What is the shortest flight time between Canada and the European Union? Can you walk from the USA to Russia? Is there a bridge between North America and Europe? While the first two questions are not in scope of this Pictured…
The Masone Labyrinth – the (Formerly) World-Largest Maze
Until 2018, you could travel to Italy to visit the world largest labyrinth. The Labirinto Della Masone near Parma is a huge place in which you might get lost in very worst case. I have been too late when I…
A Walk Through Westerland (Sylt – Pictured Story)
The Pictured Story postings give me a nice opportunity to share moments with you, which might not be worth a proper review or too much information, but are still just worth posting. One of these moments was a walk I had through…
Schleusenpark Waltrop-Henrichenburg – History of Naval Locks
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…
BlueBrixx Megastore (Loop5 Weiterstadt) – The World Largest Brick Bar
More than 5,000 small buckets one next to another in a bunch of aisles within one store. The contents: interlocking building bricks. Or Klemmbausteine or Noppensteine, how they are called in Germany. As you might have learned in my Bricky Trouble posting,…
Walking around Pilsum Light Tower (Pilsumer Leuchtturm, Pictured Story)
15 meters of total height, thereof a the height of the light itself at eleven meters – the Pilsum Light Tower (Pilsumer Leuchtturm) is definitely not a to impressive building by technical data. Nonetheless, the tower is one of the…
The View At The Palm (Dubai)
240 meters above The Jumeirah Palm in Dubai – The View At The Palm is one of the latest attractions in the U.A.E. super-city. Does the tower and viewing platform have the potential to become as popular as Burj Khalifa…
Walking in the London Docklands (Pictured Story)
Due to their high incidences on the delta variant of Covid-19, the United Kingdom is still / again in the highest risk class in the German pandemic regulation. Traveling to the the country inevitably leads to a two week quarantine…