An abandoned holiday resort built by Hitler, white chalk cliffs, old churches and cemeteries, white sand beaches filled with agate, flint and pieces of amber, lonesome lighthouses and mini steam trains- mix all these elements together and you begin to understand why Rugen Island is an island like no other. During the GDR years, it…
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48 Hours in Berlin Berlin. I can’t think of any city in Europe which has a more cutting edge scene. Whether it’s fashion, discovering the best street food from all over the world, beautiful museums, intimate bars and a no-holds-barred, raucous nightlife -this city has it all. It’s very laidback, down to earth, poor…
By the banks of the beautiful Weser, the Hanseatic city of Bremen is another hidden gem of Germany. Expect world-class museums, picture postcard neighbourhoods, great variety of local and international cuisine , cool nightlife scene plus a great number of stories and legends…. 11am Check in: Jugendherberge Bremen This is…
48 Hours in Cologne 11 am Check in Pathpoint Cologne, Backpackers Hostel The Pathpoint Cologne Backpackers Hostel is a perfect base to explore the city, just a few minutes walk from the train station The rooms are clean, comfortable and secure. Staff are welcoming and were ready to help me in terms…
Whether you enjoy oompah bands and drinking beer from 2 litre glasses or fancy cycling along the edge of a lake just outside the city with the beautiful Alps in the distance or simply just relax in a traditional ‘English Garden’ while watching surfers ride a man made wave in the middle of a…
36 Hours in Dusseldorf When you think of Dusseldorf , you commonly associate the city with it’s world class architecture and art museums. However, as I discovered on a recent trip to the city as part of the Youth Hotspots in Germany campaign, there is so much more to the city than just…
March 19th, 2013. It was bitterly cold.I was walking around in mostly sub-zero temperatures for most of the day.In this kind of weather, my wanderlust was more restricted to discovering more of the indoor sights and delights of Hamburg.Luckily, there is plenty to do in Hamburg.Soak in some culture at a world class art museum,…
5 years ago in 2013, I had the pleasure of spending 48 hours in Leipzig, the city of music and of heroes which included a short detour to the fortress /former POW camp in Colditz as part of my German Wanderlust tour. Fast forward to 2018, I returned for another visit to see how the city had…
