Berlin through the eyes of someone who lived here for more than four years: the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag, the Berlin Wall, the Cathedral with its viewing terrace, Nikolaiviertel, the…
A winter weekend in Hamburg: the Speicherstadt district, the Elbphilharmonie viewing terrace, the Landungsbrücken piers, the old tunnel under the Elbe, the ferry as public transport, the Alster, a Japanese…
The Christmas markets in Berlin we visited in 2019–2022: Alexanderplatz, the Red Town Hall with a Ferris wheel and an ice rink, Gendarmenmarkt, Kulturbrauerei, RAW-Gelände and Charlottenburg – entry, opening…
Four day trips from Berlin by public transport: Oranienburg with the Sachsenhausen Memorial, the palace in Königs Wusterhausen, the observation tower on the Kranichsberg near Erkner and the Wall trail…
Five days and about 65 km of trails in Saxon Switzerland National Park: the Bastei Bridge and Neurathen Castle, Lilienstein, the Schrammsteine in fog, Winterstein, caves and a waterfall –…
Dresden in a day and a half: the New Town with the Kunsthofpassage and the Golden Rider, the Old Town with the Frauenkirche, the Procession of Princes, the castle, the…
The article includes a video report and a short description of Heide Park – an amusement park in Soltau near Hamburg, Germany.
Potsdam near Berlin, twice: in 2020 the Old Market, the Dutch Quarter, the New Garden with Cecilienhof and Sanssouci Park (video), and in 2021 a walk from Berlin’s Wannsee through…
Berlin’s most interesting museums from my perspective: the Ishtar Gate in the Pergamonmuseum, the Bode-Museum, the tallest dinosaur skeleton in the world, the Hamburger Bahnhof, the German Museum of Technology…
The Festival of Lights in Berlin: projections on the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin Cathedral, Potsdamer Platz and Charlottenburg Palace – our four editions (2019–2022), a video of the show on the…
The Madame Tussauds wax museum in Berlin: politicians linked to the history of the divided city, composers and scientists, film and TV stars, footballers and a Star Wars exhibition –…
The most important Berlin Wall memorial sites – the East Side Gallery with “The Fraternal Kiss”, the death strip on Bernauer Straße and Potsdamer Platz – plus the history of…
