Category: Europe

Dancing With the Devil 0

Dancing With the Devil

An art installation that has caused outrage recently has seen Hitler return to Germany but this time in gnome form. The gnomes are a typical garden gnome but have one arm raised in a...

Berlin Week along the Unter den Linden 0

Berlin Week along the Unter den Linden

Unter den Linden is one of Berlin’s premier and grandest streets. Travelling through the city east to west the street is home to some of Berlin’s most impressive buildings and monuments including the German...

Berlin Week – Sony Centre 0

Berlin Week – Sony Centre

Unter den Linden is one of Berlin’s premier and grandest streets. Travelling through the city east to west the street is home to some of Berlin’s most impressive buildings and monuments including the German...

Berlin week – Berleskanzleramt 0

Berlin week – Berleskanzleramt

One of the things you notice most about Berlin is the huge and striking new architecture which has been created since the fall of the Berlin Wall. One of the most striking is the...

Berlin Week – Berliner Dom 0

Berlin Week – Berliner Dom

The beautiful Baroque Berliner Dom or Berlin Cathedral was built on Museum Island on the river Spree between 1894 and 1905 but the site has been a church for over 600 years and has...

Berlin Week – Hus der Kulturen der Welt 0

Berlin Week – Hus der Kulturen der Welt

The Hus der Kultren de Welt or House of World Cultures is another one of Berlin’s amazing architectural statements. This interesting oyster shaped building was built in 1957 as the USA’s contribution to a...

Cathedral Church of Our Lady 0

Cathedral Church of Our Lady

One of the most dominant land marks on the Munich skyline is the two towered Cathedral Church of Our Blessed Lady which is home to the Archbishop of Munich and home to over 500...

Furry fun at Eurofurence 1

Furry fun at Eurofurence

Next week there will be plenty of fun to be had in Suhl, Germany, as the 15th annual European Furry Convention takes place at the Ringburg hotel from Aug 26th to 30th.  Known as...

Oktoberfest rapidly approaching 0

Oktoberfest rapidly approaching

The 2009 Munich Oktoberfest kicks off on September 19th and celebrates the 176th year of the world’s biggest party.  This year reservations are high, even the ‘Global Financial Crisis’ cant dampen the Oktoberfest spirit...