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

Coffee Break German

This episode provides a detailed breakdown of the clues used in the 2026 Coffee Break German Treasure Hunt. The host walks listeners through

Key takeaways

• The Naples clue referenced Vesuvius, the history of pizza with tomatoes from the Americas, and football legend Diego Maradona.
• Madrid's clues pointed to the Prado Museum's works by Velázquez and Goya, as well as the 12 grapes tradition at Puerta del Sol.

Main topics

• 2026 Treasure Hunt Clues
• Naples Landmarks

Notable quotes

A slumbering giant with fire at its and core.

Conclusion

The episode serves as a rewarding recap for participants and a teaser

Transcript preview

Speaker 1 (0:00) The Great Coffee Break German Treasure Hunt 2026. It's time to explain all the clues. Speaker 1 (0:12) Hello everyone, how are you? I hope you've been enjoying the Coffee Break Treasure Hunt over the past few weeks. We have travelled 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. Los geht's! Speaker 1 (1:23) 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 led you 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're 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 going to be reading the clues in the English version. Obviously we had a French, German, Spanish and 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 erupted I think in the 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 in pretty much every photo you see of Naples. features the volcano in the background. and here flour 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 flatbread and that was that we suddenly had pizza and thank goodness we do um 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