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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!

An American filmmaker based in Berlin, Nathan Eddy, has documented the efforts to preserve the Mäusebunker in a movie called Battleship Berlin. This 40-minute long movie shows the efforts to save the building and the point of view of those who want to tear it down.
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Battleship Berlin: Director Nathan Eddy documents the demolition threat on the brutalist Mäusebunker

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An American filmmaker in Berlin, Nathan Eddy, has documented the efforts to preserve the Mäusebunker…

The Löffelfamilie is how this neon sign has been known to everyone in Leipzig since it was first lightened up in 1973. The non-official name can be translated as the Spoon Family. It is the only neon sign from East Germany that we ever saw, still standing in public like this.
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Löffelfamilie: The Spoon Family made of neon in Leipzig

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The Löffelfamilie is how this neon sign has been known to everyone in Leipzig since it was first lig…

For ten days in October 2021, the brutalist concrete structure known as the International Congress Centre Berlin was open to the public as a unique experience of film, performance and art. We visited the ICC Berlin on the first few days of The Sun Machine is Coming Down, a celebration of the 70th anniversary of Berliner Festspiele.
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The Sun Machine is Coming Down to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Berliner Festspiele at the ICC Berlin

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The Sun Machine is Coming Down lasted for ten days in October 2021. It was an exciting way to encour…

Generations of Berliners have been to Körnerpark, enjoying themselves in this oasis of peace in the midst of a hectic Neukölln. People go there to play football, to run, walk, relax, picnic and we do it too. In 2016, this Neukölln hidden gem celebrated its 100th year birthday and we are here to show you all why you need to go there and sing happy birthday to it.
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A Visit to the beautiful Körnerpark in Neukölln

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Generations of Berliners have been to Körnerpark, enjoying themselves in this oasis of peace in the …

The Berlin Wall Memorial, also known in German as Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer, is a mix of monuments and museums commemorating the city's division by the Berlin Wall and the people who died because of it. And we consider it to be the best place to learn about the wall and how it affected the city and the entire continent.
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The Berlin Wall Memorial: A Visit to the Border Control on Bernauer Strasse

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The Berlin Wall Memorial, also known in German as Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer, is a mix of monuments…

First as a hunting lodge, later as a palace; this is the gorgeous Moritzburg Castle in Saxony. This baroque building was built over an artificial island with four towers connected to the main building. It made it a fascinating looking fortress.
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Moritzburg Castle: A fairy tale palace near Dresden

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First as a hunting lodge, later as a palace; this is the gorgeous Moritzburg Castle in Saxony. This …

In episode 5, when Noah meets Michael, there is a church in the background. An interesting looking church that made us curious about it and we had to try to find out where is this church located.
Berlin

A Visit to the Church from Dark Series

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In episode 5 of the Netflix series Dark, Noah meets Michael, and there is a church in the background…

The year is 2019 and there is a kid missing in Winden. He is the person dealing marijuana to some of the kids in school, and nobody seems to know where he might be. One o the kids decided to put together a group and go looking for the stash of drugs from the missing kids. They follow some train tracks that lead deeper into the forest, while they go looking for a cave.
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The Bridge in Dark and the abandoned train tracks

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The location is what we like to call the Bridge in Dark, the weirdest series Netflix has released in…

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