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The world of espionage is fascinating and mysterious. The Spy Museum Berlin has taken up this theme and opened an exhibition right in the heart of the city.

A steamboat trip in Berlin is simply part of every visit to Berlin. But a steamboat trip in Berlin is also a wonderful way for us Berliners to relax.
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A little off the beaten track, in the Neustadt district, is one of the most impressive and depressing places I have visited so far, the Bautzner Strasse Dresden Memorial, a former “Stasi” prison.

It takes just one hour by regional train from Berlin’s main station to reach the small picturesque town of Bad Belzig in Brandenburg. Ideal for a day trip to the Berlin countryside.

I came across the Moabit Cellular Prison History Park by chance. Since I had never heard of it before, it was clear that I really wanted to discover this place.

Oberwiesenthal is one of Germany’s winter sports resorts, where top athletes hold their competitions and of course train. But what is it like in summer? Do the facilities of the Fichtelbergschanzen stand deserted in the terrain?
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Two days in the Spreewald – for us that meant two days of feasting and enjoying. We tried a few delicacies in the Spreewald and are thrilled with the diverse food in the Spreewald.

The Fichtelbergbahn is a narrow-gauge railway that runs from Cranzahl in Saxony to the highest town in Germany, the town of Oberwiesenthal. The route is just over 17 kilometres long and is one of the most popular excursion tips in the Ore Mountains.
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I don’t know any big city that has as many green spaces, parks and forests as Berlin. Not only on the outskirts, but also in the city centre you can find beautiful recreational areas, such as Volkspark Friedrichshain.
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Sculptures don’t always have to be huge and big, and if you look a little closer in Brandenburg an der Havel, you can discover what are probably the cutest sculptures. The life-size forest pug can be found in various places around the city and reminds us of Loriot, a native of Brandenburg.
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A really unusual overnight stay can be found in Schöneck in the Vogtland. Spending the night in a Tinyhouse is already something special, but spending the night in a sea container was a wonderful time-out for us and a unique experience.
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In pictures, the Göltzschtal Bridge already looks very impressive, but when you see it in reality, it is even more impressive and I can understand why it is the landmark of the Vogtland.
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In Brandenburg, quite close to Berlin, lies the Döberitzer Heide. The entire area is about 5000 hectares. On about 3600 hectares, the former military training area Döberitz, is now a nature reserve. Most of the heathland lies in the Havelland district between Dallgow-Döberitz, Seeburg, Elstal and Priort. The southern area belongs to Potsdam.
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…and a little bit further!
Why didn’t I do this before … I am completely thrilled after leaving Karl-Heinz and am already thinking about when we can go to Brandenburg an der Havel again.
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I spent two days in the Spreewald. I visited 5 towns and was shown interesting places everywhere. Now I realise that the Spreewald offers exciting excursion destinations worth discovering at any time of the year and I will definitely go there again and discover more!
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You can get a very good first overview of the city on a city tour of Magdeburg. It’s not a tour where you can hop on or off at will, but a leisurely drive through the city.

In the Barnim district of Brandenburg lies the small town of Schönwalde, very close to Wandlitz. Dammsmühle Castle is located here in the nature reserve of the Mühlenbeck Lakes.

Many visitors who go to the German Museum of Technology for the first time are initially completely taken aback. There seems to be a huge aeroplane stuck right into the façade of the building.
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Schöneck/Vogtland is not far from Plauen. The town is the highest town in the Vogtland region and a popular recreation and winter sports resort that is just perfect for a time out.

It always surprises me when we discover the most interesting and lovingly designed museums in the smallest places. The Saxon Narrow-Gauge Railway Museum in Rittersgrün is just such a discovery.
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Eichwalde is located in the Brandenburg district of Dahme-Spreewald directly on the border with Berlin-Köpenick and is the smallest municipality in Brandenburg with an area of only 2.8 km² . After our visit to neighbouring Schmöckwitz, we ended the weekend with a walk through Eichwalde.

