Ingolstadt, Germany - a visit to a Swedish blogger

Ingolstadt is a city in the state of Bavaria in Germany. We travelled here to meet Linnea, who lives here with her family and blogs about life as a Swede living abroad in Bavaria. But first, we ventured into the charming town in search of internet sim cards...

Ingolstadt and the search for SIM cards

Ingolstadt turned out to be a charming city with nice houses and lots of cars. The Ingolstadt metropolitan area is home to around 300,000 people, many of whom (35,000!) work for the major car manufacturer Audi. It's not easy to park a 7.3-metre-long motorhome in this town, but after a bit of searching, we found a parking space just outside the centre and set off to buy Internet ...

At Vodafone we got (expensive) SIM cards and walked back to the car, where we discovered that the SIM cards didn't work... Back to Vodafone, where the (stressed) clerk Mrs Hof couldn't help us either, but sent us to the main shop in the big built-in centre Westpark. Here we finally got help from Mr Hof who (after a lot of trouble) managed to help us.

Kyrkan och en annan byggnad i Ingolstadts centrum — The church and another building in the centre of Ingolstadt

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Visiting Swedish Linnea

Linnea lives with her family in a nice apartment just outside Ingolstadt. The family moved here a year ago because they were keen to try life in another country and because the man in the family got a job opportunity here. Now both children are in pre-school/school and Linnea is studying German. If you want to read more about life as a Swede living abroad in Bavaria, you should definitely check out Linnea's lovely blog. Lanclin.

Linnea offered lunch and luxurious lussebullsfika (it was not yesterday!!!) and we had so much to talk about. We would have liked to stay longer, but have more stops and visits planned in the future, so maybe we will see you in Stockholm next time!

Linnea framför sitt hem i Ingolstadt, Bayern — Linnea in front of her home in Ingolstadt, Bavaria.

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18 November 2015 8:53

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Åsa says:

What fun! I hope to meet Linnea in December! / Åsa

18 November 2015 - 9:55

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Steve, we haven't actually seen much of Germany before (mostly passing by on the Autobahn) so it's nice to see a bit more and that there are actually many nice and charming places and cities!

Åsa, what fun! Where?

18 November 2015 - 10:10

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Ama de casa says:

How nice it looked there - and fun to meet bloggers too 🙂 .

18 November 2015 - 10:20

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Henny says:

Germany was a positive surprise for us too. Nice, green and with an interesting history. The events of the Second World War had previously dominated what we knew about the country. Nice that you have many acquaintances along the route and get personal information about different places.

18 November 2015 - 10:25

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Mr Steve says:

Nice to be reminded of how charming German cities can be.
It's great to meet up with friends along the way.

18 November 2015 - 9:30

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Ama de casa, it was a nice city, and always nice to meet bloggers 🙂 .

Henny, we have probably also connected Germany a lot with the Second World War and with the Autobahn 😉 But now we have looked around a bit, especially in Bavaria, and it is both beautiful nature and nice houses. That we have many acquaintances along the travel route is mainly due to the blog world. Linnea, for example. we have never met before, but I have followed her blog for quite some time and we have also had contact via the network Swedish travel bloggers.

18 November 2015 - 11:00

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Ditte says:

What a nice detour from the autobahn! There are plenty of nice, old, cities.
in Germany, but usually you drive through the country as a transport route to reach your destination, which is not always Germany.
What a nice meeting and the lussebullar sounds very good.
Stay well!
Stockholm greets you with sunshine today!

18 November 2015 - 11:28

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Mr Frank Olsen says:

Hi Helena and Peter!
Thanks again for so many exciting "reports" from all over Europe.
Now that your trip is coming to an end, I'm wondering about something that, in addition to those of us planning a similar trip, might also be of interest to others with "wild" plans:
What was your budget for the trip?
And how has this worked out?
Have you stayed within budget?

Regards
Frank and Janne

18 November 2015 - 12:27

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Ditte, can only agree! There's probably a lot to see in Germany, and we've usually just driven by.

Frank Olsen, I will do the maths in the future and write a bit more about this. So far: the budget was 250 000 - 300 000 Swedish kronor. It has probably become the higher amount. Then it depends on how you prioritise and where you spend money. We have rarely eaten in restaurants but stayed a lot at campsites (usually with a discount admittedly and interspersed with pitches and free camping). What has become more expensive than expected is the internet. We want to be connected and it's sometimes expensive, especially when you move around a lot and can't take advantage of good offers that are often valid for a longer period of time.

18 November 2015 - 12:40

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BP says:

Well, when it comes to the internet, Germany is a bit behind, so to speak - or even worse, the country is far behind Sweden.

What a nice blog Lanclin is! I'm glad the family took the chance to move abroad. And the children will be bilingual in the bargain. Absolutely the right decision.

Bavaria is quite similar to Austria when it comes to the appearance of the villages. Absolutely charming!

18 November 2015 - 15:15

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BP, it has actually been quite difficult with the internet in Germany, which otherwise feels modern. Peter's SIM card stopped working again and we had to seek help again... WiFi on campsites has also worked like that... Incidentally, I agree that Bavaria and Austria have many similarities.

18 November 2015 - 18:02

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Marina says:

I have been to Ingolstadt and it was there that we made the somewhat uncomfortable discovery that it was not possible to pay by card anywhere! The trip was made at the time you changed envelopes with currency at each border crossing and just German marks we had none but had to withdraw at an ATM. However, there was no contact with the Swedish bank and nowhere did they take cards as a means of payment (absolutely no card variant at all!) After driving around with two hungry and not so exuberantly happy children in the back seat, we were saved by Shell Select - where you could buy some cold meatballs and bread with an honest Swedish shell card. It wasn't much fun at the time, but afterwards it has become a pretty funny story, and we will never forget Ingolstadt...

19 November 2015 - 6:56

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Marina, oh no, what an experience! Typically such an event that is NOT AT ALL funny at the time, but which becomes a funny story afterwards! Now it is probably excellent with payment cards here, but on the other hand it has been complicated with sim cards... 😉

19 November 2015 - 9:35

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Linnea Edmark says:

Thank you most humbly for your visit with me! 🙂 I hope you forget that stupid story with the SIM card and remember the more pleasant things about this city instead.

19 November 2015 - 15:55

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Alexandra says:

Ingolstadt...we stayed there and ate at KFC this summer haha. ?

19 November 2015 - 19:07

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Linnea, we are the ones to thank! We have long since forgotten about the SIM cards! Ingolstadt was a positive surprise, and not least for the visit to you of course. Thank you again!

Alexandra, haha, it was a bit of a funny memory, but that's just how it goes sometimes!

19 November 2015 - 20:29

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Maria's Memoirs says:

Lovely, Bavarian small towns are so lovely! I'll also blog about a couple of them eventually, as a contrast to the countryside 🙂.

15 September 2016 - 19:46

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