Showing posts with label Germany. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Germany. Show all posts

New World Art Capital: Athens

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If you are interested in art, then Athens should be the place to go to next. The art scene in Athens is booming. New cultural spaces open al...

Fake Birth Certificate For Hamburg's Harbor

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One of  the events that should be on everyone's bucket list happens every year at the beginning of May in Hamburg. Over 1.5 million peop...

Imperial Austria in Leipzig

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On the countrified outskirts of Leipzig in Germany, a double-headed imperial Austrian eagle spreads its wings on a memorial to an Austrian h...

The Town That Builds a Medieval Monastery

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They wear homespun clothing made from flax. They use wicker baskets for transportation. Workers in the German city of Messkirch have started...

My Teddy Needs a Break

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My Teddy was recently complaining. He felt overworked and desperately needed a break. While lying in bed all day might be your idea of relax...

Weird Switzerland

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Switzerland is an odd little country in Central Europe bordering Germany, France, Italy, Austria, and Liechtenstein. It contains more odditi...

Traveling in The Alps: Use a Roadworthy Car in Winter

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When planning to take your car into The Alps in winter, proper preparation might be worth your life. It might also be worth a lot of money a...
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How Baden-Baden Came by Its Name

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The German town of Baden-Baden acquired that name officially in 1931. Before that, it was simply called Baden. Baden was a bathing spa in R...

The World is Bankrupt and Germany Builds a New Castle

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While the entire world is indulging in a prolonged fit of saving, Germany splashes the cash. Parliament has passed a bill that will see the...

Graffiti in the Church

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When a relatively new church built in 1961 fell into disrepair, the diocese of Freiburg (Germany) decided to sell it for profane uses in 20...

Monaco and The Second World War

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Like San Marino, Monaco was a neutral state during World War II. It was fiercely contested by Germany and Italy who had mutually exclusive ...

San Marino and The Second World War

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San Marino is a tiny Republic in the middle of Italy. During World War II, it was neutral while being governed by a fascist government. It ...

Traveling in The Alps: Septimer Pass

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If you want to get the feeling for how the ancient Roman traveled, the Septimer Pass is the road to travel. The Septimer Pass lies in the C...

Britannic's Lost Organ

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The ocean liner Britannic was the later built sister ship to the Olympic and the Titanic. Being unfinished at the start of the Great War, t...

Quedlinburg: Forgotten Royal Residence in Germany

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The city of Quedlinburg lies in modern Germany in the state of Saxe-Anhalt. On request of his mother Matilda, Emperor Otto I invested the D...

The Mystery of St. Sophie’s Treasure Heist Solved

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St. Sophie’s was a church in Dresden. Valuables found there during its destruction became known as St. Sophie’s treasure. The treasure was ...

Pritzker Prize for Architecture Awarded to Peter Zumthor

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Architect Peter Zumthor from Basel, Switzerland, received the Pritzker Prize, the highest accolade an architect can get. Zumthor’s modern bu...

The Devil’s Bridge

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The Devil and the Russians both have a place in the heart of Switzerland. The bridge was the start of the St. Gotthard pass as we know it t...

Archaeologists Find The Tomb of Queen Edith

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German archaeologists were baffled and confounded by the find of Queen Edith’s remains. The remains were found in her grave in Magdeburg’s ...

The Shrine of The Magi in Cologne

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The city of Cologne in Germany houses one of the most beautiful cathedrals in Central Europe. In it, visitors will find one of the most ext...