The Famous Haribo Gummies Store In Bonn, Germany Editorial Image

Inside view of the historic Gummies candy producer store, Haribo, in Bonn, Germany. August 2018.The birthplace of gummy bears. Now a Now a prosperous, museum-packed city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Bonn is located on the rough borderline where hard-nosed northern Germany morphs into cosy, schmaltzy southern Germany. Here, in 1920, confectioner Hans Riegel set up a small operation that was little more than a kettle, roller, kitchen sink and sack of sugar. He called the company Haribo – melding together the first two letters his first name, surname and home city.Bonn, Germany. August 2018.