Berlin
Travel: Soviet War Memorial Tiergarten
Soviet War Memorial Tiergarten (Sowjetisches Ehrenmal im Tiergarten) The Soviet War Memorial in Tiergarten is one of three Soviet [Read more]
Central Europe
Europe
Foodie Explorers guide to …..Prague
Discover Prague Prague is the capital of Czechia (once known as the Czech Republic and before that Czechoslovakia and even [Read more]
Czechia
Budget Accommodation in Prague Travel & Joy Backpackers
Where to stay in Prague on a budget If you are visiting Prague and looking to eek out your money [Read more]
Berlin
Tiergarten Quelle, Berlin
Being a tourist in Berlin is thirsty work and one place we have enjoyed visiting, which we would like to [Read more]
Berlin
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 [Read more]
Bratislava
Slavin Memorial Bratislava
Slavin Memorial Bratislava The gigantic Slavin memorial is visible from much of the city as it sits on a hill [Read more]
Czechia
Underground Water Tanks in Brno at Žlutý kopec
Go deep into the underground water tanks in Brno The underground water tanks of Brno, located in the Czech Republic, [Read more]
Berlin
Berlin Airlift
Berlin airlift cut off from the West The Berlin Airlift lasted 323 days and was one of the first major [Read more]
Berlin
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 [Read more]
Europe
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 [Read more]
Bautzen
Alterbierhof Bautzen
Lunch with a panoramic view of Bautzen Wandering around being a tourist is thirsty and hungry work, especially after reading [Read more]
Germany
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 [Read more]
Germany
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 [Read more]
Berlin
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 [Read more]
Berlin
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. [Read more]
Berlin
Travel: Teufelsberg, Berlin
Teufelsberg – Abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin’s “Devil’s Mountain Deep within the Grunewald forest in West Berlin is an [Read more]
Berlin
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 [Read more]
Berlin
Travel: Mengenlehreuhr, Berlin
What time is it on the Mengenlehreuhr? This is surely the craziest clock we have ever seen, the Mengenlehreuhr (Berlin [Read more]
Berlin
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 [Read more]
Berlin
Berlin U-bahn Museum
In Berlin and looking for something a little bit different from World War Two and Cold War history? Then a [Read more]
Görlitz
Where to eat: Horschel, Görlitz, Germany
From Görlitz with love Located on the south-east corner of the Untermarkt (the lower market) historic area in the old [Read more]
Görlitz
Where to eat: Piwnica Staromeisjska
Leaving Germany to eat in Poland for the evening One of the good things about visiting Görlitz is that just [Read more]
Bautzen
Where to stay: Suite Hans at Gersdorff Palace
Stay in Palatial surroundings in Saxony Sometimes you need to stay in a palace, OK I’d like to stay in [Read more]
Germany
The Top 10 Things to See and Do in Görlitz, Germany
One Day in Görlitz, Germany: 10 Best Things to Do Görlitz is one of those places that you have never [Read more]