern, Germany
N 49° 27.590′ E 011° 50.200′

Waka Waka Waka! This Pac-Man™-themed geocache is every gamer’s dream!
Located in the most unexpected places is the world’s smallest game of Pac-Man. Do you have what it takes to beat the game and find our Geocache of the Week, High Score! (GC8HAJP)?

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/ Nikki

Gorgons Schatz oder So’n Ding …—Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GC75DP8
by Gorgon17112003
Difficulty:
2
Terrain:
1.5
Location:
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
N 54° 04.782 E 012° 15.581

To some, geocaching is an adventure straight out of a fairytale: a hero overcoming obstacles and defeating all odds to reach victory.

While we may not be saving any damsels in distress over here, we do occasionally come up against a “guardian” of a geocache. Join us as we meet a new friend and maybe just convince him to let us sign the log with our Geocache of the Week, Gorgons Schatz oder So’n Ding … (in English, “Gorgons treasure, or something like that…”) (GC75DP8).

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