05/10/2012 12:31 | By Tamara Hinson, contributor, MSN Travel
10 places a chocolate lover must visit

The Imhoff-Stollwerck Chocolate Museum, Cologne, Germany



The Imhoff-Stollwerck Chocolate Museum, Cologne, Germany (© Cologne Tourist Board)
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Germany isn't known for its chocolate, but its people have always had a penchant for the sweet stuff - at the turn of the century, Germany was processing more cocoa beans than any other country in the world (19,242 tonnes to be precise).

This Cologne museum was opened by a former locksmith and chocoholic, Hans Imhoff, who grew up just a few metres away from the city's Stollwerck factory. The museum is home to a vast range of vintage vending machines and rare chocolate boxes, along with a three-metre-high Lindt chocolate fountain (pictured).

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08/10/2012 10:07
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i love chocolate i am a choca holic
08/10/2012 12:11
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OOOOO chocolate week do i need a reson to eat chocolate, mmmmmmm NO, But at least i can say i am only eating it as its choco week,

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I'm not a chochaholic but I do fall for Thornton's chocs and love to have a sniff in their shops and then guess where that leads to.....Also I'm the only one eats it indoors and it lasts me a while as you can savour the taste instead of just stuffing your face with it like you would do with the cheaper stuff.
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