The politics inside

In 1999, the German parliament, the Bundestag, moved into the Reichstags building. The restoration by Norman Foster split the building…

If walls could speak

When the German Empire was founded in 1871, a decision was made to build a building to house the parliament…

The preservation of unused industrial sites always brings along a conundrum – what to do with this space? Having the…

sun, moon and stars… German readers may translate that in their head into the song commonly sung while walking through…

Choosing where to start describing a continuous process is always a bit of a challenge. It doesn’t quite make sense…

Ever since I started visiting the western Saarland, I have been intrigued by the industry along the Saar river. The…

While spending time at the airfield in Azelot, I noticed a marker on Google maps for a Commonwealth War Memorial.…

No self-respecting medieval town would have remained a town without a castle. Neustadt-Glewe’s castle was first built around 1167, the…

In the same way that there are multiple places in England called ‘Newtown’ or ‘Whitchurch’ reflecting the relative novelty of…

Walking from the brewery to the synagogue I passed through the old town of Plzen. Having booked myself into a…