Why You Might Want to Skip Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin If you are planning a trip to Berlin and wondering whether Checkpoint Charlie is worth …
Why Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin Might Not Be Worth Visiting
Cold War
Konrad Schumann Berlin Wall Jump: Location, History & How to Visit
Konrad Schumann Berlin Wall Jump: The Story, Location & How to Visit Discover the story behind one of the most iconic moments of the Cold …
Inside a former KGB Prison Potsdam
Former KGB Prison Potsdam – Gedenk-und Begegnungsstätte Leistikowstraße, Potsdam You can’t say that Berlin isn’t filled with history. From the Third Reich through to the …
Quirky accommodation in Brno, a nuclear bunker!
Staying in a Nuclear Bunker in Brno If you like your city breaks a little quirky, Brno has a stay that’s as unforgettable as it …
Günter Litfin Memorial Berlin
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 …
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: Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin
Achtung Charlie Checkpoint Charlie is surely the best-known crossing point between East and West Berlin. But is it worth visiting? History The name comes from …
Travel: The Tränenpalast (Palace of Tears)
Tearful partings at former East-West Berlin crossing point The Tränenpalast (Palace of Tears) is a former border crossing point between East and West Berlin and …
Travel: Memento Park, Budapest, Hungary
Memento Park Budapest: Communist Statue Park Guide Memento Park Budapest is one of the city’s most unusual attractions, an open-air museum filled with Communist-era statues, …
Travel To Do: Stasi Museum, Berlin
The Stasi Museum in the Friedrichshain area of Berlin is worth a visit (indeed is the whole of Friedrichshain!) This building housed The Ministry for …