In the village of Gieboldehausen there is a small park with a single half-timbered house. The house is very beautiful and is therefore has a separate article read more...

A handmade mountain in Berlin. It was created from rubble by the Americans, during the Cold War, and housed an interception radio station. After German unification the station was closed and the place turned into a huge squat and open-air art gallery read more...

A beautiful alley of rhododendrons in the middle of the forest. It belongs to a private castle, but you can walk freely. The castle itself can be seen through the fence. Don't forget that rhododendrons bloom in May, and don't forget the mosquito spray read more...

Due to the construction of a network of navigable canals, water bridges began to appear in Germany. We have already visited similar structures in Magdeburg and Minden, and now we found bridges in Hannover as well read more...

A small town near Hanover. Here you can find the castle, the park near it, and a small old town read more...

An old town with a preserved old centre. Northheim was first mentioned at the end of the 8th century, but the first mention as a "town" was in 1204 read more...

A former hunting castle located on a cliff top in the town of Zschopau. The first information about the castle dates back to 1299 and at that time it consisted of only one defense tower, located on the site of the present-day Dicken Heinrich tower. Its height was 20 meters and the entrance was at a height of 14 meters, which allowed only one man to defend the tower read more...

A small historic town, which was the capital of the eponymous bishopric and the principality of Halberstadt from the 9th century to 1807. In 1815 the town was annexed by Prussia, and in 1871 passed to Germany read more...

A popular viewpoint and resting place for hikers. The cross is located on the 580-meter-high mountain Große Auerberg, near the half-timbered town of Stolberg (Harz). It is the highest point in this part of the Harz read more...

If you are traveling in the Harz Mountains and want to have a lunch in an unusual place, then visit the historic Maaßener Gaipel pizzeria. The restaurant is located on the site of a former mine, at high altitude, above the town of Lautenthal read more...

Bad Essen is not included in touristic guides, and it's quite logical: there are no important attractions in the town. ... read more...

Braunschweig is the second largest city in Lower Saxony. Until November 1918 it was the capital of the Duchy of ... read more...

Palace in Nordkirchen was built on the site of the Renaissance "Castle on the Water" from 1703 to 1734 by Münster bishops ... read more...

Münster is worth a visit to see the City Hall and the Hall of Peace inside it. This is the ... read more...

2013

Title Bodenwerder is not as known as the name of its most famous resident - Baron Karl Friedrich ... read more...

Eisenach is known first of all for the Wartburg Castle, which is located nearby, and due to which the ... read more...

According to the "expert opinion" of Internet travelers, Dortmund is not interesting at all. But, as in Düsseldorf, we found what to do here read more...

In the city of Gustrow stands perfectly preserved Renaissance castle. Its construction began by Duke Ulrich of Mecklenburg in 1558 ... read more...

Bad Nenndorf is a small town near Hannover. The prefix Bad tells us that we are in a spa town read more...

Ansbach is best known as the former residence of the Margraves of Ansbach-Brandenburg. Last Margrave Alexander conceded both principalities in ... read more...

Weser-Skywalk is an observation deck, which allows you to look at the river Weser and the Teutonburg Forest from a ... read more...

After Napoleon captured Germany and made political fragmentation, the public was looking for characters and events that could personalize the idea of ​​national unity and greatness of the German nation. Therefore, from the beginning of the 19th century giant monuments began to appear in different places in Germany read more...

The oldest water castle in Germany read more...

The park was created in 1996 to protect nature on the site of a former zoo. Since 1955 there existed ... read more...

Family nature park on the island of Rügen. It consists of a wooden path in the crowns of trees and a huge observation deck read more...

An important palace and park complex in Thuringia. It was rebuilt many times and therefore contains elements of many different architectural styles read more...

Salzgitter, one of the cities in Germany with a special administrative structure. It consists of many separate towns, so you just can't find the city of Salzgitter on the map read more...

Aristocratic residence in the neo-Gothic style, built on the site of older, ruined estates, in 1862 - 1867. Belongs to the von dem Bussche-Ippenburg family for over 600 years. The castle and the park are known as a place of annual garden festivals read more...

