Indulge your Passion for Fast Cars at the Porsche Museum

Porsche Stuttgart Museum

Learn About the World's Most Profitable Car-maker at the Porsche Museum: For lovers of fast and expensive cars, the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart will delight. This automotive museum, located in the Zuffenhausen district in the northern suburbs of Stuttgart, is just outside the Porsche headquarters. Although the mere mention of the Porsche 911 is enough to get automotive enthusiasts excited, these expensive and iconic cars are very much the things that many can only dream of. But for a … [Read more...]

The Bayern München Experience at The Allianz Arena

Allianz Arena, Munich

The Bayern Munich Experience - A History of Germany's Most Successful Soccer Club: FC Bayern Munich, Germany's most successful football club, is opening its Bayern Munich Club museum at The Allianz Arena in the course of the current season (2011/2012).  This will be no ordinary museum - the Club is creating The Bayern Munich Experience where fans and other visitors can enjoy the best and most innovative exhibition anywhere in the world which covers the history of a single football … [Read more...]

Sinsheim Museum – An Outstanding Technology Museum

Concorde and Tupolev - Photo Coutesy of Sinsheim Auto & Tecknik Museum

See the Concorde, a Space Shuttle, Formula-1s, Vintage Cars at the Sinsheim Museum: Sinsheim is a town in the southwest of Germany, about 22 kilometers southeast of Heildelberg. Its main tourist attraction is the Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum, the largest privately owned museum in Europe with more than 1 million visitors a year. A Unique Sinsheim Museum With more than 3,000 exhibits ranging from the Concorde, Tupolev TU-144, Formula-1s, locomotives, vintage cars, military vehicles … [Read more...]

The Romantic Schloss Rheinfels at St. Goar

Schloss Rheinfels - Rhine Castles

For a Room with a View of the Rhine, Romantik Schloss Rheinfels is Hard to Beat Perched on a hill above the Rhine River, at the town of St. Goar, is Burg Rheinfels, one of the many castle ruins along the Middle Rhine Valley.  When Burg Rheinfels was built in 1245, it was the largest and most important fortress on the Rhine.  And, up to this day, the extent of the fortified castle ruins is still impressive.  So it is with good reason that the site was chosen for the Romantik Hotel Schloss … [Read more...]

A Grand Schloss Hotel Fit for a King

Schloss Bensberg by Frank Vincentz/Wiki

Schloss Bensberg Is One of the Largest Baroque Palaces in Europe: Located in the city of Bergisch Gladbach, high above the Bay of Cologne is Schloss Bensberg (Bensberg Palace), one the largest Baroque palaces in Europe today. History of Schloss Bensberg Schloss Bensberg was commissioned by Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, for his second wife Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, from the House of Medici. Built between 1705-1711, Bensberg Palace served as a hunting lodge and summer residence, … [Read more...]

Rheinland-Pfalz: Almond Blossom Festival

Rheinland-Pfalz-Almond-Blossoms © GNTB

The Rheinland-Pfalz is Famous for its Almond Blossom Festival: Spring is almond blossom time in the Rheinland-Pfalz or Rhineland-Palatinate and although the Pfalz has a many highlight events happening throughout the year, none is more highly anticipated than the Almond Blossom Festival. The appearance of the first almond blossoms is an indication that winter has come to an end and the Almond Blossom Festival celebrates the arrival of spring. First Wine Festival of the Year The … [Read more...]

Bürgersaal – A Munich Church with Beautiful Frescos

Bürgersaal, Munich © Travel Signposts

Bürgersaal or Bürgersaalkirche is a Fine Example of Bavarian Rococo Work : To the north of Marienplatz, at Neuhauser Strasse 48, is Bürgersaal (or Bürgersaalkirche), a Munich church that is worth a visit. Bürgersaal was originally built as a 'citizens hall' - a meeting place for the Marian Congregation.  The Marian Congregation was a Catholic organization that was linked to the Jesuit order. The Bürgersaal, designed by Giovanni Antonio Viscardi, was built from 1709-1710 and … [Read more...]

Schloss Köpenick – A Baroque Palace in Köpenick, Berlin

Köpenick Castle

Schloss Köpenick is One of the Town of Köpenick's Main Attractions:   To the south-east of Berlin is the historic town of Köpenick, a town that is much older than Berlin. Long before Köpenick became a part of Berlin, it was an independent town.  One of Köpenick's main attractions is the Schloss Köpenick, a Baroque palace that was built by the Hohenzollern electors of Brandenburg. A Castle Steeped in History Schloss Köpenick is a moated palace which stands on a small … [Read more...]

Konzerthaus Berlin – Berlin’s Centre of Classical Concerts

Konzerthaus Berlin

Konzerthaus Berlin - The Centre of Berlin Classical Concerts: In its previous incarnation, the Konzerthaus Berlin was once the Königliches Schauspielhaus, a theatre built by by Karl Friedrich Schinkel. Located on Berlin's historic Gendarmenmarkt Square in the central Mitte district, it was considered to be a masterpiece of German classicism architecture. The Famous Schauspielhaus The Schauspielhaus theatre was commissioned by King Frederick William III of Prussia and built by Schinkel … [Read more...]

Leipzig Alte Handelsbörse – Leipzig’s Old Stock Exchange

Alte Handelsbörse © Travel Signposts

Leipzig Alte Handelsbörse Was The Old Trading Exchange for the City's Merchants: Just behind the Leipzig Altes Rathaus (Old City Hall) at Naschmarkt 4 is one of my favourite Leipzig buildings, the Leipzig Alte Handelsbörse or Old Stock Exchange. By comparison to other Leipzig buildings, the Alte Handelsbörse is small in proportion and its symmetrical front portal with the twin staircase gives it a rather 'cute' look. Designed by Johann Georg Starcke and completed in 1687, the Alte … [Read more...]