GERMANY – ‘A country where everything works really well’ is what comes to mind when people around the world hear the word ‘Germany’. But every German knows about one project that proves that this idea is not always true. And if someone from outside hasn’t heard of it, there’s a big chance that they’ll find…
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GERMANY – Just like royal families other countries built their residences just outside their capitals, the kings and queens of Prussia chose to build their permanent residence in a town just west of Berlin called Potsdam. Bombed in WW2 and separated from West Berlin by the Iron Curtain afterwards, many things have happened there since…
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GERMANY – On another short holiday in Berlin (little knowing that I would move there a mere three months later), I decided to continue my exploration of the surrounding countryside. So I picked another random destination that looked nice on Wikipedia (Neustrelitz), borrowed my friends bike and took a train there. In contrast to my…
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GERMANY / POLAND – Most people have heard of Frankfurt am Main, an international center of finance, industry and transport. But there is another Frankfurt, which, even though no one has heard of it, is even more international by virtue of it being in two countries. I’m talking about Frankfurt an der Oder, which is…
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GERMANY – While on holiday in Berlin in December 2015, I borrowed my friends bike and started to explore the part of the former DDR (the former communist East Germany, for those of you who don’t know) just outside the city, starting in Brandenburg an der Havel. It was an interesting experience, due to both…
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