Asterix and the Aztecs
Gluttony, remedy or even deadly ice cream? If you want to know what people used to think about chocolate, you have to delve deep into old writings.


My name is Olaf and I have been working for the Chocolate Museum since 2002. As a museum educator, I am responsible for our guided tours and tastings. That's very practical, because it's hard for me to imagine life without chocolate. But my annual consumption remains a secret!
Gluttony, remedy or even deadly ice cream? If you want to know what people used to think about chocolate, you have to delve deep into old writings.
In 2025, the redesigned exhibition section on the cultural history of cocoa and chocolate will open step by step. The first room is now open: The colorful world of chocolate from the late 19th to the 20th century is on display in a historic drugstore.
Have you ever taken part in a wine tasting or other tasting event? Then it is unfortunately likely that you have been given an explanation of our human taste with a ‘tongue atlas’.
Cargo bikes were not invented to transport Amazon packages around town, even if that is the impression given in many large cities.