Eikonomics

  • A tombola with a bias

    The other day I attended a street festival in a nearby street here in Cologne. Like any other street festival it offered a range of activities: home made food and cakes; flower headband workshop; and, of course, a tombola (also known as raffle in some places). Me, my partner and her brother purchased 5 tickets…

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  • Heimat and the market

    Heimat is a German word with no good English equivalent. It describes the relationship of a person to a specific geographic (or social) unit. I myself have few Heimat’s. Iceland is one of them and Eherenfeld, my neighbourhood in Germany is another. It is my view that Ehrenfeld is the nicest neighbourhoods in the city…

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  • The land of ice and fire. And high prices

    Dear reader, as you know, this blogger likes to write overly long posts with way too much detail and unnecessary content. As a result, many people do not read through. Therefore, if you do not care about who I am (which is totally understandable) or if you already know my story, then I recommend you…

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