Scavenger hunt in Germany

Spot a Bayern Munich kit

Find a red FC Bayern Munich shirt on someone or in a shop window (or a poster of Müller, Kane, etc). Photograph the kit.

Spot a beer garden

Find a Biergarten with wooden benches, gravel underfoot and beer steins on the tables (Prater in Prenzlauer Berg, Tiergarten cafés). Photograph the rows of tables.

Spot a beer garden long table

Find a Munich biergarten with wooden long tables, gravel underfoot and beer steins everywhere. Photograph the rows.

Spot a Berlin Bear

Find a painted Buddy Bear statue (the painted bears scattered around the city for the United Buddy Bears art project). Photograph one full body.

Spot a Berliner pastry

Find a Berliner (jam-filled doughnut, called Krapfen elsewhere) in a bakery window. Photograph the dusted-sugar top.

Spot a BMW logo

Find a BMW logo on a parked car, a billboard, the BMW Welt facade or a souvenir. Photograph the blue-white propeller.

Spot a Brandenburg Gate quadriga close-up

Walk close enough to the Brandenburg Gate to photograph the Quadriga (the four-horse chariot statue) on top of the gate. Photograph the horses against the sky.

Spot a Checkpoint Charlie sign

Find the "You are leaving the American sector" sign at Checkpoint Charlie on Friedrichstraße (or in any museum display). Photograph the bilingual sign.

Spot a chunk of the Berlin Wall

Find a preserved segment of the Berlin Wall (East Side Gallery, Bernauer Straße Memorial, Topographie des Terrors, a souvenir-shop chip). Photograph the graffiti or concrete.

Spot a currywurst

Find a currywurst on a paper plate at any Imbiss stand (Curry 36, Konnopke's, any Späti corner). Photograph the curry-powder-dusted sausage with the fries.

Spot a döner kebab

Find a döner kebab being made on a spit or served in a pita at a kebab joint. Berlin claims to have invented the modern döner. Photograph it.

Spot a Fischbrötchen

Find a Fischbrötchen (Hamburg fish sandwich with pickled herring, prawns or fried fish) at a harbour stall or a Brücke 10 booth. Photograph the bun.

Spot a Franzbrötchen

Find a Franzbrötchen (Hamburg cinnamon-sugar pastry, the city's signature bake) in a bakery window. Photograph the swirl.

Spot a German beer stein

Find a beer stein or tall pilsner glass on a beer-garden table. Photograph the head of foam on top.

Spot a German bratwurst

Find a grilled bratwurst (a longer, finer sausage than currywurst) on a paper plate or in a roll. Photograph it with mustard on the side.

Spot a German pretzel

Find a Brezel (German soft pretzel) in a bakery window or on a café table. Photograph the salt-studded loop.

Spot a graffiti tag

Berlin is one of the world graffiti capitals. Find a striking tag, throw-up or mural (Kreuzberg, Friedrichshain, RAW Gelände). Photograph the wall.

Spot a Hamburg Beatles reference

Find a Beatles reference on the Reeperbahn or Große Freiheit (the Beatles came up here playing the Star-Club and Indra). Photograph a Beatles statue or plaque.

Spot a Hamburg brick facade

Find a red-brick Hanseatic warehouse or office building (Speicherstadt or the Kontorhaus district). Photograph the brick patterning.

Spot a Hamburg Christmas market or seasonal scene

In December find a Hamburg Christmas market on Rathausmarkt or Jungfernstieg. Outside the season, find any market stall with Hanseatic goods. Photograph the scene.

Spot a Hamburg currywurst

Find a currywurst at a Hamburg Imbiss. Photograph the curry-powdered slices.

Spot a Hamburg dock crane

Find a tall harbour container crane in the port. Photograph the cranes against the sky.

Spot a Hamburg ferry (HADAG)

Find a yellow HADAG harbour ferry on the Elbe (it doubles as public transport with HVV tickets). Photograph one underway.

Spot a Hamburg gable Kontorhaus

Find a Kontorhaus office building in the Chilehaus district. Chilehaus itself has the ship-prow corner. Photograph the brick prow.