Steam locomotives: A thunderous journey through time on the Teuto Express
ZWhite vapor rises between beech, oak and pine trees. A pounding staccato gets louder, a piercing whistle sounds. A puffing steam locomotive emerges from the...
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Rügen and Sylt: A declaration of love to two German islands
Baltic Sea Rügen and Sylt Declaration of love to two German islands On Rügen, Germany’s largest and sunniest island, nature plays the leading role. In...
Lower Saxony: The harpy in the Walsrode bird park is not to be trifled with
Germany Lower Saxony This newcomer to the bird park is not to be trifled with She looks funny, but has claws like a grizzly: A...
Lausitz: “The Baltic Sea near Cottbus will be Germany’s largest heat pump”
AFrom a gigantic concrete pipe, known as the intake structure, masses of water have been pouring day and night without interruption for five years. By...
Nature: “You hardly meet hikers in German forests”
Ein a forester who likes to hike? That’s not a story yet. But a forester who quits his job and hikes 6,000 kilometers all over...
Austria: Pretty steep – climbing in the Wilder Kaiser
Dthree brothers in their forties, physically fit, but by no means outstanding. Experienced mountains, but not in climbing, apart from one or the other via...
Cuba: A beautiful island in the Caribbean with problems
Varguably, there aren’t much more beautiful beaches than the resort town of Varadero on more than 20 kilometers of white sand and turquoise waters along...
Amusement park: “The roller coaster ‘FLY’ in Phantasialand is unique in the world”
MThere are more than 1,600 amusement and theme parks in Germany, which attracted 38 million visitors last year. Six million people flocked to Europa-Park alone...
