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We have been to Hamburg quite a few times, and we can easily describe it as our second favorite city in Germany. Because of all our visits, we decided it was time to put together a list of our favorite unusual things to see in Hamburg.

Five Great and Unusual Things to See in Hamburg

Hamburg (category)
6 min read
03/08/202218/07/2024

Before it became the Lager Koralle Bunker Complex, the goal was to build a naval academy in the outskirts of Berlin. But, after some test radio transmission, the Navy decided to change its plans and create what we would call the German Command of the Navy.

Exploring the Abandoned Lager Koralle

Berlin (category), Germany (category), Urbex (category)
9 min read
26/02/202202/03/2025

Milan for the Curious: Unique Places to Visit That Will Surprise You

Milano (category)
7 min read
14/01/202212/12/2024

The Hafencity Universität Station is a U-Bahn station in Hamburg famous for its gorgeous futuristic colourful illumination. For us, it looked like a movie set, something out of Blade Runner and we knew we had to go there.

All the Colors of the Hafencity Universität Station in Hamburg

Hamburg (category)
4 min read
21/11/202108/07/2025

Along a windy road between the port city of Skala and the monastery in Chora is where you are going to find the sacred Cave of the Apocalypse, where according to the Christian tradition, St John had the visions that became the Book of Revelation.

A Visit to the Sacred Cave of the Apocalypse in Patmos

Greece (category), Patmos (category)
8 min read
27/10/202121/12/2023

On July 20th, 1944, a group of conspirators attempted to kill Adolf Hitler inside the Wolf's Lair military base in East Prussia. That was the day that Claus von Stauffenberg placed a bomb next to the Führer of Nazi Germany was intending to take over political control of Germany and try to make peace with the Western Allies.

The July 20th Plot: A Conservative Conspiracy Against Hitler’s Germany

Berlin (category)
16 min read
20/07/202120/07/2026

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.

Buying Small Pieces of Art at the Kunstautomat in Schöneberg

Berlin (category)
4 min read
22/07/202016/02/2024

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.

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

Berlin (category)
6 min read
10/06/202014/10/2020

Where can we find the Waldhotel Winden from Dark_Fotostrasse_

Where can we find the Waldhotel Winden from Dark?

Berlin (category)
5 min read
16/03/202010/03/2024

Auschwitz-Birkenau is the best-known place of martyrdom and destruction in the world. This Nazi German death camp in Oświęcim has become a symbol of the Holocaust, of horror and of genocide. The name of the camp stands as a cultural code that defines the breakdown of our civilization and culture.

Auschwitz-Birkenau: Symbols of Suffering, Stories of Survival

Poland (category)
12 min read
27/01/202012/03/2024

This week of the #52weeksofburgers, Fotostrasse takes you to another Asian inspired burger; Son Kitchen. This little window on the wall at Kantstrasse caught our eyes a few times before for its simplicity in the street crowded with restaurants.

Son Kitchen: Tiger Balls at Kantstrasse!

Berlin (category), Restaurants (category)
4 min read
24/10/201921/12/2023

Tommi’s Burger: Juicy Burgers in Mitte

Berlin (category), Restaurants (category)
4 min read
03/10/201921/12/2023

Burgeramt was in our radar for a while, and we got there on a hot Thursday afternoon. The place is quite big, but summer is still here, and the area is famous for food, so we had to wait to get a table.

BURGERAMT: Manioc fries in Friedrichshain

Berlin (category), Restaurants (category)
4 min read
22/08/201928/08/2019

Located in the hill south of Budapest, Memento Park seems to be the place that communist statues go to die. There, Lenin stands next to Karl Marx and Engels, together with crucial Hungarian communist leaders. All of this behind brick walls that make up a surreal and unique open-air museum that feels more authentic than most sights in the city.

Memento Park: A Surreal Time Capsule of Budapest’s Communist Past

Budapest (category)
6 min read
14/08/201916/07/2024

Fotostrasse explores Wilmersdorf for the #52weeksofburgers challenge and discovers Beef Fabrik. We were in the neighboorhood to run some errands and since this whole thing is about exploring we decided to go to a place that we never heard of Beef Fabrik.

Beef Fabrik: honest burgers in Wilmersdorf

Berlin (category), Restaurants (category)
3 min read
27/06/201901/07/2019

These Budapest Bullet Holes are how I called them before I realised what do they mean. I first saw them when I was walking around the Parliament Building, and I thought it was a little bit weird to have small iron balls over a wall. For a moment I thought it was some kind of abstract art and then I remembered the scars of the Second World War in Berlin and everything connected.

Budapest Bullet Holes: A Memorial to the 1956 Hungarian Revolution

Budapest (category)
3 min read
27/05/201902/04/2025

In this week of the particular quest of trying to find the best burgers around, also known as the #52weeksofburgers challenge, we visit the famous Schiller Burger.

Schiller Burger: simple burgers in Neukölln

Berlin (category), Restaurants (category)
4 min read
23/05/201924/05/2019

This week for our beautiful #52weeksofburgers challenge, Fotostrasse goes to Kreuzberg and visits Windburger. Windburger seemed like the perfect place to grab a bite in a pleasant and sunny Monday afternoon, so there we went to see what it was all about!

Windburger: fancy fast food in Kreuzberg

Berlin (category), Restaurants (category)
5 min read
18/04/201919/04/2019

This week of #52weeksofburger Fotostraße went to Prenzlauer Berg to try the second burger of February; meet Burgers Burgers. We chose Burgers Burgers because we have heard very nice things about it, and it had some very nice reviews, but as you will see, it was nothing special.

Burgers Burgers: locally sourced burgers but no salt

Berlin (category), Restaurants (category)
4 min read
14/02/201902/02/2024

Hackbert Burger: the best mayo and fries

Hackbert Burger: the best mayo and fries

Berlin (category), Restaurants (category)
4 min read
07/02/201907/02/2019

The Lübecker Salzspeicher are six historical building, wholly made of brick, that used to function as salt storehouses from 1579 on. Salt was mined around Lüneburg and brought to Lübeck over the Stecknitz Canal. From there it was shipped around the Baltic region. This trade was one of the reasons why Lübeck was so influential in the Hanseatic League.

Lübecker Salzspeicher: The Historical Buildings where Nosferatu was filmed

Germany (category), Lübeck (category)
5 min read
13/11/201804/12/2024