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 | | Erfurt is happy to trumpet its historical connections; its many churches and famous visitors, from the Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus, terror of the 30 years' war, to Napoleon, who met Tsar Alexander in the town's Kaisersaal in 1808. |
 | | But Erfurt is once again a university town, and there are plenty of bars, from authentic medieval hostelries to the kind of chrome-and-glass establishments your correspondent understands young people favour these days. |
 | | In Erfurt itself, grand pageants are played out on the cathedral steps in the summer, and the main square holds a Christmas market in the winter. |
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