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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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This type of architecture is common in all the old medieval towns in Germany. It is amazing how well preserved these buildings are and how much work goes into maintaining the original style.
Visit Rothenburg ob der Tauber during their Medieval Festival. Imperial City Festival, three days in which historical groups meet to re-enact events extending over seven centuries. During this event, shepherds dance to demonstrate their joy for the end of the plague. Rothenburg is one of the best preserved medieval cities in Germany. The old city walls are still standing and you can actually walk around part of the city on the city wall's walkway. There are wonderful museums like the Kriminalmuseum, where medieval torture instruments are displayed.
On June 12th my wife and I took a comfortable Lufthansa jet to Berlin (Tegel airport) where we picked up a car we had reserved from Avis, though the car had been reserved through Auto Europe. We were supposed to have an Audi A4, but we got an Opel Vectra which was satisfactory, but did not feel safe being driven above 130kph (85mph). We had made most of our reservations over the Internet before going and this is something I would recommend. Just put the name of the town in a good search engine (I used Hotbot) and you should find the information you need. We reserved a place in Quedlinburg [pictured on the front page and at Schmiedehausen, Damm 16, telephone 03946/4344], Wittenberg (Pension Sternstadtchen, Rooseveltstrasse 10/11, telephone 03491/4201) and Lubbenau in the 'Spreewald' (Pension Am Stadtgraben, Bergstrasse 9, telephone 03542/3532). Before we left Germany to return home, we...
Not only was Berlin divided, but East Germany and West Germany were divided by a wall as well. By enlarging this picture, it is possible to see the wall as it makes its way through the German countryside, just this side of a village which is located in East Germany.
If you have some extra free time, I would recommand you to go to a really sympatic castle in Thüringen: Die Runneburg in Weißensee! (north of Erfurt) I've worked and lived there for a month and it was just fantastic! The castle, the exibitions and the catapult(still working!) are quiet impressive...[this is a part of the kitchen...]http://www.runneburg.de/
Between Duisburg and Dortmund seems to be a white spot for most visitors going to the Rhineland. In the so called ruhrgebiet once beat the industrial heart of Germany. You can still see the characteristic towers of the coalmines and the outlines of steelworks. However, the structural changes have left huge marks, lots of unemployment as well. On the other hand, the former industrial sites are turning into museums of industrial history or the scenes of theatre, jazz and modern dance.
The Rhön mountains between Hessia and Bavaria remind me a bit to the bieszczady mountains in poland. They are not mountains, rather big hills with dense woods and big seas of grass on the tops. I recommend a hike to the Kreuzberg - at the summit there is a monastery of Franciscan monks who provide shelter and food. They have a brewery as well and their beer is excellent, especially if you arrive slightliy panting after some hours of hiking on a hot summer day
Okay, Rothenburg is nice. But it´s by far not the only romantic little town. If you are in the area, why don´t you see the towns in Franconia, like Würzburg, Nürnberg, Bamberg etc. not all of them have maintained their complete historical face due to war destructions, but you´ll find the works of famous sculpturs like Veit Stoss (by the way, he also created the famous altar in St. Mary´s church in Cracow) or Tilman Riemenschneider, or the pictures of Albrecht Durer. And in September or October you might visit some 'weinfest' along the villages of the Main when the new wine has been harvested. The young wine is called Federweisser (be careful, its sour and you feel very bad if you have too much of it!!) and the traditional side dish is onion cake (Zwiebelkuchen or, as locals say, Zwiebelblootz). The wine in this area is very dry and has a characteristic 'earthy' flavor
Sometimes I get the impression that most of Germany aside from Heidelberg, Rothenburg at the Tauber, Neuschwanstein castle, Blackforest and Rhine are off the beaten track for most tourists. at least for those who booked some package tour of scenic Germany....
This Krankenhaus (hospital) was a welcomed sight. We found it in a small town along the Rhine River. My dad spent the night there and checked out the following morning. They provided us with an English speaking doctor and took good care. Did I say that she was a very attractive tall blonde? Well, she was! CLICK ON MY TRAVELOGUE FOR LOTS OF PICTURES OF SOUTHERN GERMANY!!!!
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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