{"id":15357,"date":"2023-04-03T11:04:33","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T09:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/?p=15357"},"modified":"2023-04-03T11:04:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T09:04:37","slug":"kika-figures-in-erfurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/germany\/thuringia\/erfurt\/kika-figures-in-erfurt\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandman, dear Sandman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Picture this: You walk through a town, not expecting anything unusual. But then suddenly you see him \u2013 your favourite cartoon character from your childhood. The one that sent you to bed every night. The one that, in my days, existed twice: One for East Germany and one for West Germany. The Sandman. I am in Erfurt and in the middle of the town centre there he is: the Sandman, on a bench, looking at me. No, I don\u2019t want to go to bed, it is 1 o\u2019clock in the afternoon. But if he is not here to send me to bed, what on earth is he doing in Erfurt?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
This is the outcome of an idea from 2007. The TV channel KiKa from Erfurt (KiKa = Kinder Kanal = Kid\u2019s Channel) turned 10 and its most popular characters were dotted around the city to celebrate. Different artists took drawings and pictures of the characters and turned them into statues. They turned out really well. So far, there are 17 sculptures at 13 locations throughout the city, and more are to follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The tourist information centre hands out maps to kids (and adults, of course) that mark the locations where the KiKa characters are. A fantastic idea that makes a city tour so much more interesting for children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have already discovered some of the figures and combined the locations into a nice city walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t