Abandoned on Teufelsberg in Grunewald, the former US radar and listening station Teufelsberg. Today, only dilapidated buildings remain as reminders of an eventful piece of history in Berlin.
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In the Ore Mountains about 5 kilometers from Zschopau, lies the small village of Scharfenstein. High above the valley on a mountain spur towers the castle Scharfenstein.
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In front of Magdeburg’s city hall lies the Old Market Square. A tour of the square takes you past some landmarks and small discoveries that are easy to overlook.
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Shortly before 10 am, Holger our guide for the tour “Soviet Berlin II – Through the Red Metropolis” of Berlins Taiga was already waiting for us at the main station. With him, we should go on a discovery tour through Berlin in the next 4 hours and immerse ourselves in the time of the end of the war and the Soviet occupation.
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A visit to the Live Escape Room in Berlin – for us a great opportunity to do something together with friends. Here you suddenly get to know your team members in a completely different way and discover unexpected skills.
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The Niederfinow ship’s hoist is an impressive structure in Brandenburg. It is located at the end of the Oder-Havel Canal and overcomes a height difference of 36 metres. The industrial monument was put into operation in 1934, making it the oldest ship’s hoist still in operation in Germany.
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If you can’t travel and experience the city tour live, you have to look for alternatives. How about a virtual city tour of the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Stadt in Berlin?
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The time has come – my airport in Berlin, Tegel Airport, is closed. No 6 o’clock flight to Amsterdam or Frankfurt wakes me up in the morning anymore.

Who does not know them, the beautiful buildings of Friedensreich Hundertwasser. The Green Citadel Magdeburg is the last project he worked on before his death.
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A rather unknown cemetery lies on the eastern shore of Plötzensee. Rather by chance, I passed the Plötzensee cemetery in Wedding on a bicycle tour and decided to walk through the park-like grounds.

Fancy some vegan street food? In Weddinger Nordhafenpark you can eat delicious vegan food at the Vood Mobil.
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Since late summer 2019, there has been a new location for beer lovers in Berlin’s Marienpark – the BrewDog DogTap Berlin opened in September.
We were there shortly after the opening and not only looked around, but also tested beers.
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Why do you always go far away? There are so many beautiful places nearby…Chorin Monastery is located in Brandenburg’s Schorfheide near the town of Chorin in the Barnim district. We decided to go there on the spur of the moment and let a wonderful day come to an end.

We love the scenarios in Escape Berlin. We were there for the third time and this time we managed to break out of Escape Room Jail 13.
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We were out and about for you in Berlin and tried out a dreamy place for a few relaxing hours.
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“Experience the city” is the motto of Ulrike, who offered us an interesting walk through Neukölln at the ReiseBlogger Camp. Not through all of Neukölln, Ulrike led us through Rixdorf.
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“Waterway crossing Magdeburg – what’s so special about that? It’s just the crossing of two rivers or canals. “That was my first thought when we decided to stop there briefly on our way back from Magdeburg to Berlin.
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Berlin’s local transport system is very well developed. You can explore the whole city by bus, S-Bahn, U-Bahn or tram. Day tickets or even tourist tickets are not that expensive and if you choose the right route, you can save on expensive bus tours offered by other tour operators.

Have you ever succumbed to an illusion? When I mean here not the illusion of earning a lot of money with little work, but the optical illusion in which something appears quite different from what it really is.
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The building of the Bernard snuff factory is located in the middle of Regensburg’s old town. Today, some rooms of the renovated building are used as a museum.
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Sometimes you find an article on the internet by chance that turns out to be a really great tip. We were at the Streetfood auf Achse event at the KulturBrauerei.

Not far from Regensburg is the small town of Abensberg. We took a little diversions on our way to Regensburg to see the Kuchlbauer Tower here.
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If you leave Magdeburg city centre and cross to the other side of the Elbe bank, you can visit the viewing platform on the Albinmüller Tower in Rothehorn Park and enjoy a completely different view of the city from there.
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During our visit to Regensburg, there were so many discoveries on the outskirts – I just had to pay more attention to these places.

The term Valhalla comes from Norse mythology and describes the resting place for fallen warriors. The German memorial site Valhalla near Regensburg is named after the mythical resting place and I think the place really is a bit mythical-monumental.
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You can’t miss Regensburg Cathedral on a walk through the city. We were also drawn to the city’s most important church.

The best way to find out where Berlin’s coldest point is is to ask the meteorologists – or look at the Berlin city map and search for a name that actually reveals exactly that it must be particularly cold here – Eiskeller (ice cellar).

