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Germany: Way More Than Just Beer & Sausages

Germany is an amazing country with so much to see and do! This page is about my travels through Germany, and I’m excited to share some of my favorite places with you.

We’ll start in Berlin, where we live, where you can explore iconic landmarks like the Brandenburg Gate and learn about the city’s fascinating history. Then, we’ll head to Dresden, a completely rebuilt city after World War II. You won’t believe how beautiful it is now!

Have you ever been to Potsdam? It’s home to the incredible Sanssouci Palace and the unique Einstein Tower. We’ll also visit the Bauhaus school in Dessau, a must-see for anyone interested in art and design. And if you’re looking for something different, we’ll check out the Mustard Museum in Cologne!

Come along with me on this virtual tour of Germany. You might be surprised by what you discover!

It seems like the Lenin statue in the Potsdam Volkspark came secretly to its location. Nobody knows what happened here, but we know that there is a massive Lenin bust sitting peacefully in one of the largest parks in Potsdam. Nobody voted for it to be there, the people that take care of parks didn't do it, but it is there now.
Germany

The Enigmatic Journey of Potsdam’s Lenin Statue

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The Lenin statue in the Potsdam Volkspark seems to have secretly come to its location. Nobody knows …

Ruinenberg in Potsdam is a hill where the Prussian king Frederick the Great ordered a built water tank. This water tank had the goal to supply water to the gorgeous Sanssouci Palace close by, and it was decorated with some fake ruins. That is where the name comes from.
Germany

Ruinenberg in Potsdam: A Complete Guide

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Ruinenberg in Potsdam is a hill on which the Prussian king Frederick the Great ordered a water tank.…

Schöneberg is one of my favorite districts to walk around aimlessly because there is always a surprise around the corner. On one of my most recent walks there, I manage to discover something that I remember reading about in the past but never manage to see one in real life. But I’m not talking about Bigfoot or anything like that. I’m talking about the Kunstautomat on Crellerstrasse.
Berlin

Buying Small Pieces of Art at the Kunstautomat in Schöneberg

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Schöneberg is one of my favorite districts to walk around aimlessly because there is always a surpri…

Checkpoint Bravo was the name of one of three Allied checkpoints used by the United States in the divided Germany and Berlin during the years after the Second World War and the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Before 1969, this Checkpoint could be found on a bridge over the Teltow Canal. Still, it was moved to a different location called Albrechts Teerofen. In here, we will be talking about the original and abandoned Checkpoint Bravo.
Berlin

Checkpoint Bravo and the Teltow Canal Bridge in Dreilinden

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Checkpoint Bravo was the name of one of three Allied checkpoints used by the United States in the di…

If you ever walked around Alexanderplatz, Altes Stadthaus, and the Alexa shopping mall, you have seen the ruins of a church. That is the Franziskaner-Klosterkirche, founded in 1250 and destroyed by Allied bombing in April 1945, in the last days of the Second World War.
Berlin

Franziskaner-Klosterkirche: A Visit to the Ruined Church next to Alexanderplatz

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If you ever walked around Alexanderplatz, Altes Stadthaus, and the Alexa shopping mall, you have see…

A lot happens to the police officer know as Ulrich Nielsen in the Netflix Series Dark. But, here, we are not going to talk much about him. This article is about one of the many Dark Locations we found around Berlin. If you’re a fan of the series, you know about the mental asylum where Ulrich was locked in 1953.
Potsdam

Dark Locations: The Mental Asylum where Ulrich was locked in 1953

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A lot happens to the police officer known as Ulrich Nielsen in the Netflix Series Dark. But, here, w…

The Britzer Muhle is one of the eight remaining windmills in Berlin, and it is the only surviving windmill that used to exist in Neukölln. Also, it’s the only remaining fully functional windmill in Berlin, and these are some of the many reasons why you need to visit this place.
Berlin

Britzer Muhle: finding Windmills in Neukolln

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The Britzer Muhle is one of the eight remaining windmills in Berlin, and it is the only surviving wi…

The Berlin Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park is the biggest of the three war memorials the USSR left in Berlin after the end of the Second World War. It was built to the design of the Soviet architect Yakov Belopolsky as a memorial for 5,000 of the 80,000 Soviet soldiers who died in the Battle of Berlin between April and May 1945. It opened four years after World War II on May 8, 1949, and it used to serve as the central war memorial in East Berlin.
Berlin

Berlin Soviet Memorial: Treptower Park

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The Berlin Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park is the biggest of the three war memorials the USSR …

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