36 hours in Riga: sights and tips
Our last European city trip in 2017 took us to Riga just before Christmas. I was already in the Latvian capital for one night in November 2016. I liked what I “picked up” from
Travel tips Wroclaw – insider tips for a weekend trip to Poland
Wroclaw – or as it is called in German: Wroclaw – first came to my attention in connection with its nomination as European Capital of Culture 2016. Poland’s fourth-larges
Bergamo – sights in the old town
From Cremona to Domodossola to Verona, northern Italian cities are well represented here on the blog. And yet I haven’t visited all the exciting sites on the Gotthard and Sim
Val Müstair: scavenger hunt and hike in the Münstertal
Advertising – this article was created in cooperation with GraubündenParcs After two exciting days in the Swiss National Park, our autumnal exploration tour through the Grau
City trip to Linz: The top sights
Our three-day city trip to Leipzig was followed by a city trip to Linz the following weekend. Like Leipzig, the capital of Upper Austria and Austria’s third-largest city has
City trip Leipzig – sights and foodie tips
«Linz or Leipzig?” I asked my Twitter followers at the beginning of August. 57 % – and thus the majority – would have chosen Leipzig as their next city break des
Tehran – Sights in the Iranian Capital
“Tehran 1200 kilometers,” I read aloud from the fast-passing road sign and say to my friend “that’s it now, isn’t it?!” We are at this moment on
Bilbao Effect – Architecture tour through the Basque Country
It’s been 20 years since a building was able to steer the history of a city in completely new, unexpected directions. No other city has achieved such a reverberating turnarou
5 tips and sights for your trip to Turin
Equipped with a latte macchiato “to go” and amaretti, we quickly head for the platform with the waiting train to Milan. It’s Pentecost Saturday and the train is f
Skopje – Status: it’s complicated!
Just over a year ago, I was musing about “beauty” in Le Havre – or rather, dealing with the question: What makes a city “beautiful”, why do we call an
South of France road trip – on the Route du Mimosa
130 kilometres from the Côte d’Azur to the unspoilt Var region. The Route du Mimosa from Grasse to Bormes-les-Mimosas is a varied road trip along the beautiful coastline of
Bormes les Mimosas – Corso Fleuri and Flower Festival
“On the hillside where the mimosas bloom,” people used to say when they spoke of the small town of Bormes at the foot of the Massif des Maures. And so, in 1968, Bormes