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Bewitched in the Harz

On the night of the 30th April, the annual Walpurgisnacht – witches’ night – is celebrated in several locations around the foothills of the Harz mountains, and even up on its highest peak, the 1,411 metre Brocken.

Germany Holidays: The Harz Mountain Railway

A beautifully-preserved, enthusiast-run, steam-hauled railway network which serves historic towns and villages in a spectacular landscape.

Brocken spectre, Harz Mountains pic Tanzawa Wikimedia

Germany Holidays: The Brocken Spectre

Is that flickering shape in the mountain mist the outline of a fellow climber, a witch or a ghost? None of the above, it’s a Brocken Spectre. It’s you.

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Bewitched in the Harz

Germany Holidays: The Harz Mountain Railway

Germany Holidays: The Brocken Spectre