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Enjoy Classical Music in the Home of Prussian Kings

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Schloss-Charlottenburg - Courtesy GNTB

Schloss Charlottenburg was home to Many Prussian Kings and Queens: If you're looking to enjoy some classical concerts in Berlin, there's no more majestic venue to do this than at Schloss Charlottenburg. Charlottenburg Palace is Berlin's largest royal palace and the only surviving building in the city which dates back to the time of the House of Hohenzollern, the last of the Prussian royal dynasty. It is located in the Charlottenburg district in Berlin's inner city, west of the Tiergarten … [Read more...]

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Schweine Museum – The Largest Pig Museum in the World

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Schweine Museum - Stuttgart

Stuttgart's Unique Pig Museum Tells All About Pigs: Stuttgart's Schweine Museum it seems is the largest pig museum in the world, with more than 37,000 sculptures, prints, paintings and documents from all around the globe covering all manner of pig facts. Schweine Museum In an exhibition space of over 800m² are 26 themed rooms dedicated to everything in the world of pigs. Rather appropriately, the Pig Museum is housed in the old abattoir in Stuttgart. Pig Facts The Pig Museum … [Read more...]

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Bierbörse is not a Beer Stock Market!

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Bierbörse Beer Markets

Bierbörse - a Franchise Arrangement that Organizes Beer Markets: If you're travelling through Germany in the summer months and see Bierbörse beer festivals in cities like Cologne, Leipzig, Mainz and Bonn, etc., these beer markets are actually organized under a franchise system.  Bierbörse it seems is Europe's first open air event which is distributed under a franchise system. Without knowing the finer details of the franchise system, I presume like all franchise arrangements, the … [Read more...]

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Passau Cruises from the Town of Three Rivers

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Passau City from the River

Danube River Sightseeing Tours from Passau : Located at the confluence of the Danube, Inn, and Ilz rivers, Passau is often referred to as the "Town of Three Rivers".  So, it would seem appropriate on any visit to Passau, that a river sightseeing tour of Passau should be on the itinerary. Passau is a regular stop on any Danube River cruises. But if you happen to be in Passau and are not part of an extended Danube River cruise, you can still enjoy a Danube River tour. Danube River … [Read more...]

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A Mozart Festival at the Würzburg Residenz

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Kaisersaal - Würzburg-Residenz

On the Trail of Mozart in Würzburg : Since 1921, Würzburg has been hosting an annual Mozart Festival at its famous Würzburg Residenz, a UNESCO world heritage site, and at many other venues throughout the city. But Mozart did not have any personal links with Würzburg, so how did this month-long festival come to find a home in one of the most beautiful Baroque palaces in Germany? The Inspiration for Würzburg's Mozart Festival It seems that it all began with an evening of music at the Grand … [Read more...]

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On the Trail of White Gold – North Bavaria and Thuringia

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Meissen Porcelain Museum - Courtesy GNTB

890 km of Porcelain Trails: Visitors to the Northern Bavarian and Thuringia regions can travel along two scenic tourist routes which links places of interest associated with the manufacture of porcelain or White Gold as they were referred to 300 years ago. As early as the beginning of the 13th century, European royalty had been importing porcelain from China, at exorbitant prices. To crack the secrets to the manufacture of porcelain was a much prized achievement and this happened in Saxony … [Read more...]

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Pfund Molkerei – The World’s Most Beautiful Dairy Shop

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Pfund Molkerei - Dresden

The Guinness Book of Records has Pfund Molkerei as the World's Most Beautiful Dairy Shop: Porto in Portugal has the most beautiful bookshop in the world, but Dresden certainly has the "most beautiful dairy shop in the world". But don't take my word for it - check it out for yourself in the 1998 entry in the Guinness Book of Records. Pfund Molkerei dairy is in Dresden's Outer Neustadt district. Today tourists seek it out just as keenly as the other sightseeing attractions such as the … [Read more...]

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An Elbe River Cruise in a Historic Paddle Steamer

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Paddle-Steamer at Dresden

The Oldest and Largest Paddle Steamer fleet in the world: Long before the Elbe River became home to the very popular European river cruises of today, steamships have been plying the Elbe transporting goods and passenger traffic. In fact, it has been 174 years since royal assent was given for paddle-steamers to operate on the Elbe. In its heyday, around 1900, there were 37 steamships carrying millions of passengers each year.  Unfortunately, the two world wars took its toll on the … [Read more...]

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Discover the Rheingau Riesling Route

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Rhine Riesling Route

A region rich in history, traditions and legends, not to mention great wines: The Rheingau Riesling Route stretches over 70 km from Lorchhausen to Florsheim and is a region that's rich in history, traditions and legends, not to mention the great rieslings. The Romans left a rich legacy of architectural and cultural monuments and visitors travelling  along the Route will find a landscape that's sprinkled with medieval castles, monasteries, churches and established estates. The route is well … [Read more...]

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The German Museum of Packaging – Heidelberg

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German Museum of Packaging - Photo courtesy Heidelberg-Marketing.de..

How packaging tells us of Consumer Culture throughout History: The German Museum of Packaging does not seem to be the kind of place that travellers would be interested in on a Heidelberg holiday. But don't be deceived by the name - The German Museum of Packaging is quite a unique and interesting museum that's not just about the history of packaging and marketing of commodities.  Through commodity packaging, the museum's collections also tell of the evolution of consumer culture and the … [Read more...]

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