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Outside Berlin Berlin
32 Reviews I'ts a trip to dispair. You can see the quiet within the madness that a concentration camp used to be. The place around looks so peaceful it's hard to believe the horrors that went on in there. Take a...
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Dachau and Dachau Concentration camp Munich
22 Reviews Being a history major, I had been interested in seeing things from the other side. I met up on the bus to the site with a tour guide who was in training and they were trying to gather people for a...
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Skyscrapers Frankfurt am Main
15 Reviews Here is part of the Frankfurt skyline as seen from another unusual vantage point, namely from the Camberger Bridge, which connects the Gutleut and Gallus discticts by crossing over the railroad tracks...
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Blankenese Hamburg
9 Reviews Blankenese is a small village in the outskirts of Hamburg and it is well known for lovely villas facing the river Elbe. Rich and wealthy people build their regular residence or summerhouses there. You...
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Kaiserswerth Düsseldorf
4 Reviews This old stretcher is quite different to those we know by watching 'Emergency Room' on TV. It was used in 1850 in Diakonissenanstalt Kaiserswerth on the Rhine. I wonder about the cover on top. Was it...
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Around Stuttgart Stuttgart
7 Reviews hallo, i live in Germany for a half year and i've been in most of the places in Baden Wurtemberg by now. And i take all my friends who come here just for a weekend to Esslingen. Esslingen is a small...
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Saxonian Switzerland Dresden
16 Reviews This is a wonderful side trip to see something not usually found in Germany. The rock formations are about 600 feet above the Elbe river and formed over one million years ago resulting in jagged rocks...
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Expo Memories Hannover
9 Reviews Mongolia represented itself with a Jurt village. These are big round tents. I entered one and found a photographer and a rack full of Mongolian clothes. There was nobody around save the photographer...
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Leaving the highway Koblenz
2 Reviews Burg Lahneck is in a distance of just 6 km from Koblenz and you will see it already from the highway, when driving along the river Rhine. Lahnstein was built high above the place, where the river LAHN...
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Castles Around Leipzig Leipzig
4 Reviews Just 45km east of Leipzig is the town of Torgau. Torgau is well known for its Elbe-Bridge on which Soviet and Allied troops met the first time in World War Two on April 25th, 1945. But the landmark...
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Excavation Sites Mainz
3 Reviews As you can see, the excavation site begins right next to the platform of track 4, where an InterCity Express is going through (without stopping, of course). There is only a wire fence separating the...
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Things to do Berlin
25 Reviews The Mauerpark Flea Market is located in Prenzlauer Berg. Vendors vary from artists selling paintings and prints to antique dealers to people selling random junk. This large outdoor Flea Market is...
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Schloss Neuschwanstein Munich
16 Reviews Schloss Neuschwanstein is one of the most beautiful 2nd set of seven wonders of the world. King Ludwig spent the Bavarian empire into bankruptcy to build this and other castles in the proximity area....
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Zoos and Parks Frankfurt am Main
15 Reviews Most cities, especially those associated with big business, tend to emphasize just how green and liveable they really are. I suppose that Frankfurt doesn’t feel that necessary, as I have had a rather...
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Around St. Pauli and the port Hamburg
13 Reviews In the port of Hamburg you may see and visit one of the largest non-atomic-submarines in the world : the Soviet spy-submarine U-434 ! In times of the cold war it was impossible to even see such...
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Schloss Benrath Düsseldorf
3 Reviews We did it as kids in the afternoon, adult-visitors do the same. The Ballet-school is in the big main-building of the Orangerie. The other door leads you to the public librairy if you want to warm up...
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Outside Stuttgart Stuttgart
16 Reviews We could see this big thing on top of a hill that looked like a castle or fortress. So we decided to drive up there. It's a big fortress with a beer garden inside. There are events there all the time....
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Meißen Dresden
9 Reviews This is a very nice place to come and visit, possibly during the off season to avoid all those pesky tourists gawking around and tour buses dropping off their flock. Many shops are around to buy...
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Burg Eltz Koblenz
1 Review Muenster-Maifeld is just a tiny detour on your way to Burg Eltz. It is a lovely little town of maybe 8000 inhabitants that has a lot of interesting half-timbered houses and a church that looks a bit...
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Hidden Architectural Gems Leipzig
6 Reviews From my room I had a perfect view of the area north of old town that was developed in the late 19th century. In the centre of this area is the Nordplatz, a beautiful square which is dominated by St....
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Wiesbaden Mainz
1 Review when you're in Mainz, don't forget to visit Wiesbaden, the capital of the state of Hessen, as well which lies just on the other side of the Rhine. In my opinion Wiesbaden is even much nicer than...
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River Spree, Wannsee and Havel Lakes Berlin
19 Reviews IMPORTANT: Berlin's Higher Administrative Court has ruled on April 3, 2009 that the FIRST PART of the walk (pic 1) IS PRIVATE. Residents will no longer grant the general public access to the lake! ...
