If you look at the mega-airport of Dubai International nearby, it is hard to believe that Sharjah once was the first (and later: the key) airport for connections to the region. What is now in the heart of the city…
Stockholm Police Museum
There are quite many museums about civil emergency services. After I visited the amazing National Emergency Services Museum in Sheffield and the very nicely done Civil Defense Heritage Gallery in Singapore, I also visited the Stockholm Police Museum (Polismuseet Stockholm)…
Titanic Belfast
I am sure you know all the details (non-fictional and dramatic ones) about the tragic end of the RMS Titanic latest after the Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet romance movie of 1997. If you travel to Belfast, however, you can…
Flugausstellung Peter Junior (Hermeskeil)
The next cities around are Trier, Sankt Wendel or Idar-Oberstein – the small city of Hermeskeil could be seen as the one of the hearts of German and European aviation collections – at least, it is home to the Europe’s…
Stockholm Gaming Museum
Video Gaming and arcade machines have been a significant part of my life. I grew up with an Atari 800XL, I loved my Amiga 500 and later I traded PC Engine video games. Thus video game arcades and museums are…
Madrid Railway Museum
Not just due to my favorite flight with LATAM from Frankfurt to the Spanish capital, I love being in Madrid. The city is full of interesting places, great food and interesting museums. A very interesting technical museum is the Madrid…
International Towing & Recovery Museum (Chattanooga TN)
When I select the places I want to visit in a city for flyctory.com, there are typically two kinds sights: first of all, there are the must-dos – these places where at most “I did not have sufficient time to…
Civil Defense Heritage Gallery (Singapore)
The historic Cental Fire Station is one of the most iconic landmarks in Singapore. While you likely pass by this beautiful building, you may miss to have a look inside – it hosts the Civil Defense Heritage Gallery, a museum about police,…