The same faith which applies to Oswiecim in Poland (better known under the former German name Auschwitz) is also valid, maybe even more, for Brzezinka. As Birkenau, about one million people were systematically murdered in the gas chambers of the Concentration…
Auschwitz is a town’s name (adopted to German) which you typically link with murder, cruelty, state-organized mass killings, injustice. A place which is unfortunately not unique in history, but definitely one of the most depressing ones. I have been to…
Before flying back from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Frankfurt, I just had to head South of the terminal area. Right next to the runway, there is the quite interesting Austrian Aviation Museum, called Österreichisches Luftfahrtmuseum in German. I was really…
Half of us got one – and most of them love it/him. The philosopher Nietzsche even defined a penis envy. So – if Mr Happy is influencing our lives so significantly, why don’t we have a place of education and…
Ship lifts are one of the most fascinating technical constructions to me. Being able to move ships like in an elevator is an amazing invention. In Waltrop-Henrichenburg in the Northern Ruhrgebiet region, you find an absolutely amazing place: two ship…
Businessman, actor, bodybuilder, producer and – last, but not least, politician – it is really hard to list all roles Arnold Schwarzenegger has been taken during his life. In Thal in Austria, you can visit the place where all this…
If you think about oil producing countries, you may think about the USA or the United Arab Emirates. In fact, Germany did have a quite nice crude oil production with a major focus on the region between Hanover and Hamburg.…
Driving a model landscape or a large model train landscape in Germany is a difficult business: Even if you do a good job – if one compares you to the Hamburg Miniatur Wunderland, you are lost. The best rated attraction…