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Nübbel

Nubbel is a name for a dressed straw doll that emerged around 1950 representing the scapegoat in the Rhenish carnival.

Nübbel
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Nubbel is a name for a dressed straw doll that emerged around 1950 representing the scapegoat in the Rhenish carnival. The Nubbel, also called Zacheies in Cologne carnival, hangs above many pubs during the carnival season and is burned in a ceremony on the night before Ash Wednesday.

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Hamburg Helmut Schmidt (HAM), 75 km · Odense Hans Christian Andersen (ODE), 141 km · Bremen (BRE), 147 km
  • Hamburg → Nübbel
    84 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · €11–16
  • Bremen → Nübbel
    143 km · quickest by road, 3h 8m · €22–31
  • Hannover → Nübbel
    212 km · quickest by road, 3h 44m · €26–37
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