Venice is an iconic place by itself – but it has some real key attractions as well. Without a doubt, the Doge’s Palace or Palazzo Ducale is one of the most iconic and famous ones in the city. During the impact…
Royal Palace of La Almudaina (Palma de Mallorca)
While Palma Cathedral or the Palma Arena are regarded to be iconic pieces of architecture in the Balearic capital, I feel that the Royal Palace of La Almudaina is very often underrated. I visited the place in summer 2021 and…
Extermination Camp Auschwitz-Birkenau
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 Concentration Camp
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…
Little Big City Berlin
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…
“Hanse Steinreich” Exhibition at the European Hansa Museum
There was a duplicate reason to visit the European Hansa Museum in Lübeck in late July 2021: apart from the amazing main exhibition, which I reviewed in a separate posting, they drove the temporary exhibition Hanse Steinreich. The name means “Hansa…
European Hansa Museum Lübeck
Not only because auf an early 1990’s video game, I am deeply interested in the Hansa and its history. Thus, it has been a no-brainer deciding what to do during an a couple of hours stay in the former Hansa…
Sharjah Maritime Museum
As I said in other posting, I really enjoy being in Sharjah and feel the vibe of the city and the emirate, which is so different to Dubai. The more, I have been glad to visit some more of the…