A short distance away from Halle, Wittenberg, and Leipzig where Martin Luther frequently lectured, Eisleben is his famed birthplace and place of death. It’s a good idea to visit these places all in one trip to get a feel of what it was like to live during the 16th century, Read more…
The real reason why I wanted to go to Hannover was to see the Waterloo Column. Why does Hannover have a column to commemorate the defeat of Napoleon? In fact, the Kingdom of Hannover actually used to be in a personal union with the monarch of the United Kingdom until Read more…
If you look at a large fold-out map of the VBB (Verkehrsberbund Berlin-Brandenburg, the regional transit provider for Berlin and its suburbs), you’ll find Brandenburg on the western end of the map. Travel 90 minutes by train west of that and you’ll get to Magdeburg. It’s easy to see why Read more…
Adjacent to Nürnberg, Fürth doesn’t only have it’s own beer, it also has a Faber-Castell outlet and factory. When I was there they gave out free balloons reading “Einkaufsstadt Fürth” – shopping city Fürth. Though I would have to disagree, I found the local fruit markets and restaurants with ice Read more…
In the 1990’s, there was a joke on the Internet about how someone could be from Bielefeld, but the phrase was mistake for something else. The Bielefeld Conspiracy was born and it had three questions: Have you ever been to Bielefeld? Do you know anyone that has been to Bielefeld? Read more…
Leipzig, Eisleben, Wittenberg, are all a hop on a train, a skip past the countryside, and a step down onto the platform away from Halle, and all historically significant for the Reformation in the 16th century. Martin Luther visited frequently to lecture in the University of Halle where he was Read more…
By some standards Münster is one of the most liveable cities in the world, by other measures it is one of the youngest cities in the world. With a population of just 300,000, more than 20% of those are university students, most of which study in the University of Münster. Read more…
When Chen and I went on our epic winter scooter trip from Berlin to Slubice, we passed by a peculiar little town with rich Soviet history – Seelow. It is located along the old country road that the Soviets used to liberate Berlin with T-34 tanks and katyushas. An exciting, Read more…
I’ve been told that the architectural style of Pirna matched that of pre-war Berlin. So Pirna would’ve been what the streets of Berlin would’ve looked like had the war not occurred. A stark reminder of the consequences of war to the preservation of historical treasures and artistic artefacts There’s really Read more…
Located directly opposite of each other on the beautiful blue Danube, Schöna in Germany and Hrensko in Czechia are two peas from the same pod divided by a geographic barrier and a political border. Though just metres apart from each other, the body of water makes a natural barrier between Read more…