Hahndorf just got a lot more delicious and a little more Christmassy. Smack-bang in the middle of Main Street on the corner of Pine Avenue, a brand-new German ice cream café and Christmas wine bar, Eis Haus has sneakily opened its doors, giving locals and visitors a taste of Europe without leaving the Adelaide Hills.

This new space comes from Brendon Skinner and his family, the team behind the cult-favourite gelati cart that brought Adelaide its first taste of German-style spaghetti ice cream earlier this year and who have spent the past decade serving traditional German flavours at the much-loved Christkindlmarkt.

“When the markets wrapped up, we knew we wanted to keep the festive magic alive,” Brendon explains.

“It’s about sharing a little taste of what we grew up with and letting peo

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