German Village – a short glimpse of this charming Columbus neighborhood

OhioGuy · #1 Posted **May 23, 2022, 6:25 PM**

I spent a few days back home in Ohio this past weekend and decided to walk around German Village one morning. This is by no means an exhaustive tour, just a glimpse of what I saw while out & about in this charming Columbus neighborhood.

1. First stop, Fox in the Snow, for coffee and a breakfast sandwich. Love this place!

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37. I decided to check out another coffee shop (new to me) called Parable Coffee.

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Hope you enjoyed this quick look at German Village!

LAsam · #2 Posted **May 23, 2022, 8:55 PM**

Columbus' inner-ring neighborhoods around downtown (German Village, Arena District, Victorian Village, Short North... etc...) and definitely one of the strongest elements of the city. I used to absolutely love walking around German Village. The Book Loft is one of the greatest book stores I've ever visited... and Shakespeare in the park at Schiller Park can't be beat. I always thought it was especially charming during the fall when the leaves were changing colors.

summersm343 · #3 Posted **May 23, 2022, 10:52 PM**

Great photos!

I was actually in Columbus this past weekend. We may have crossed paths! I will be posting a photo thread soon too.

Coldrsx · #4 Posted **May 24, 2022, 1:07 AM**

Now THAT's what I'm talking bout.

Charming.

dc_denizen · #5 Posted **May 24, 2022, 1:45 AM**

beautiful.

Shawn · #6 Posted **May 24, 2022, 3:59 AM**

Great pics, thanks for posting - this was the standout area of Columbus for me the one time I visited in 2019.

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Originally Posted by LAsam

The Book Loft is one of the greatest book stores I've ever visited...

Totally agreed! In such a cool building too. It's kind of like being in the Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum . . . but with books for sale instead of a private art collection.

craigs · #7 Posted **May 24, 2022, 6:31 AM**

Gorgeous neighborhood--I've never been anywhere quite like it.

edale · #8 Posted **May 24, 2022, 5:37 PM**

Needs more brick

German Village is special. It's definitely quiet and fairly small, but it's a really intimate and unique built environment, and I like how the businesses are scattered throughout the neighborhood rather than clustered in a business district. Kind of the opposite model of Columbus' other standout neighborhood- The Short North, where everything revolves around High Street. Would love to see a rail line link German Village, Downtown, the Arena District, Short North, and OSU's campus one day.

pj3000 · #9 Posted **May 24, 2022, 7:20 PM**

Yeah!

Really like German Village (and Columbus in general)

Smuttynose1 · #10 Posted **May 24, 2022, 7:33 PM**

Wow! I've heard of this neighborhood but never seen it photographed so extensively. It looks like it's out of a storybook.

sopas ej · #11 Posted **May 24, 2022, 9:25 PM**

Charming neighborhood indeed! Thanks for posting.

MayDay · #12 Posted **May 25, 2022, 9:19 AM**

Very nice! Love visiting our friends who live there (and you managed to get a pic of their place!)

MplsTodd · #13 Posted **May 26, 2022, 11:19 AM**

Beautiful pictures! German Village is a gem of a neighborhood and edale nailed it regarding how lucky Columbus is to have two fascinating, but very different neighborhoods on either side of downtown.

Yuri · #14 Posted **May 26, 2022, 1:38 PM**

So charming and unique! It doesn't look like anything else and it seems a very place to live, urban and on the same time idyllic.

Thank you for sharing, OhioGuy!