Send Flowers to Wuppertal, Germany

A train that hangs from a rail above a river: the suspension railway of Wuppertal has carried commuters along the Wupper valley for well over a century and still defines the city. The town is really a chain of former textile towns, chiefly Elberfeld and Barmen with Vohwinkel at the western end, squeezed between steep wooded hills in the Bergisches Land. Countless public staircases climb the slopes, and the Briller Viertel in Elberfeld is one of the largest surviving villa quarters of its era in Germany.

For the florist, hills mean that a clear description is welcome: which entrance, which level, whether the door is reached from the upper or the lower street. Recipients include university students on the Grifflenberg, families in Cronenberg and Ronsdorf on the heights, and older residents who have lived in the valley all their lives. Flower delivery in Wuppertal takes place the next day, Monday to Saturday, when you order before midnight German time. Sundays are excluded. It rains often here, a fact locals joke about, so bright colours are appreciated.

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