September 20, 2012
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Things to see in Berlin | Germany Updated: September 20, 2020 | By Claire | More One of the most vibrant and exciting cities in Germany is Berlin. Germany is famous for their beer, great food, and hospitality. Another great benefit of visiting Germany is that English is widely spoken. This is ever so apparent in […]
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January 31, 2012
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Harz National Park – one of the most visited places in Germany Updated: January 31, 2020 | By Claire | More Harz National Park known in German as Nationalparkverwaltung Harz is located at the border of three provinces in central Germany. The National Park is mostly forested – Upper Harz is covered by coniferous forests, […]
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Categories: Germany, Nature
January 11, 2012
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Oberstdorf – south-Bavarian hiking and skiing resort in Germany Updated: January 11, 2020 | By Claire | More Oberstdorf is a hiking and skiing center located in Bavarian Alps, in the south of Germany. It boats an annual average of 2.5 million visitors, and is famous mainly because of ski jumping hills at the foot […]
Tags: alpine-peaks, bavaria, bavarian-alps, deep-snow, descents, downhill-slope, euro-32, extreme-sports, fellhorn-kanzelwand, germany, hiking, ifen, jumping-hills, mountains, nature, overflows, resort, rugged-trails, ski-areas, ski-jump, skibus, skiing, snowboard-parks, snowboarders, south-of-germany, spa-and-wellness, wellness-activities
Categories: Germany, Nature, Wellness, Relax & Sports
January 5, 2012
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen – the most popular and highest Alpine ski resort in Germany Updated: January 6, 2020 | By Claire | More Bavarian ski resort of Garmisch-Partenkirchen is the most popular and largest Alpine resort in Germany. The resort is situated in a valley surrounded both with beautiful forests as well as with the highest mountain […]
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Categories: Germany, Wellness, Relax & Sports
November 16, 2011
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Muskau Park – largest and one of the most famous English gardens of Germany and Poland Updated: November 16, 2020 | By Claire | More If you plan to visit Germany or Poland, you should reserve at least a moment to see one of the most beautiful parks in Europe – Muskau Park (Muskauer Park […]
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Categories: Germany, Nature, Poland
October 21, 2011
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Cologne Cathedral – one of the best-known architectural monuments in Germany Updated: October 27, 2020 | By Claire | More Close to the left bank of the River Rhine rises a massive construction of Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom). It is a Gothic cathedral built in the French style. It is a symbol of the city […]
Tags: 15th-century, architectural-monuments, beauvais-france, bell-towers, cathedral, church, city-of-cologne, city-photo, cologne, cologne-cathedral, french-style, germany, gothic-cathedral, gothic-style, kolner-dom, largest-cathedrals, left-bank, massive-construction, panoramic-view, relics, reliquary, river-rhine, south-tower, three-kings
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October 17, 2011
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Frankenstein Castle – the monster’s home | Germany Updated: October 27, 2020 | By Claire | More The ruins of a medieval Castle of Frankenstein are located at 370 m high rocky outcropping in the German state of Hesse, about 5 km south of Darmstadt. The castle probably inspired the writer Mary Shelley to write […]
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October 7, 2011
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The world´s longest tree top walk in Bavarian Forest | Germany Updated: October 27, 2020 | By Claire | More Do you wonder how it looks like in the treetops? Now it is possible to get there thanks to the Tree Top Walk, which was opened two years ago in Neuschönau, Germany. It is a […]
Tags: 6-years, adventure-elements, alps, bad-weather, bavarian-forest, breathtaking-views, central-europe, christmas-day, euro-19, family-ticket, forest-area, forest-national-park, free-admission, observation-tower, swaying-bridge, ticket-costs, trapeze, treetops, walkway
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August 24, 2011
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Linderhof Palace – the beautiful palace in the mountain of Bavaria, Germany Updated: October 27, 2020 | By Claire | More The idea to build Linderhof Palace came from the King Ludwig II of Bavaria while visiting the International Exhibition in Paris in 1867. Napoleon III took him to Compiègne, the Louvre, the Tuileries and […]
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August 18, 2011
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Zoo Karlsruhe – one of the best and oldest zoological gardens in Germany Updated: October 27, 2020 | By Claire | More Karlsruhe Zoo is one of the best and oldest zoological gardens in Germany. It is located in the city of Karlsruhe, in the south-western part of the country, close to French borders. Karlsruhe […]
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