Tourism

Some ten years ago, Berlin got its version of Hollywood's Walk of Fame. By now, the Boulevard of Stars in the German capital is shabby and decayed. It could be another tourist attraction in Berlin, but nobody seems to care.

Germany has a few medieval towns that are too beautiful to be real. Quedlinburg, a major tourist magnet, is one of those. Hundreds of thousands of visitors per…

So Corona is changing our vacation plans? Well, yes. But it looks like the virus is doing us a favor. Trips to beaches and other locations are not quite as…

On trains, the travel time between Berlin and Hamburg will increase substantially for a while, thanks to a giant renovation project. Covering the distance on the back of a donkey will not take as long as going on a bullet train.

It’s impossible to imagine the hills that skirt the Mosel River without their vineyards. Fortunately, you don’t have to.

Getting to Lake Constance from the German capital at the speed of light is difficult, but Deutsche Bahn is offering a new connection that comes pretty close.…

Finding the nicest cherry blossoms in Berlin took a while. When I finally located them, after a few failed attempts and a long bicycle ride, an issue popped up.

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, and definitely in Berlin. The German capital's New Venice area provides a lot of it.

Fifteen years ago, Berlin's central station was inaugurated. It is a giant construction with five levels and train tracks in all directions. Designed by the…

Berlin has hundreds of parks. But only one of them is as elegant as the Charlottenburg Palace Gardens. They are just the right spot for those who insist on forgetting about the Corona crisis for a little while.