Tag: Germany

/ Andrew Baldwin

Geocache of the Week Flashback Edition: Lego – einer ist zuviel (GC13Y2Y)

Traditional
GC13Y2Y
by riechkolben
Difficulty:
2.5
Terrain:
1
Location:
Berlin, Germany
N 52° 30.568′ E 013° 22.362′

As we look back on twenty years of geocaching history, we are revisiting some of our favorite Geocache of the Week candidates from years past.

This week we’re looking back to February 2011 to a Geocache of the Week that is now a ‘piece’ of geocaching history. With a list of smileys longer than its neck and the most Favorite points of any geocache, Lego – einer ist zuviel stands tall atop the geocaching world. When we featured the geocache in 2011 it had just over 2,800 finds and 350 Favorite points. Nowadays GC13Y2Y boasts over 33,000 finds and has over 11,000 Favorite points.

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/ Yara Scholtis

Die jungen Wilden – Interview mit dem cachenden Blogger-Paar freeda_reist

Das 20. Jubiläum von Geocaching nähert sich mit großen Schritten und seit am 3. Mai 2000 in Oregon (USA) der erste Cache versteckt wurde, begeistert die GPS-Schatzsuche Millionen von Hobby-Abenteurern weltweit. Das Fantastische an der cachenden Community ist nicht nur, dass sie mittlerweile den ganzen Globus umspannt, sondern auch, dass sämtliche Generationen vertreten sind. Das Hochgefühl, das man bekommt, wenn man an einen unbekannten Ort geführt wird und dann den Geocache (unter deutschsprachigen Cachern auch als „die Dose“ bekannt) plötzlich ausfindig macht, kennt einfach keine Altersgrenze.

Heute wollen wir ein junges Cacher-Paar vorstellen, das dieses Outdoor-Hobby für sich entdeckt hat und das Erlebte unter dem Namen freeda reist in einem Blog, auf Instagram und anderen Online-Kanälen mit seinen Followern teilt. freeda reist verbinden Microcamping und Geocaching, um anderen jungen Menschen zu zeigen, wie viel es da draußen zu entdecken und zu erleben gibt.

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/ Yara Scholtis

Herr der Waldgeister — Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GC4HWJ2
by Kudamatsu
Difficulty:
1.5
Terrain:
3.5
Location:
Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
N 50° 12.712 E 007° 20.052

Fairy tales, myths, and legends add a little bit of magic to our lives—and so does the real-world, outdoor treasure hunting game that is geocaching. So what happens when you combine the search for a cache with a fantastic story of forest-dwelling wood sprites? That’s right, this week’s Geocache of the Week—Herr der Waldgeister, GC4HWJ2.

Image by galaxy_hunter.
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/ Andrew Baldwin

Daniel Düsentriebs Fitnesspause (Lesen!) — Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GC5K2A9
by TCapitano
Difficulty:
1.5
Terrain:
2.5
Location:
Hessen, Germany
N 50° 14.070′ E 008° 39.730′

Fitness is an essential part of life. For some it’s running, cycling, climbing, or going to the gym; for others it’s geocaching. One cache owner (TCapitano) has added a component to their geocache that requires some movement on your behalf. Maybe we spoke too soon, don’t worry the cache owner is no cycle-path: the cache is geared towards fun not the Tour de France.

This crowd favorite has garnered over 2,600 Finds since 2015 in Hessen, Germany. Of the geocachers who have found the magnificent geocache, 89% of them gave a Favorite point, making it one of the highest Favorited caches in the world.

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/ Martin Kerstein

Vergissmeinnicht – Geocache of the Week

Multi-Cache
GC6Z4NP
by DiePastorentöchter
Difficulty:
4
Terrain:
3
Location:
Niedersachsen, Germany
N 52° 28.379′ E 007° 33.964′

Cache owners are the cornerstone of geocaching and many of them spend a lot of time, energy, and money to create memorable caches for the geocaching community. Some cache owners may even rent an entire house and turn it into a Multi-Cache which everyone who visits it will never forget.

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