Yes, no one actually lives in "Bielefeld", they just want you to think that 300 000 some people live there, and if you ever meet one of these so called "inhabitants", they're either with them and are trying to trick you, or have been manipulated into believing they are from this "Bielefeld" place. :P
I cannot understand why Bielefeld is not a city. During the time I lived in Detmold, BAOR with HM Forces I often visited this lively city.
Wikipedia: Bielefeld is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 336,352, it is also the most populous city in the Regierungsbezirk Detmold.
I had never heard of Bielefeld. I've been in Germany all of eight days in my life, more than 20 years ago, and I spent time in six states but didn't get far enough north or east in Nordrhein-Westfalen to see Bielefeld (I got precisely as far as Langenfeld, halfway between Köln and Düsseldorf). I had never heard of the "Bielefeld conspiracy". Cute addition, and I'm glad to learn of it now. Thanks.
I only missed Kiel. Is this the part where I brag about what an impossible feat this was to achieve because I'm not German? Or is the USA the only country on Earth considered to be a black hole from whence no knowledge can escape?
Stoopid American who doesn't know the world famous city of Kiel... get back to Los Santos, New Jersey City, George Washington, D.C. or wherever you're from.
I'm a German teacher in the USA, I have trouble remembering how to spell Nürnberg for English speakers. I also have to take a few moments to remember that Köln is Cologne. However I've been retired for 7 years and I have far too much trouble remembering the Map of Germany. Curses on growing old.
Hadnt heard of the bottom 6, amazed if some not from Germany (or having lived there, or being a geography teacher/ germanologist etc) got all of them on their first try. Actually, that the more obscure ones got reasonable scores anyway
My husband's aunt by marriage was from there and she loved and missed the city, but when I think of her I think of Nuremberg because every year at Christmas she gave the family a large, decorated metallic tin full of lebkuchen.
Technically, for "this city doesn't exist," almost any combination of letters starting with 'B' is a correct answer. That being said, I was happy to learn something new by researching Bielefeld.
If the quiz was in German and asked for a "Stadt", Düren would be correct. But it is not. The question is about a "city", therefore the definition of a city should be met, regardless of whether the people living there have the same definition in their language. (btw it should have been evident from my earlier comment that I know what Stadt means. I am German)
I always thought that the Potsdam Conference was in July 1945. When I checked it I discovered it was from 17 July to 2 August 1945. It threw me for a second.
I'm Belgian living in Germany. I loved the Bielefeld question.
I had a car crash a few years ago and went to the hospital in Bielefeld (it was closest from where I got my accident), and that's how I learned about this 'conspiracy'.. How could I be in the hospital in Bielefeld, that city doesn't exist :D
Wikipedia: Bielefeld is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 336,352, it is also the most populous city in the Regierungsbezirk Detmold.
If I am then more Potterheads need to take this quiz and join the dope team :)
I SIE what you did there.
I had a car crash a few years ago and went to the hospital in Bielefeld (it was closest from where I got my accident), and that's how I learned about this 'conspiracy'.. How could I be in the hospital in Bielefeld, that city doesn't exist :D
1) You were not actually in Bielefeld and everything was made to make you think you were.
2) Nice try, alien.
But I got the rest