Directly in front of Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin, a Christmas market has been held in the run-up to Christmas for several years. Against the historic backdrop of the palace, you can stroll through the Christmas stalls here every year from the end of November until the end of December.
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The Christmas market at Johannisstift in Spandau traditionally takes place on the 1st Sunday of Advent.
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In the heart of Magdeburg you cannot miss the Magdeburg Cathedral, which bears the official name Dom zu Magdeburg St. Mauritius und Katharina. A visit is not to be missed during a stay in Magdeburg – there is much to discover here.

The Christmas market around the Gedächniskirche has existed for 35 years. For us, a visit to precisely this Christmas market has been a traditional part of the Christmas season for years.
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There are countless Christmas markets in Berlin, in fact you can immerse yourself in the Christmas feeling on almost every corner in December. During our tour of the city, we also took a look at the Christmas market at the Rotes Rathaus.
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For me, the Lucia Christmas Market in Prenzlauer Berg is one of the most beautiful Christmas markets in Berlin. The size is manageable, there are stalls that offer their wares away from the usual “socks and caps stalls” and delicious mulled wine!
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Every year at Christmas time, the Berlin Railway Friends offer a trip from Berlin to Schmachtenhagen with the Glühweinexpress. If you book in time, you can get hold of tickets.
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Fancy a beer hike? In Franconia you will not only find numerous breweries, here you can combine beer drinking with hiking on the Five-Seidla-Trail.

As in every city we visit, we set out to find breweries, beer gardens and brewpubs. Finding a beer garden in Magdeburg where we felt comfortable and the beer tasted good was done quickly.
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During our short visit to Pottenstein, we left the car behind. Hiking in Pottenstein is a wonderful alternative!

As a child, I used to walk along the Pottensteiner Weg and only realised years later that there really is a place called Pottenstein. It is located in Franconian Switzerland between Nuremberg and Bayreuth and it made sense to stop here and visit the Devil’s Cave near Pottenstein.

During my visit to the Upper Palatinate, I took part in a hike near Bad Neualbenreuth. Both tours are easy to manage with only moderate gradients and on good paths, even for inexperienced hikers.
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I wasn’t just in Bamberg to move from one brewery to the next. Of course, I also wanted to gather some city impressions and discover Bamberg’s sights.

Franconia is beer country and Bamberg is considered the beer capital – is that really true? I set off for Bamberg to discover Bamberg beer, the breweries, the cellars and the city’s beer scene.
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In Berlin I visited the Old Malt House and learned something about the history of malting. In Bamberg I was now allowed to visit the highly modern Weyermann malt house. I wonder if there are still similarities.
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If you look at pictures of Bamberg, you will always see a beautiful half-timbered house on an island. This is probably the best-known and most important building in the city – the old Bamberg town hall.
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Magdeburg calls itself the Otto City. The name comes not only from the most famous Otto in German history, Otto I, but also from a “second Otto” who was born and worked in the city.
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Bad Neualbenreuth has only recently been recognised as a spa and now offers further interesting offers in addition to the existing programme. I experienced the forest health training with trainer Beate Ott and got to know a completely new forest experience.
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If you turn right at the church in Bad Neualbenreuth and drive up the street “Am Kirchberg”, you will arrive at the Pension ausZEIT. I was allowed to spend 2 nights in a holiday flat in Bad Neualbenreuth and felt very comfortable.
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Churfranken is a wine region and the Franconian Red Wine Trail runs along the Main. Here you can not only enjoy a wonderful hike, but also watch the winegrowers at work and discover the local wines in the wineries.

Bürgstadt is a small town near Miltenberg in the Churfranken region of pleasure. On my first day in the region, I set out to discover the town.

From Miltenberg station it is only a few metres until you cross the Main over a bridge. Here on the left side of the Main is the historic old town of Miltenberg.

What luck! The weather cooperated and so nothing stood in the way of a sightseeing flight over Churfranken. It was an experience I won’t soon forget.
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In addition to very good food and excellent wine, the region of Churfranken also offers drinkable beer from regional breweries. A little beer tasting just before dinner was of course just the thing for me.

