When asked which German city is my favourite I’d always say Dresden. Even though it had been bombed flat in WWII the spirit of the people there were not destroyed and the city was rebuilt as it looked before the war. In a stunning effort between artisan builders and modern Read more…
This is the place that the famous Brandenburg Gate in Berlin references to, it is also the city that the State of Brandenburg was named after. There’s a Brandenburg Gate in Berlin and there’s one in Potsdam, both are on roads leading to this city of churches. Although the tourism Read more…
Köln, or better known as Cologne by the rest of the world, has been continuously inhabited for over two millennia. Although it’s most notable landmark is the Kölner Dom, my favourite is the Roman German Museum just a hop, skip, and a step away from the Hauptbahnhof. On the outside, Read more…
Flat now as it was a hundred years ago, the town’s low density hasn’t changed for decades. This makes Sioux Falls friendly for the wallet and calm to drive in. Famous for the falls on the Big Sioux River that gives the town it’s name, parking is free at the Read more…
Like most of early America, the founding of the Amana Colonies were based on religious frustration and vision for a religiously homogenous town. It was founded by German immigrants and many of them are still proud of their German heritage, although their variation of spoken German is very different from Read more…
The Arch City earned its nickname from the iconic arches of High Street illuminating the business bustling on both sides of the street. Columbus is a welcome break from to monotony of driving on American highways and the one fifth mark of crossing the continent from east to west. Driving Read more…
Apart from having a settlement that goes back a thousand years, Nazi rally grounds, and the Palace of Justice for the Nürnberg Trials it also has one of three DB railway museums, the other ones being in Halle and Koblenz. Despite the beauty of its medieval walls and churches the Read more…
Oh man! This is the place for car lovers, there are arenas sponsored by Porsche and Mercedes-Benz along with their respective museums housing an enormous car collection. Even the buses in town have the latest electric-hybrid technology to showcase Germany’s engineering prowess. If Munich’s Deutches Museum shows the old, Stuttgart Read more…
The little panhandle in the south of the Netherlands has a border with Germany and Belgium, making it a border of three nations. On the Dutch part of the border lies a little town called Vaals, which is just an international bus ride away from Aachen in Germany. The one Read more…
This small town between Berlin and Stettin has lost nearly half its population since the 1970’s. For that reason, it is a very quiet town indeed full of retirees and safe, albeit empty streets. It’s location on the Mündesee makes it a beautiful location for retirement. The vast lake and Read more…