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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, Lübeck
5 min read
13/11/201804/12/2024

Located in the western outskirts of Berlin, the Berlin-Grunewald station was used to deport Jews to ghettos and extermination camps in the east. Today, where all of this happened, there is the Platform 17 Memorial inaugurated in January 1998 to commemorate the deportation done by Deutsche Reichsbahn during the years of Nazi Germany.

Platform 17 Memorial Berlin: A Site of Holocaust Remembrance

Berlin
5 min read
30/10/201812/03/2024

Workers of all lands unite, this is what you can read when you approach the tomb of Karl Marx at the Highgate Cemetery in North London. These are the final words of the Communist Manifesto, and this is the last resting place of Karl Marx, so they match really well.

The Tomb of Karl Marx: A Place of Pilgrimage for Leftists in London

London
5 min read
14/10/201812/11/2024

One of the most important sights in Kaliningrad is Immanuel Kant's Tomb, the most important citizen of Königsberg. The philosopher never left his hometown and everywhere you walk around in the city, you’ll see tourist souvenirs mentioning his importance to the area.

In the Footsteps of a Philosopher: Visiting Immanuel Kant’s Tomb in Kaliningrad

Kaliningrad
5 min read
28/09/201815/01/2025

The public transport system in Berlin is quite complete and includes ferries, buses, trams, and trains split into the S-Bahn and the U-Bahn. But, for a brief moment in time, there was also the Berlin M-Bahn, and we will always regret not being able to take a ride in one since it was made out of service back in 1991, a little after the reunification of Germany.

Berlin M-Bahn: The Brief History of the First Maglev train in Germany

Berlin
3 min read
25/09/201814/11/2024

Hidden along the streets of Alt-Hohenschönhausen there is a memorial that seems to be long forgotten by people. This Soviet War Memorial is a grim reminder of the pain and struggles that the Red Army went through when it liberated Berlin from Nazism.

The Soviet War Memorial in Alt-Hohenschönhausen

Berlin
4 min read
21/09/201811/04/2024

It’s 2018, and there are still some Lenin statues left around Germany. We visited one of these statues in Berlin, and we continue looking for them around the country. One day we got lucky, and we managed to find two of them on the same day. That blessed day was back in October 2016 when we took our bikes north and went to Fürstenberg to do some urban exploration.

Hunting Down Lenin Statues in Fürstenberg

Urbex
6 min read
14/09/201810/12/2023

Highgate Cemetery is a large burial place in the North of London where more than 50.000 graves where 170.000 people are buried. The area has the status of a nature reserve and is known about a large number of famous people buried there. Like Douglas Adams, Malcolm McLaren, Michael Faraday, George Michael, and Karl Marx.

Highgate Cemetery: A Visitor’s Guide to London’s Most Famous Cemetery

London
6 min read
08/09/201812/11/2024

The Bunker Museum in Kaliningrad is, technically called the Blindage Museum, and it tells the history of the last days of the Second World War. These are the last days of Königsberg and inside you can see how the city fell to Soviet Forces.

Bunker Museum in Kaliningrad: Documenting the last days of Königsberg

Kaliningrad
5 min read
20/08/201812/11/2024

The original Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church is known in German as Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche. It was built in the 1890s by a Kaiser Wilhelm II and his consort Augusta Victoria as an initiative to counter the German socialist movement by a return to traditional religious values.

Understanding the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in the Heart of West Berlin

Berlin
6 min read
17/08/201827/04/2024

Exploring the Abandoned Flugplatz Rangsdorf Close to Berlin

Urbex
6 min read
29/07/201821/02/2025

Sometimes I go on Youtube and search for movies related to Berlin in any way. This is how I discovered some of the youtube videos I have written about here, and this is how I found out about Background to Berlin, a NATO Information Service movie that explains, in a little less than 30 minutes, the history of the German capital from 1945 to 1961.

