Memorial to the first person shot and killed at the Berlin Wall Gunter Litfin was the first person to be shot and killed at the …
Günter Litfin Memorial Berlin
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Fruhstuck 3000 Berlin
Brunching in Berlin Fruhstuck 3000 is in the North of Shoneberg within walking distance of Nollendorfplatz U bahn (lines 1,2,3,4 and 12) and Bulowstrasse U …
Travel: Berlin Unterwelten Humboldthain Flak Tower
Mrs Foodie has nagged, OK hinted at a tour with Berlin Unterwelten for so long, so we got ourselves organised and booked two tours! Our …
The Schwerbelastungskörper “heavy load-exerting body” Berlin
The Schwerbelastungskörper “heavy load-exerting body” Berlin, a remnant of National Socialist urban planning The Schwerbelastungskörper (German: “heavy load-exerting body“) is a large concrete cylinder located …
Travel: What to see and do in Düsseldorf
Foodie Explorers Guide to Düsseldorf Düsseldorf isn’t one of the first places to think of when going for a city break in Germany. Berlin …
Travel: Georg Elser Memorial, Berlin
A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler The Georg Elser Memorial in Berlin is a little different from normal memorials, this one is …
Travel: Stand by Me Tree, Berlin
Stand by me in Berlin Have you ever loved a song so much that you’d carve it into a tree? Well someone did within Berlin’s …
48 Hours in Bautzen
48 Hours in Bautzen – where to eat, drink and sleep The medieval Saxony town of Bautzen is just an hour by train from Dresden, …
Travel: Soviet War Memorial Tiergarten
Soviet War Memorial Tiergarten (Sowjetisches Ehrenmal im Tiergarten) The Soviet War Memorial in Tiergarten is one of three Soviet war memorials in Berlin. The …
Tiergarten Quelle, Berlin
Being a tourist in Berlin is thirsty work and one place we have enjoyed visiting, which we would like to recommend is Tiergarten Quelle. Underneath …
Soviet War Memorial, Treptower Park, Berlin
Soviet War Memorial in Berlin In Berlin’s Treptower Park you will find a Soviet War Memorial designed by the Soviet architect Yakov Belopolsky to commemorate …
Berlin Airlift
Berlin airlift cut off from the West The Berlin Airlift lasted 323 days and was one of the first major international crises of the Cold …
Travel: Victory Column (Siegsaule), Berlin
A victorious sight in Berlin This glorious roundabout in Berlin’s Tierpark not far from Brandenburg Gate is actually the Victory Column or Siegsaule a monument …
Ten things we loved in Bautzen
Ten things to see and do in Bautzen Bautzen is a picturesque town in Saxony, Germany, known for its well-preserved medieval architecture and rich history. …
Alterbierhof Bautzen
Lunch with a panoramic view of Bautzen Wandering around being a tourist is thirsty and hungry work, especially after reading about food at the Bautzen …
Bautzen Mustard Museum
Find out all about the world-famous Bautzen Mustard A visit to Bautzen isn’t a visit without tasting Bautzen mustard. We sought out their shop/museum just …
Reichenturm Bautzen – Empire Tower in Bautzen
The leaning tower of Bautzen One of the must see sights in Bautzen is the Reichenturm, which forms part of the old city fortifications. You’ll …
Berlin Gas Light Museum
Berlin’s illuminating museum A short wander from the Tiergarten S-Bahn station (and the Zoologischer Garden station and Berlin Zoo!) is a collection of several gas …
Travel: Siemensstadt – Discarded S-Bahn
Discarded S-Bahn line We had been meaning to discover a bit more of this end of Berlin for a while. So when you have good …
Travel: Teufelsberg, Berlin
Teufelsberg – Abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin’s “Devil’s Mountain Deep within the Grunewald forest in West Berlin is an abandoned NSA field station which sits on …
Travel: Le Corbusier in Berlin
Brutalist architecture in Berlin by Le Corbusier For years I thought brutalist architecture was awful. I grew up in Cumbernauld with a monstrosity for a …
Travel: Mengenlehreuhr, Berlin
What time is it on the Mengenlehreuhr? This is surely the craziest clock we have ever seen, the Mengenlehreuhr (Berlin Clock or Berlin Uhr) claims …
Anhalter Bahnhof, former railway station, Berlin
Anhalter Bahnhof, once the largest railway station in Germany Southeast of the busy Potsdamer Platz is the quieter area where Anhalter Bahnhof railway terminus once …
Berlin U-bahn Museum
In Berlin and looking for something a little bit different from World War Two and Cold War history? Then a visit to the Berlin U-Bahn …