The Sauerland in the Western part of the German state of North Rhine Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen) is very popular as a getaway destination. Not only the hills and mountains there attract active people for hiking, mountain biking and swimming in summer…
There are a lot of zoos and animal parks in the Rheinland and Ruhrgebiet region of Germany. The TerraZoo in Rheinberg is somehow special, though. First of all, it majorly concentrates on reptiles. On top of that, the TerraZoo is…
I already introduced you to the Museumkaart in the Netherlands, which may be a very profitable (but a bit of difficult to get) purchase when you travel to the country very frequently. This posting introduces you to the Ruhr.Topcard, which…
London, Faroe Islands, another trip tp England, Sweden, USA – the last weeks of 2023 involve quite a bit of traveling for me. I am looking forward to the trips, indeed. This week’s songs in my new release radar rather…
Golf? In Germany, the sport is rather regarded to be elite entertainment, a free time activity for the rich. Our initial experience with “more relaxed” kinds of doing the sports, like playing swingolf (where you only have one club with…
If you think about famous German harbor cities, you might initially think of places like Hamburg or Kiel. However, Duisburg in the Ruhrgebiet region is even holding a superlative – its habor is the world largest inland harbor of the world.…
Visiting Dortmund, my wife and I also headed to the Naturmuseum (Nature Museum) in the city of the German Ruhrgebiet. After the interesting Brewery Museum, this has definitely been a very different topic of our trip. Until 2020, the place has been…
Sea Life runs several outlets in Germany. One of them is in Oberhausen in the Ruhrgebiet region. With 5000 inhabitants and 4000 square meters of exhibition size, it is the largest one of the country. I had a visit and…