Berlin Museum of Photography
If you appreciate good photography then you’ll probably already know that a visit to Berlin’s Museum of Photography should be part of your itinerary while visiting the German capital.
Posts Tagged with Germany
Munich Christmas market – tradition in Germany
Munich residents meet at the Advent markets to socialise over post-work mugs of Glühwein (mulled wine). The Christmas markets in Munich are by no means held only to attract visitors to the city.
Hamburg Christmas Market in Germany
Members of a band wearing Tyrolean style felt hats stand playing jaunty, accordion-led music under the entrance to the log cabin. The scent of pine makes me think of the Alps but this is the Roncalli Christmas Market in central Hamburg.
The rise of RB Leipzig football club
Two familiar-looking charging, red-coloured beasts adorn the Leipzig club badge. The club’s nickname is Die Roten Bullen, which translates to ‘The Red Bulls’...Grab yourself an energy drink and take a moment if you haven’t already guessed which company has, effectively, controlled the club since 2009.
Schlenkerla Rauchbier smoke beer in Bamberg
The attractive German city of Bamberg is the third largest urban UNESCO World Heritage Site in the European Union and its cathedral holds the tomb of the only pope buried north of the Alps. However, culture and history can wait, I came here for a beer.
Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof brewery
Leipzig’s Bayerischer Bahnhof has claims to being the world’s oldest railway terminal. That significant piece of transport history isn’t what drew me here. I’ve come to sample gose, a style of beer brewed onsite in the microbrewery.
SchweineMuseum Stuttgart, Germany’s Pig Museum
The museum’s strapline is Kunst, Kultur und Kitsch meaning 'art, culture and kitsch'...the SchweineMuseum has exhibits which appeal to adults and others that kids will love. It’s a quirky, fun place to visit and well worth a look next time you’re in Stuttgart.
Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition in Bamberg
Every three years a number of the world’s leading young classical music conductors travel to the German city of Bamberg. Last month, from 7 to 14 June, the fourth International Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition was held.
Hotel Zumnorde in Erfurt, Germany
Erfurt is an attractive, history-rich city with 210,000 inhabitants. Several of the Hotel Zumnorde’s 56 guestrooms and suites overlook Anger, a pedestrianised shopping street in the heart of Thuringia's state capital. Don’t believe anyone who says you shouldn’t look back on that particular shop-lined thoroughfare.
Soljanka recipe and Dresden Christmas market
One of my favourite dishes on the menu is Soljanka, a soup with Russian origins. Friends tell me that occupying Soviet troops introduced the soup to eastern Germany. To most residents of Saxony it proved more palatable than the presence of a foreign military power. Soljanka has remained popular following German reunification.