In Magdeburg’s old town, almost on the banks of the Elbe, stands Johanniskirche. Today the building is no longer used as a church, but as a venue for events. Visitors are welcome and the view from the church tower is unique.
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Food and drink keep body and soul together – so they say. The food in the restaurants in Churfranken should definitely be taken into account.
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A trip to the Black Forest and clichés like cuckoo clocks and Black Forest cake immediately come to mind. I really wanted to take a closer look at one of the clichés during our stay in Freudenstadt. What luck that the Black Forest Cake Seminar exists!
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During our first stay in the Black Forest, we were drawn to Freudenstadt. Still completely unknown to us, Freudenstadt has been a traditional holiday resort for many years and is also known as a recognised climatic health resort and spa. We were excited to see what we would discover and experience here.
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On our programme during the blogger trip to the Black Forest is a visit to the Hotel Waldlust. At first I was a bit irritated – why should I visit a hotel where we are not staying? So I did a little surfing on the internet and it was clear why this place was on our programme.
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I have never been in a real silver and copper ore mine. In the Black Forest there is the Freudenstadt visitor mine, which we were allowed to visit.
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Welcome to the Black Forest, welcome to the Hotel Adler – what a nice and warm welcome that awaited us when we arrived in Freudenstadt.
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According to legend, Till Eulenspiegel was in Magdeburg, and there are even two stories about him. So it’s not surprising that you also meet Till Eulenspiegel in Magdeburg.

From the tourist information office in Lossburg, we set out on a short hike through the enchanted forest in the magic land of Lossburg. We had the information flyer about the hiking route and the little pixie book “Mit Winni auf Entdeckertour im Zauberland” with us. A really cutely designed book that goes with the information boards during the hike (available at the tourist information office).
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In bright sunshine, we drove with an information flyer from Lossburg to the starting point for a hike through the world of mills on the Heimbach.
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It is raining cats and dogs when we arrive in Alpirsbach. Actually just the right weather for a guided tour of the Alpirsbach brewery. But of course it’s not just us who have come up with this idea and so more and more people gather under their umbrellas at the meeting point.
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The Elbauenpark in Magdeburg covers a good 100 hectares and we had 100% relaxation, 100% fun and 100% surprise factor during our visit.
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Magdeburg calls itself the “Otto City”. During a visit to the Ottonianum Cathedral Museum in Magdeburg, you can search for traces of one of the two “Ottos” who had so much influence on the development of the city.
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Our tour through Berlin led us to the Soviet Memorial in the Tiergarten, which is located directly on the Straße des 17.Juni, less than 300 meters from the Reichstag.

Regensburg’s old town is characterised by many narrow and often winding alleys. We strolled through the streets and discovered some interesting things.
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I love to discover Berlin. Unfortunately, one often takes far too little time for his hometown and in addition Berlin is not exactly small. Since you are often with the public transport, especially from my home district Spandau, quickly times an hour on the road until you reach the desired destination. The Treptower Park is not one of the destinations that are around the corner for me.

Four rivers meet in Regensburg: Naab, Regen, Danube and, although not a “real” river, the Main-Donal Canal. We took a look around Regensburg on the banks of the Danube and also took a boat trip on the famous Danube “Strudel”.

One of the most impressive buildings in Regensburg is the Old Town Hall on Rathausplatz. Here you can go on a journey of discovery with a guided tour and learn about the history of Regensburg’s imperial days.
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I had the Visitor Mine F60 on my destinations-wishlist for a little while. Now we finally got to go on an excursion to the brown coal opencast mining area in Lusatia.

Some destinations leave you with more to think about than others. Our excursion to the Holocaust Memorial and Museum Sachsenhausen was one of the most moving tours I have experienced in the recent past.
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Do you have a bucket list full of things you’d like to experience? One of the items on mine for example is “unusual accommodation”. And a treehouse I’d say counts as unusual accommodation.
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Beelitz, a small town in the county of Brandenburg. There, you find the Beelitz Heilstätten – Beelitz Sanatorium – a heritage-protected complex, built between 1898 and 1930.

Nieder Neuendorf is a town to the northwest of Berlin and characterised mostly by residential houses, a church and a few shopping facilities. And it is also home to one of the last remaining GDR watchtowers.
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What a wonderful day! We were invited to test the SATAMA Sauna Resort & SPA at Scharmützelsee (Scharmützel Lake) and enjoyed a day full of quiet relaxation.
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