Munich’s Secret Spring Beer Festival – Starkbierzeit: Oktoberfest is well known around the world (beer drinker or not). But Munich has another huge beer festival that is not so well publicised. At the Starkbierzeit ask for “ein Doppelbock bitte” and you’ll be served with a very potent double strength beer! “Bock” stands for strong beer […]
Germany Tour: Highlights of Germany – Part 2
Highlights of Germany – Part 2 of our Germany Tour Route, Itinerary and Comments: Part 2 of our Highlights of Germany tour post covers Day 5 till the end of the tour (see part 1 here >). As with the first part of this post, the sections in blue are from the brochure, followed by […]
Germany Tour – Highlights of Germany
Highlights of Germany – Our Germany Tour Route, Itinerary and Comments: This is the itinerary of a 12-day Cosmos Highlights of Germany tour which we did in September 2010. It’s actually 10 days of touring when you discount the arrival and departure days. This tour starts and ends in Frankfurt. When we were looking for […]
Schloss Köpenick – A Baroque Palace in Köpenick, Berlin
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 […]
Konzerthaus Berlin – Berlin’s Centre of Classical Concerts
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 […]
Mädler Passage – A Magnificent Leipzig Shopping Arcade
Mädler Passage Is Beautiful Shopping Arcade in the Heart of Historic Leipzig: Mädler Passage is one of Leipzig’s most magnificent city arcades and there are many reasons why locals use this arcade and why visitors to Leipzig might want to visit this arcade. This Mädler Passage is an L-shaped arcade which fronts onto Grimmaische Strasse […]
Leipzig Alte Handelsbörse – Leipzig’s Old Stock Exchange
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 […]
Leipzig Altes Rathaus – Leipzig’s Old City Hall
Leipzig Altes Rathaus Was Used for Celebrations by Saxon Princes And Weddings: Leipzig’s grand Altes Rathaus (Old City Hall), is one of the most important Renaissance buildings remaining in Germany. The city had a town hall from as early as the middle of the 14th century when the citizens of Leipzig felt that a building […]
Auerbachs Keller Leipzig – Immortalized in Faust I
Auerbachs Keller Leipzig – Goethe’s Favourite Wine Bar During His Student Days: Auerbachs Keller (Auerbachs Cellar) owes much of its fame to Goethe who immortalized the wine tavern in Faust I – In part V, Mephistopheles, the demon, takes Faust to the tavern in an attempt to ruin him, but fails. Goethe frequented Auerbachs Keller […]
Discovering Leipzig On A Leipzig Music Trail
DISCOVER THIS CITY OF MUSIC BY WALKING THE LEIPZIG MUSIC TRAIL: Leipzig is a city which is associated with many famous composers of the 18th to the 20th century. Johann Sebastian Bach worked in Leipzig from 1723 to 1750, Richard Wagner was born in Leipzig in 1813 and Leipzig was the most important and influential […]
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