In 2005, for the 1200th anniversary of the city of Magdeburg, a dragon sculpture appeared on one of the pedestrian bridges read more...

We stopped in Fulda just for an hour, to rest during the trip and take a walk in the city center. All the main attractions are located around the Palace Park (Schlossgarten), you can see them quite quickly. The entire ensemble of structures was built in the early 18th century read more...

In winter, Ettelsberg is a popular local winter resort. There is a lake and a children's playground, but the summit is completely flat, so it is not easy to find panoramic views read more...

In the middle of Lake Steinhude, there is a small artificial island built by Count Wilhelm Schaumburg-Lippe in 1761 read more...

Castle Wolkenstein was first mentioned in documents in the 13th century. From 1378, Wolkenstein was the seat of the Waldenburg family. After the death of the last Waldenburger in 1473, the estate passed to the territorial rulers of Wettin read more...

A large artificial lake in the foothills of the Harz mountains in Saxony-Anhalt. There are already quite a few such lakes in Germany and many new lakes are planned for the next ten years read more...

In a small town of Lütetsburg in northern Germany lies a beautiful old park. It was founded by Baron Edzard Mauritz ... read more...

In the small town of Wienhausen there is an abbey (monastery) founded in 1230 by Agnes von Landsberg, daughter-in-law of Henry ... read more...

The concept of the theme park Movie Park are Hollywood boulevards and studios. All arrtactions are related to various movies ... read more...

2023

We stopped again in Paderborn, just on the way, and walked around the centre for a few hours. I noticed that the centre had somehow changed, but I couldn't figure out what was changed. Already at home, I looked at satellite images and indeed, most of the trees have disappeared in the last year. I have made this gif, click and see the difference.


At first I thought it was a reconstruction, but this is Germany and it is not easy to cut down trees here, especially in the city centre. It turned out that in May 2022 a powerful tornado passed through the centre (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkQrZ15L_GE).

The parks downtown look like this now. I can't say they look worse, I'd say quite the opposite.














More photos of the centre.






















2013

Paderborn appeared in 777, when the Frankish king Charlemagne founded the residence here. The place was not chosen by chance, there are more then 200 water sources in this area. In the heart of the city, the water comes to the surface and flows into the Pader river read more...

Stadthagen is a small town near Hannover. It belongs to the towns of Weser Renaissance, mainly because of an ancient ... read more...

Halle is one of those cities that are not small by the standards of Germany, but is still considered as ... read more...

Winsen is a town near Hamburg with a small old center. You can stop by to see the 700-year-old castle ... read more...

Iburg Castle is a former abbey where prince-bishops of Osnabrück lived for 600 years. There is small garden near the castle designed by Martin Charbonnier, better known for the Royal Gardens in Hanover. Gardens in Hanover, by the way, was ordered by Princess Sophia, who was born and grew up in this castle and later became the first Prussian Queen. And her brother George I, who also spent all his childhood in this castle, in 1714 became king of the Great Britain and Nothern Island read more...

If you think that the most expensive real estate in Germany is in Munich or in Hamburg, you think wrong. The three most expensive streets of the country are located on the island of Sylt in the North Sea read more...

The highest point of the island of Rügen. The tower was built from 1869 to 1877 in honor of the German poet Ernst Moritz Arndt, who devoted his works to the beauty of the island read more...

Tower of the Austrian architect Hundertwasser in the town of Abensberg read more...

The longest water bridge in the world (as of 2019), 918 meters long. Such bridges appear because of the construction of water channels, which sometimes pass at a different height than the rivers read more...

One of the earliest baroque castles in Westphalia, built in the 17th century. Was not rebuilt, so now you can see the original, 350-year-old castle read more...

The picturesque castle on the hill, first mentioned in 1221. Throughout the history, it took part in many battles and was a refuge during the wars read more...

Beautiful water castle near Münster. From 1417 belonged to the noble family of von Hulshoff, the castle hosts their museum read more...

A large park on the site of the former mine. Such parks are now very popular in the Ruhr region, which already been transformed from an industrial region into a cultural one. Construction began in 2009, when the mine was dismantled. The main part of the park was completed in 2014 read more...