Flashback
10 ideas for a short break in the 90s
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Yes, we all have little retro moments. Fortunately, there are still opportunities in 2019 to get a taste of the 90s air. Even then, you could only have dreamed of our first idea …
1. Take a vacation on the Spice Girls tour bus
Impossible? Ha, maybe in the 90s. You can now rent the Spice Girls tour bus from Airbnb … no kidding!
2. Rummage out your old VHS tapes
Come on, you have them somewhere deep in the moving boxes: The VHS tapes on which you recorded your favorite films. You can also watch the old trash on Netflix? Oh no! You’re missing out on the 90s commercial … and it’s funnier than any comedy! VHS players are available from Papa or on Ebay.
3. Read “Too cool for this world” by Joachim Hentschel
A wonderfully deep grip on the collective memory … while listening to a mixtape.
4. Go to a scooter concert
We were told that the time machine was invented long ago and that the tickets in the 90s are disguised as scooter tickets. Allegedly, even scooter haters mutate into euphoric 90s teenagers at the concerts.
5. Travel by Interrail again
Of course, the Europa-All-you-can-rail tickets are still available. There are different versions from affordable to very expensive. The nice thing about it is the feeling of freedom. And in the 90s we only dreamed of the possibility of booking stylish accommodation on the train. Eco-balance of the journey through time: very good.
6. Download the Snake app
What, shouldn’t that work on the iphone? But it works one hundred percent! The fun is called Snake ’97 and it even brings back your retro Nokia keyboard.
7. Rent a car from the 90s
Wind up the window again and really roar around the corner with muscles instead of power steering? Goes today too … (Warning, you will feel very old in a moment9 … with an “oldtimer” from the 90s. We’re not joking. Unfortunately.
8. Hear Macarena and Vengaboys cleaning
Do you always do anyway? Then we don’t want to have said anything. But look for an old Bravo Hits CD for a change. How about the number 8? It was wonderful … 1, 2, police … 3, 4, grenadier …
9. Forget just how great gin and tonic is
No question about it, 90s drinks like strawberry lime or cola grain are mega out. But they taste like earlier. So bring on the drink! We have nostalgia troubles.
10. Buy yourself an Ed von Schleck
Not because it was awesome. It wasn’t. But just the pop, when it’s all over and you push it out too far, that’s a noise … ah, almost like the heartbeat in the womb.