Background to Berlin: A NATO Information Service explaining everything about Berlin from 1945 to 1961

Berlin
3 min read
25/07/201808/10/2024

Back in 1911, when the Old Elbe Tunnel was opened to the public, it was an engineering marvel of the world. Back then it was called the St. Pauli Elbe Tunnel due to the area where the tunnel is located but, like the St. Pauli neighborhood, a lot has changed in the last years.

Old Elbe Tunnel: Exploring the Hamburg Underground

Hamburg
5 min read
28/05/201821/12/2023

Most visitors to Berlin, even those curious about World War II history, miss one of the city’s greatest, most curious, and most impressive memorials, the Soviet War Memorial at Treptower Park. Treptower Park just might be the most impressive and important war memorial you never have heard of, demonstrating how a monument can both educate and facilitate reflection.

Check out the Soviet War Memorial in Berlin’s Treptower Park. It’s epic!

Berlin
8 min read
21/05/201821/05/2018

Flugplatz Brand: Abandoned Barracks and Bunkers Close to Berlin

Urbex
7 min read
30/04/201818/02/2024

Kaliningrad is a city rich in history, and most of its touristic sights are related to its Prussian past. One of these sights is the Brandenburger Tor in Kaliningrad, the only one of the seven city gates that are still being used for the intended purpose.

Brandenburger Tor in Kaliningrad: The Gateway to Prussia in Old Königsberg

Kaliningrad
5 min read
05/04/201805/07/2024

The last original standard meter is called mètre étalon in French and is a small piece of marble that can be found on a wall next to rue Vaugirard 36, across the street from the Senate at the Palais du Luxembourg. This is the only one of 16 that still exist today, and all of them were installed in 1791 when the Académie des Sciences defined what would be the meter.

Mètre Étalon: The Last Original Standard Meter in Paris

Paris
4 min read
16/03/201807/01/2025

London is one of the leading destinations in Europe and the world and a lot of people visited the city and ended up doing exactly what everybody else did before. Since our idea with Fotostrasse was always to bring cool people to fantastic place, we decided to come up with this list of unusual things to do in London.

Unusual things to do in London: Exploring the City’s Quirks and Hidden Gems

London
6 min read
23/02/201828/05/2024

Like I said before, I first heard about the London Canal Museum due to its ice well, a unique artifact from Victorian times that it’s so unusual I had to see it with my own eyes. This artifact is the King's Cross Ice Well, and it was used by Carlo Gatti to house imported ice from Norway. The ice was brought to the ice well by ship and canal barge, and it was preserved in two wells under the buildings where the London Canal Museum is located today. One of these ice wells can be viewed from the public area of the museum, and it’s a weird sight to see.

London Canal Museum and the King’s Cross Ice Well

London
5 min read
21/02/201828/05/2024

Back in 1999, local historian Christian Bormann found something that it wasn’t supposed to be lost. Nine years after demolition began, he found a piece of the Berlin Wall, somehow forgotten in the woods between a train station and a supermarket. More than 80 meters of the original Berlin Wall, built in 1961, is standing there, some with the V-shaped brackets that once had barbed wire on it. It’s hard to believe that something with this historical importance was lost and this is why we went there to see it with our own eyes.

The Newly Found Original Berlin Wall that was lost in the woods in Schonholz

Berlin
5 min read
05/02/201823/05/2024

Imagine that you could drive down to a local church or a monastery and ask for a room to spend the night, with breakfast in the morning. Imagine how it must be to sleep inside a church with the glass stained windows next to the bed. This is what we did at the Kruisherenhotel Maastricht, unique hotel experience and one of the most amazing places we have ever stayed of our Fotostrasse life. We spend one night there in the middle of December 2017, and we will share everything about it below.

Kruisherenhotel Maastricht: a Luxury Design Hotel inside a former 15th century Church

Maastricht, Netherlands
9 min read
17/01/201828/11/2023

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