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weast 5 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: If we want a shift to walking, we need to prioriti...

Haribo is from Bonn, not Solingen! The name states as much, in its quintessentially german Consonant-and-vowel aliteration technique: (Ha)ns (Ri)egel (Bo)nn. Much like Rimowa (Ri)chard (Mo)rszeck (Wa)hrenzeichen, or Leica (Lei)tz (Ca)mera.

nox101 5 months ago [–]

Thanks! I guess my Solingen friends didn't know either. They just took me to the Haribo factory in Solingen and told me that's where it's from (-_-);

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