Even though the Grand Central Terminal (or: Grand Central Station) in New York City is a popular touristic attraction, it is in fact also a very important transportation hub for the East Coast US-American city. Especially for the regional public…
Torshavn – Old Town and Tinganes (Pictured Story)
It’s about a month until I am back t the Faroe Islands. This time, I am traveling quite a lot around the islands – really look forward to that and hopefully meet some nice people there. I still have quite…
State Hall (Prunksaal) of the Austrian National Library (Pictured Story)
I really loved having a prolonged weekend in Vienna in June 2024. There is such a nice variety of interesting places, great food and culture. The city also impressively well survived the two World Wars, so that the conservation of…
Impressions of Spinola Bay (Malta – Pictured Story)
The Mediterranen island Malta is becoming a more and more popular tourist destination. My wife and I had a brief visit in 2022. One of the places we went to is Spinola Bay, which is regarded to be one of…
Faroese National Botanical Garden (Pictured Story)
The flora of the Faroe Islands is rather unique and special. A nice way to explore it is the Faroese National Botanical Garden (or Plantufrøðiligur urtagarður in local language). In my Pictured Story, I take you on a visit. My…
Riding the Dajti Ekspres in Tirana
4,354 meters long – the Dajti Ekspres is (by its own marketing) the longest cable car in the Balkan region. During my visit in December 2022 to Tirana, I had a trip up to the “backyard mountain” of the Albanian…
Vienna Central Cemetery / Wiener Zentralfriedhof (Pictured Story)
The Wiener Zentralfriedhof (Vienna Central Cemetery) is the one of the largest cemeteries in Europe. With over 300,000 graves and three million corpses, there are more dead people in these place than inhabitants in the Austrian capital. However, there are several reasons…
Meiji Shrine Tokyo (Pictured Story)
A visit to Japan would just not be complete without digging into the religion and visiting some temples and shrines. One of the most famous of these places in Tokyo is the Meiji Shrine. I take you there in my Pictured…