Solingen, some 30 km Northeast of Cologne, is known as Germany’s headquarter of the knife and scissor industry. Thus, it is not too surprising that the city features a couple of places dealing with these kind of items. One of…
Benjamin Franklin Museum (Philadelphia)
Founding Father of the United States, printer, author, inventor, scientist, many more… It is likely much easier to list the roles and talents, which Benjamin Franklin did not have. For example, he was never President of the United States. Despite…
GDR Museum (DDR Museum) Berlin
Bad times of terror, being pried and controlled in a country without the freedom to move – or good times with a high employment rate, good brotherhood and other amenities? The DDR Museum (GDR Museum) in Berlin may not give an exact…
Lindlar Open Air Museum
Lindlar, a minor Eastern suburb of Cologne, hosts one of two open-air museums driven by the regional Rhineland authority LVR. The key focus is on living in the Bergisches Land region in the 19th and early 20th century and is organised…
Churchill War Rooms in London
When Germany intensified their offensive efforts during World War II, Winston Churchill decided to built a bunker in Central London to stay able to govern the country and lead the troops also in case of attack. While this place has…
Scotland Street School Museum (Glasgow)
Something we all have in common is that we went to school – at least for a certain time. The more I felt it may be fascinating to visit a museum about school life during the last hundred years. The…
Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
How would a visit of Thessaloniki be completed without looking at the ancient Macedonian Times? Visiting the Archaelogical Museum of Thessaloniki just feels like a must-do when you are in the city. You may at most excuse yourself by visiting…
International Slavery Museum (Liverpool)
Liverpool has been one of the most important European cities for slavery trade. Thus, I used my September visit at the Mersey town to visit this exhibition on the difficult topic. I was particularly interested as I had learned about…