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WIZZ MAGAZINE
WORDS BY STEPHANIE YIP / PHOTO BY CORBIS
T H E B UZ Z
What words would you
use to best describe
your personality…
A.
Not telling
B.
Sweet, well-behaved but in
need of a makeover
C.
One of the lads
You spent most of your
childhood playing with your…
A.
Rats
B.
Nightingales
C.
Forest animals
The best things about
castles are…
A.
Ridding them of rodent
infestation – for a fee,
of course
B.
The air of romance and
magic that surround them
C.
Keeping away from them,
frankly. I prefer to hide away
in the dense, nearby forests
Are you still searching the
streets for your very own
Prince Charming or
Sleeping Beauty?
Whether you’ve already found
the love of your life, or you’re still
waiting for them to come along,
the next chapter in your fairytale
is but a trip away. Take our quiz
and watch the magic unfold…
MOSTLY A
You are: The Pied Piper
Head to: Hamelin
Your boots are made for walking, and you’ll
find them following the sound of the Pied
Piper to his village, Hamelin. It’s one of
the brothers’ ‘grimmer’ tales, in which a
piper besotted the city’s rats, and later
its children, with the lilt of his enchanting
pipe. Likewise, this charming town draws
millions of fairytale lovers. Hamelin features
peculiar 16th-century Weser-Renaissance
architecture and the shops haven’t missed
a trick when it comes to referencing to the
fable: you can pick up rat shaped cookies
and clockwork figures at the Hochzeitshaus.
SCHLOSS
DRACHENBURG
CASTLE,
NEAR BONN
What traits do you look for
in your other half?
A.
A tolerance for vermin
B.
One day, he has to come
C.
A kiss, and sooner rather
than later
Who was your first crush?
A.
The mousy type
B.
A stranger who caught
my eye. The white steed helped
C.
I tend to attract Dopey types
What’s your fashion style?
A.
Colourful, casual. Green
spells danger
B.
Vintage. I love to trawl
revival stores for something
unique – like a glass slipper
C.
Hard to say. I prefer to stay
clear of looking in the mirror –
they tend to be backstabbing
What’s your creative outlet?
A
.
Playing hypnotic tunes
What ’s Your Fairytale Ending?
B.
Daydreaming
C.
Sewing and knitting
Your typical weekend
involves…
A.
Counting my money and
learning new songs on my pipe
B.
Scrubbing, cleaning,
polishing, cooking, dusting...
C.
Hanging out with small
people and sorting the good
apples from the bad
MOSTLY B
You are: Cinderella
Head to: Polle Castle, Polle
You old romantic! Daydreamers and
homebodies alike will want flock to
Cinderella’s magnificent castle – well, at
least, its ruins. Though not as intact as some
of the other fairytale castles in Germany
(
both Sleeping Beauty’s Castle in Sababurg
and Rapunzel’s Tower in Trendelburg are
working hotels), this castle walls perch high
on a hill. Behind them, open-air renditions
of
Cinderella
are every third Sunday from
May to September at 2.15pm, and the
Castle Festival’s range of theatrics
are from June to August.
MOSTLY C
You are: Snow White
Head to: Siebengebirge
Vain? You? Certainly not! You’re much
more likely to appreciate the natural
beauty of your surroundings rather than
your own good looks. The national
park of Siebengebirge with its arresting
views and deep, verdant valleys is, quite
simply, spectacular, and an easy place
to hide from jealous stepmothers.
Consisting of 40 hills, its seven major
peaks (from which it gets its name)
inspired
Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs
.
Get your castle fix with the Schloss
Drachenburg Castle, too.
