If you look at the mega-airport of Dubai International nearby, it is hard to believe that Sharjah once was the first (and later: the key) airport for connections to the region. What is now in the heart of the city…
Singapore City Gallery
A place about city development and planning? Does not sound to be the most thrilling spot on Earth, but in Singapore, the Singapore City Gallery is one of the best rated attractions of the city. After a some recommendation by…
Stars Of The Galaxy – A Star Wars Shrine in Mönchengladbach
You may know Mönchengladbach (or: Moenchengladbach) for soccer, likely. However, the city hosts one of the most remarkable Star Wars exhibitions, which is also comparably famous: a former public swimming pool (you notice that just on very few places, though)…
SS Nomadic (Belfast)
As the RMS Titanic and her sister vessel, the RMS Olympic, were too large to call directly at the harbor of Cherbourg, France, tender ships were necessary to board and unboard the ships. Nowadays, the SS Nomadic is the only still existing ship of…
Finca Las Margaritas – Banana Experience on Tenerife
It is very hard to avoid stereotypes when a German blogger is writing a posting about bananas. Preparing for our October trip to Tenerife, my wife and I found out about Finca Las Margaritas in the Southern part of the…
Stockholm Police Museum
There are quite many museums about civil emergency services. After I visited the amazing National Emergency Services Museum in Sheffield and the very nicely done Civil Defense Heritage Gallery in Singapore, I also visited the Stockholm Police Museum (Polismuseet Stockholm)…
Titanic Belfast
I am sure you know all the details (non-fictional and dramatic ones) about the tragic end of the RMS Titanic latest after the Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet romance movie of 1997. If you travel to Belfast, however, you can…
Singapore Sports Museum
The 2010 Youth Olympic Games boosted the focus on Singapore as a sports nation. The small nation is producing world class athletes in select sports like Badminton. There is a significant Paralympic community as well. Thus, I was very interested…