Abu Dhabi Khalifa Park is one of those hidden gems which you typically don’t find in travel guides (or at least only in the very good ones). The park is a popular recreation place for the locals in the U.A.E.…
Bergisches Museum for Mining, Craft & Trade Bensberg
The story why I felt I had to visit the Bergisches Museum für Bergbau, Handwerk und Handel – the Bergisches Museum for Mining, Craft & Trade, is quite a funny one. In my review posting about Schloss Burg in Solingen,…
Resistance Museum Amsterdam
Even though the Netherlands capitulated against Germany just after a few days under attack during World War II, they have a fascinating history of resisting against the German Nazi occupation. One of the places which is reminding of the behavior…
German Customs Museum Hamburg
There are so many interesting places in Hamburg, which are still on my bucket list. Of course, the Northern German city is having some really big tourist destinations like the Elbe Philharmonic Hall. More than that, though, there are a…
Etihad Museum Dubai
While the Arabian word Etihad for many people first of all stands for a major airline based in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, the word in fact means “unity”, “union” or also “friendship”. The Etihad Museum in Dubai is…
Casanova Museum Venice
Giacomo Girolamo Casanova was born on 2nd April 1725 in Venice. The author and adventurer is definitely a legendary Italian. Thus, it is not too surprising that his birth town is honoring his famous son with a small museum. During…
Nuremberg Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds
Nuremberg (or Nürnberg, how it is named in German) has some sort of tough political-historic heritage. Several sites still remember that it has been one of the key places where the NSDAP, the former Nazi party, held major parts of…
Wings of Liberation
In 1944, the 101st Airborne Division, called Screaming Eagles, landed North of Eindhoven in the Netherlands. As part of the Operation Market Garden, this was the start of liberation of the Netherlands from the German occupation. Close to the place where thousands…