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I got a bit confused when I read this sentence:

Nach der Apfelweinkneipe sind Christa und ich in der Frankfurter Altstadt spazieren gegangen.

Since the noun Altstadt is feminine and we're using the verb gehen with the two-way preposition in to describe we're going to somewhere, shouldn't Altstadt come in the accusative case?

I think in this sentence it'd be ok to use the dative case with another verb while using in:

Nach der Apfelweinkneipe machten Christa und ich einen Spaziergang in der Frankfurter Altstadt.

Steve
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    Youre not going to the Altstadt. "spazierengehen" implies that you went there, looked around, and eventually came back. Thus it's not the goal of a one-way trip, but the location of an extended activity. – Kilian Foth Jan 22 '20 at 07:19
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    The Apfelweinkneipe is already in the Frankfurter Altstadt, they didn't have to go there, they were already there, which explains the dative – Beta Jan 24 '20 at 08:57
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    "in der ..." says where the activity took place. "in die .." says to which destination they went in order to do this. In the context of "spazieren gehen" I would prefer "in der". – Paul Frost Jan 24 '20 at 16:17

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