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Locations in the Alps Munich
25 Reviews About a 2 hour drive south of Munich, in the heart of the Bavarian Alps, is the village of Ettal. The primary attraction is the monastery. While this monastery also brews beer and its famous...
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Main River Frankfurt am Main
4 Reviews Every Saturday from 8-14 is along the Main Riverside at "Museumsufer" Frankfurt's biggest flea market, where you can everything. It's very international flair from Turkey to Russia you find dealers...
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Outside Hamburg Hamburg
11 Reviews I have been obsessed with the sport of team handball for years. Most Americans have no idea what it is. It is NOT handball as most people know it (bouncing a ball against a wall). It is a very...
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Its on the outskirts of the city centre (walking distance). Yes, its a wave! Locals come here to surf, regardless of the signs that say its not permitted. It gathers crowds watching. One guy from our group just jumped in the water the hell of it and got washed down stream for a bit. He seemed to have enjoyed it.
If you really want to avoid touristy areas and get off the beaten track, then you should head for the Bavarian Forest, up on the Czech border. 2 National Parks for the price of one - one in each country! Easily reached by train. Walks/hikes in every direction, well signposted - long distance and local. Lakes. Wildlife parks. And very few tourists.
We went to Dachau Concentration Camp.Id learnt about the camps in school years, but actually visiting it, seeing all the different parts of the site really opened my eyes as the how bad the situation was.It was almost hard to belive what went on here.
Butzbach is a small town north of Frankfurt in the Wetterau region, not well-known but part of the "half-timbered road", a tourist itinerary which will take you to towns and villages with some of the most beautiful half-timbered architecture in Germany. While Butzbach has two interesting churches, parts of medieval city ramparts, and lots of pretty half-timbered houses, the most beautiful sight will surely be the historic marketplace. 20 minutes with car, from Frankfurt drive north direction Kassel on motorway A5, take exit "Butzbach".
Rinteln is a small village along the river Weser (near Hameln) with historic heritage and a wonderful Old Town with lots of old half-timbered houses. In the picture is the "Bürgerhaus", now housing the Tourist information, and the Church St. Nicolai.
A most underrated little town between Braunschweig (Brunswick) and the Harz mountains, Wolfenbüttel's history is strongly linked to that of Braunschweig with an impressive Ducal Palace which you can visit and also a delightful little town centre full of half timbered houses. There is also a very famous library here which was founded by Duke August in 1572 but shot to fame in the 17th century. Finally, if you're interested in railways, Wolfenbüttel is where you find Germany's oldest.
I bet that if you've ever heard of Duisburg it is as a boring industrial town along the river Ruhr. Think again! It is still along the Ruhr (with its huge inland harbour) and it is a modern city which suffers from post war modernisation but which has a couple of good museums, a well known zoo and not least the fabulous Landschaftspark Nord. See for yourself how you can climb the staircase in this picture and get amazing photos of how a former ironworks is invaded by the forest. The park also houses climbing walls, activities for children and so on and is a great way to spend a Sunday as you can see from my many travelogue images on my Duisburg page.
A small village just a few kilometres from Berchtesgaden in SE-Germany. There is nothing to see but this wonderful baroque church and a great panorama on the Alp mountains - but this more than enough. If you are going to Berchtesgaden, make a stop here - it is a beautiful spot.
This little village between Munich and Ingolstadt has a wonderful Old Town complete with city walls, a castle, baroque churches, a town square ensemble of patrician houses, a colourful red city gate and a beautiful location next to the river Danube. It is not well-known even in Germany but worth a detour from motorway A9 between Munich and Nuremberg (20 km from motorway exit Neuburg an der Donau).
This nature reserve is supposedly the biggest in the state of Hessia. It is roughly 1/2 an hour by car from Frankfurt and though off the beaten path, well worth the visit if you like hiking (or cycling) and nature. This beautiful nature reserve is located in a river bend of the Rhine that is dominated by sandy creeks, wetlands, willow woods and a few meadows. It is a bird paradise, and there are a few viewpoints from where it is easy to spot swans, ducks, storks etc. Entry point to the nature reserve is Stockstadt (take motorway A5 direction Darmstadt, exit Darmstadt/Griesheim, in Griesheim drive direction Wolfskehlen and then Stockstadt - in Stockstadt the reserve is signposted, blue signs). From the parking lot you walk over a bridge and there you are.
Circus - The Hostel Berlin
7 Reviews and 706 Opinions Having previously stayed in the Central and Western Ku'Dam area I decided on my 3rd visit to stay in...
Kempinski Hotel Airport Munchen Munich
7 Reviews and 477 Opinions I stayed here one night when my flight was cancelled due to technical reasons. This hotel is a high...
Hotel Domstern Cologne
4 Reviews and 245 Opinions We stayed at the Hotel Domstern for two nights, based on online reviews. Always a bit hesitant when...
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