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Outside Berlin   Berlin

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Burghausen : Jazz & a great castle

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Burghausen in Bavaria is well known for its Jazz-sessions and for the largest castle in Germany. My favorite building there on the baroque townsquare is the townhall on my main photograph !the main attraction is the castle high above the town, it is almost large like a small village with lots of different buildings, churches, gardens and museums, all of them surrounded with a fortified wall, it really looks impressive !Burghausen is directely at the bavarian border to Austria, about halfway between Salzburg and Braunau.

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a funny carferry in Rendsburg

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Schwebefaehre in Rendsburg is a really intersting kind of a car-ferry : It is in the middle of Rendsburg, where the Kiel-Canal is quite narrow and ships cannot stop in order to let the carferry pass by. So they needed a special construction of a very fast ferry, not touching the water at all, but hanging down from the train-bridge on long ropes, that way it can get across the Kielcanal within a very short time.This ferry dates back to the year 1913 and is 14 meters long and 6 meters wide, it will carry 4 ordinary cars or 1 large truck and plenty of pedestrians and cyclists / bikers at the same time.Schwebefaehre is in service daily from 5a.m. till 11p.m.every 15 minutes it will go at00 + 15 + 30 + 45 minutes after the full hour from South07 + 22 + 37 + 52 minutes after the full hour from NorthLike all the other ferries across the Kiel-Canal it is totally free of charge for cars and...

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Molkerei - lousy crew in a special ambiente

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Pf. Molkerei in Dresden dates back to the year 1892 and all of the walls of their shop and dairy are covered by beautiful tiles.I had found this lovely dairy in a brochure, and so I booked a tourbus, that would stop there in order to take a picture and taste some of their food and have a buttermilk....I entered the shop and in that very moment the lady at the counter started to scream NO Photographs !!!I simply turned around and gave up my plans to buy anything there and had some coffee somewhere else...I did not disturb anyone BUT had the feeling, that lots of customers in the shop were rather disturbed by that sceaming lady than by my camera.They had a sign at their door about photography, BUT the door was open, so I did not see it...In December 2004 I returned shortly before 06.00p.m. and took all of these photos legally from OUTside of the shop.And I also got the legal advice by a...

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Glueckstadt - dont confuse with Gluecksburg

by globetrott

Glueckstadt is a lovely town, where you will get to, when driving west from Hamburg towards Brunsbüttl. The main sights of Gluecksstadt are the townsquare and the protestant church with great paintings and lots of lovely halftimbered houses in the citycentre. There is an artificial waterway running through the village - see it on my last picture - that way the goods could be transported in ancient times from the river Elbe directely to the stores and warehouses.Nowadays these canals are just a decoration without commercial purpose.Dont confuse this town with Gluecksburg, close to Flensburg, where you find a lovely water-castle !

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Helmstedt and the Wall

by Sjalen

Here and there in Germany, little bits of the wall which split the two German nations during the cold war has been left standing, just to remind people of what it was like. One such place is outside Helmstedt which is itself quite a nice smalltown in the middle of nowhere if you want to escape the tourist crowds, and with a great beech forest ridge nature reserve. The wall memorial itself is in the village of Hötensleben and consists of a watchtower and bits of wall and barbed wire. To me who remember the real thing with barking German shepherds and people pointing guns from the towers it is an odd experience to walk around here on a sunny day with nothing stopping me...

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Windeck

by Sjalen

I know a lot about German geography having spent time here since my childhood, but when my family mentioned Windeck I was lost as it is not particularly well-known outside the local region which is a shame. It is in fact a whole area in the hills east of Cologne and Bonn, and I have now been lucky enough to visit it and hope to go back as it is full of scenery, being positioned in the valley of the river Sieg which in turn is surrounded by volcanic hills with the odd "burg" on top. This is a great place for those of you who like hiking in forests or canoeing and at night you can book yourself into one of the countryside inns on the outskirts of peaceful villages such as Dattenfeld with its lovely church. If you are bound by public transport it gets a bit harder to get around here but there are some buses and the easiest way to get here is by train from for instance Cologne towards...

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Rotenberg Chapel

by JREllison

Bus: No. 61 from the train station in Untertürkheim - Stop RotenbergOn 9 January 1819 Queen Katharina von Württemberg, daughter of the Russian Czar, unexpectedly died at the age of 30. Her husband, King Wilhelm I, had the ancestral hill top castle of the Württemberg Royal Family torn down and the mausoleum for Queen Katharina erected on top of that hill. Russian Orthodox church services are still celebrated today. The hill sides around the Chapel are covered with vinyards, city noise and hussel are far removed. This was a great place to enjoy the quite and solitude of the countryside.

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Kassel...

by Colzy

The is a wonderful city on the River Fulda, located in the heart of Germany. There are many thingsto do in this wonderful town which boasts more than 63 % of parks and woodlands so there are some idyllic walks.Perhaps the most famous thing in Kassel is 'Herkules' which stands about 600m above sea level and has awesome 360 degree views. If you happen to time your visit to Kassel between April and November then you can witness the amazing Wasserspiel which starts from this point. On Wednesday and Sunday's at 2:30pm one can see the water cascade down the hill culminating in a 52m high fountain of water at the bottom in a very dramatic fashion.I was told that the ruler at the time sold something like 20 000 of its citizens to the British to fight in the American war of Independance and used the proceeds to build 'Herkules'. I cant exactly say that I agree with his method of raising cash but...

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Wörthspitze

by Nemorino

Here at the Wörthspitze in Höchst, a district in the western part of Frankfurt, is where the Nidda River flows into the Main.It the background you can catch a glimpse of the two very different faces of Höchst. On the right there is a lovely Old Town (better than anything downtown Frankfurt has to offer) and in the center of the photo you can see the chimneys of an extensive industrial area where the Hoechst Chemical Company used to be before it was smashed by globalization. (What's left of Hoechst is now a part of Aventis, if I have understood correctly.)

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Höchster Altstadt

by Nemorino

The Old Town in Höchst has been lovingly restored. In the summer there are several outdoor restaurants that serve good food and drinks in a very picturesque setting.To get to Höchst by train, take the S1 in the direction of Wiesbaden or the S2 in the direction of Niedernhausen. From the central station, Höchst is the third stop, after Griesheim and Nied.

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