Bonus Episode: Clues Explained - Die große Coffee Break Schatzsuche 2026

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The Great Coffee Break German Treasure Hunt 2026 It's time to explain all the Clues.

Hello zusammen, wie geht's euch? I hope you've been enjoying the Coffee Break Treasure Hunt over the past few weeks. We have traveled across Europe and shared Clues to try to help you identify these mystery cities. Now, all four cities have now been identified. And if you watched our reveal video, then you'll know exactly where the cities were. However, we thought it would be useful to go through the Clues in detail. And that's what we're going to do today. Now, although this is an episode of Coffee Break German, we're going to be going through the English version of the Clues. Now, this is a video I filmed in the final city. So there's a little bit of background noise, but you'll still be able to understand everything. Now, if you want to follow the German version of the Clues, as we work through the English version, then you can head over to our YouTube channel. That's Coffee Break Languages on YouTube, and you'll find the explainer video for the 2026 Treasure Hunt there. And while you're there, don't forget to subscribe to our Coffee Break Languages YouTube channel. Okay, let's have a listen to all of the explanations for this year's Treasure Hunt Clues. Let's go.

Welcome to Salzburg. This is our explainer video to explain all of the clues of the Coffee Break Treasure Hunt. Now, over the past week, tens of thousands of you have been taking part in the 2026 Coffee Break Treasure Hunt. And we've been sharing clues that... Let's go. We're going to four different locations, and this is the final location here in Salzburg. But I thought it would be useful to talk through the clues so that it all makes sense and that you understand what we were referring to in each of the clues. So let's begin with clue number one. So this was the opener. It was built to be a fairly straightforward one. So the slumbering giant, I'm gonna be reading the clues in the English version. Obviously we had a French, German, Spanish, Italian version, but I'll read the English version. So a slumbering giant with fire at its core. So that giant is a volcano, asleep rather than erupting, Vesuvius. Still very much active. It must erupt, I think in 1940s, I think. So the slumbering giant keeps watch on the bay and the boats by the shore. And that's the Bay of Naples. The volcano sits right above the water and pretty much every photo you see of Naples features the volcano in the background. Tear flower met tomato and first kissed the flame. So this was the birthplace of pizza, of course. Tomatoes arrived from the Americas and Naples put them on the flat bread. And that was that. We suddenly had pizza and thank goodness we do.

Around Golden Supper, the world came to claim. So in fact, the whole world eats pizza now. And I think it's even part of the UNESCO cultural heritage. Not quite sure, I'll need to check that out.

Then we had a clue about a hero in blue with a 10 on his back. Now this is referring to Diego Maradona, the Argentinian footballer who played for Napoli. And Napoli play in sky blue. And Diego Maradona wore the number 10 So he's the hero in blue.

And he is worshiped in Naples. So much so that there are murals in the city, in the Spanish Quarter, down in the narrow alleys, where Diego Maradona smiles down from the murals. And in the final part, lemons hang heavy and the coffee is strong. So there are enormous lemons all along the coast. And of course, limoncello, another typical drink of the area. And Neapolitan coffee, which is short, dark, and very strong, not like my milk cafe here in Salzburg, which is very nice, I have to say.

And the streets hum with scooters and snatches of songs. So scooters everywhere, and a city with its own song tradition, Naples. I think the songs that so many people associate with Italy, so many of them come from Naples. So put all of that together, and you will have identified that our checkpoint number one was indeed Naples.

Okay, moving on to clue two now. This one steps things up a level. This was quite tricky, I feel.

So the clue began with Grand Galleries. Again, reading the English version here. So Grand Galleries hold what the old masters made. So this is referring to one of the greatest art museums in the world, the Prado, where maids-in-waiting and dark visions were laid. Now, this is tricky because this is referring to two specific paintings or two collections of paintings. First of all, Las Meninas by Velazquez.