Kosmos

Culture, travel, fashion and culinary delights: the Kosmos pages of Lufthansa Magazin bring you interesting and useful tidbits from around the world

Spätestens zum Anpfiff des Endspiels heißt es: Stellt schon mal den Schampus kalt! Prickelnder als der Schaumwein bekannter Marken ist aber oft der Champagner aus kleineren Betrie- ben. Unser Experte hat schon mal probiert. — © Bente Schipp

Mr Know-it-all

A Class of champagne

How about an ice-cold bottle of champagne to kick off the final match this summer? Sparkling wine from small producers is often superior to brand-name bubbly. Our expert sampled a few craft champagnes:

Organic grapes

No chemical fertilizer, no pesticides: Vintner Anselme Selosse cuts no corners when it comes to growing grapes. Every year, he produces 50 000 bottles of champagne, which is actually very little compared with the “grandes marques.”

selosse-lesavises.com

Affordable bubbly

Vintner champagne doesn’t have to be expensive, as the family-run Jean-Jacques Lamoureux vineyard proves: The 2009 Blanc de Blancs costs only 25 euros.

champagne-jeanjacques-lamoureux.com

Insider tip

At his small, 12-hectare vineyard, Francis Egly personally attends to the cultivation, pressing and vinification of his grapes. His champagne is a winner!

eglyouriet@orange.fre

Currywurstburger “Die Begegnung” by SchillerBurger in Berlin — © SchillerBurger

Berlin, Germany

Wurst Case

The Currywurst sausage was reputedly invented in 1949 by Herta Heuer in Berlin, home to the Currywurst Museum since 2009. The fast-food snack now also comes as a burger: Berlin’s SchillerBurger chain serves a tasty, homemade Currywurst burger called Die Begegnung.

schillerburger.com

Number of the day

209

When the 2017/2018 German Bundesliga soccer season begins on August 18, 209 nations will be tuning in to watch. The Fiji Islands, Nicaragua and Mongolia are just three of the many countries to have secured the official broadcasting rights. Some Bundesliga games will air on live TV channel Sport24 on long-haul Lufthansa flights.

Mr. Know It All

Aim for the sky

Who says you need mountains to go climbing? There are plenty of alternatives in the shape of spectacular climbing walls on churches, dams and the cooling towers of nuclear power plants.

Awesome walls

Built 150 years ago, St. Alban’s Church in Liverpool, England, inspires aspiration to other spheres. Today, visitors no longer come here to pray, but to climb its venerable walls, including an overhanging 17.5-meter lead wall.

Powerful thrill

The cooling tower of the former nuclear reactor in Kalkar, Germany, stands 58 meters high and has been repurposed as a climbing wall. If you prefer a different kind of thrill, there’s a roller coaster next door.

Head in the clouds

Surrounded by authentic Alpine peaks, the steep wall of the Lago di Luzzone reservoir in Switzerland offers a unique challenge: It is the world’s highest artificial climbing wall with 650 holds over a vertical distance of 163 meters.

Sandibe Safari Lodge Botswana — © Martin/Le Figaro Magazine/laif

Botswana, Africa

Stylish safari

The Okavango Delta covers more than 20 000 square kilometers and is home to a staggering variety of species, including elephants, lions, hippos and leopards. Stylish, sustainable Sandibe Lodge with its twelve luxurious wooden chalets is in the middle of the great outdoors.

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