Town Twinning developed mainly after the Second World War to promote mutual understanding and friendship.
Twinning is all about bringing people together and developing partnerships between towns of other nations. It creates opportunities for citizens of member towns to experience and explore other cultures. It creates an atmosphere for economic development and trade opportunities. It stimulates an environment in which problems can be resolved on a person to person basis and breaks down cultural and social barriers. We can see how important this is in our own country and in Europe in particular but it applies on a world wide basis also.
On a practical level twinned towns can get Chambers of Commerce to link and develop exchanges, summer jobs schemes, economic seminars, internships. Websites can be linked, art and cultural exhibits can be arranged, summer camps can be set up, local government exchanges can be facilitated, senior citizens groups can get together, sporting events can be organised. Really as long as there are people with ideas the list is endless. Twinning is for everyone both young and old!
Bernkastel is a beautiful picturesque 15th century town set in the Mosel Valley famous for its wines. The town consists of small cobbled streets and large black and white timbered buildings dating back hundreds of years.
Wittlich is a smaller town a short distance away from Bernkastel famous for a statue of a pig in the centre of the town.
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