Before flying back from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Frankfurt, I just had to head South of the terminal area. Right next to the runway, there is the quite interesting Austrian Aviation Museum, called Österreichisches Luftfahrtmuseum in German. I was really…
Ship lifts are one of the most fascinating technical constructions to me. Being able to move ships like in an elevator is an amazing invention. In Waltrop-Henrichenburg in the Northern Ruhrgebiet region, you find an absolutely amazing place: two ship…
If you think about oil producing countries, you may think about the USA or the United Arab Emirates. In fact, Germany did have a quite nice crude oil production with a major focus on the region between Hanover and Hamburg.…
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…
The place where the story of the famous (typically) red cars started? Walking on the routes of the Ferrari company was one of the key topics of my trip to Italy and the Emilia-Romagna region in June 2021. Actually, the…
My trip to the Bodensee / Lake Constance region in summer 2020 brought me to a surprisingly large number of car and technical museums. One of the rather less known places is the Wolfegg Car Museum (Automuseum Wolfegg), which is some…
Professional stargazing: The European Southern Observatory, short ESO is a collaboration of multiple European countries to gather astronomic forces on the Southern hemisphere. Even though the big telescope sites are located in Chile, the head operations are in Garching, a Northern…
A museum with an amazing collection of luxury and top-class racing cars, driven for the cause of charity. This is about the mission of the Marconi Automotive Museum & Foundation for Kids. Dick Marconi donated his amazing car collection with…