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Berlin is one of Europe´s most welcoming LGBTQ cities

AndreyPopov In the 1920s and 30s, Germany´s capital was a major destination for homo-inclined visitors, as one of the world's first cities to become socially accepting of gays and lesbians. Several LGBTQ social movements and institutions were founded here, including the Institute Of Sexology and the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee, which campaigned for the equal rights of gay people in Germany in the early 20th century. Tragically, of course, all that came to an end with.the rise of the…

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Germany´s Revolutionary Bauhaus Movement of Architecture/Design

Maria Victoria Lopez, sjo In 1919, in the immediate wake of the devastation wrought by World War I, an architect named Walter Gropius, one of the pioneering maestros of modern architecture, founded an art school that combined fine arts with crafts and eventually architecture, with a minimalist approach to design that combined all of it with contemporary technology under the maxim "form follows function". Starting in eastern Germany - first in Dessau, then in Weimar, and finally a third…

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Prost! Munich's Oktoberfest Is Back!

Holzijue/Pixabay From September 17 to October 3, the legendary celebration of German beer, cuisine, and culture in Bavaria's capital is returning after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unsprprisingly, it's necessary to make your arrangements months in advance, so if you've always wanted to experience Wies'n (as it's known in Bavarian), take note here for 2023! read post

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Tooling Around Berlin in an Umbrella with Wheels?

Grego Germany’s capital is already a super-fun place to visit. And you can make it extra fun by tooling around the city in a very special kind of car. An East German company produced more than three million Trabants - cheap, ubiquitous little two-stroke-engine jalopies made out of plastic – from 1957 until 1991. And Trabis were given quite a few fond (and not so fond) nicknames, including “Racing Cardboard,” “Escape Suitcase,” “Roofed Sparkplug,” “Two-Stroke Dwarf,” and “Umbrella with…

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Sofie Couwenbergh January 18, 2013 at 12:32pm

Summer in Berlin and Potsdam: a photo essay
Sofie Couwenbergh January 17, 2013 at 2:04pm

Juan, what did you have there? I had the white chocolate milk with blueberries and the warm apple pie. DELICIOUS!

I'd go back to Dusseldorf just to have an afternoon snack at that place!

And I also love how cozy their shop is. I bought the chocolate tagliatelli and prepared it with some warm apple slices. Yummieee!
Juan Martinez January 16, 2013 at 2:51pm

I have eaten the chocolate bar Sofie describes in her blog post. Maravilloso!
Sofie Couwenbergh January 16, 2013 at 10:19am

If you ever visit the Gut & Gerne in Dusseldorf, you should definitely try out a white chocolate with strawberry and yoghurt chocolate bar !
Sofie Couwenbergh January 15, 2013 at 9:39am

And a little somethin' somethin' on food and drinks in Dusseldorf
Sofie Couwenbergh January 10, 2013 at 9:12pm

The trip that made me decide to finally start a blog: a day in Dusseldorf
Darryl Musick October 7, 2012 at 6:01pm

Happy Oktoberfest, everyone, from The World on Wheels: http://tinyurl.com/4ys2p8j

The World on Wheels

An ongoing adventure of travel and living while using a wheelchair. Tim has been disabled from birth. Darryl is his father and caregiver who travel…
Tripatini February 24, 2012 at 10:13am

Win flights for 2 to Berlin* on Iberia Airlines with its Academy Awards-themes "Living Oscars" contest! To enter, go to http://www.facebook.com/IberiaEN?sk=app_364484643570082.

*If you live in Europe, you win a flight to Los Angeles.
Andrea Spirov November 6, 2011 at 7:01pm

Berlin is such an amazing city! We share ten things to do in the western neighbourhoods and a luxurious stay at the Hecker's Hotel
Andrea Spirov October 6, 2011 at 9:26pm

We've just begun our travels in Germany - it's my first time in the country and we began with Oktoberfest...quite the introduction! Looking forward to seeing all the different regions...