For me a visit to the local Zoo is a typical part of a city tour. At Hamburg the “Hagenbecks Tierpark” is conveniently reached by the public transportation. Just after entering the park, at the elephant area a specially of the Zoo is immediately visible. People can feed the animals. This is of course a…
A bit of on the far end of the fish marked at St. Pauli, the U-434 has found its last harbor. The russian military submarine has been securely fixed at the harbor and is now serving as a museum. You can enter the ship on your own or take part in a guided tour. I…
The “Alter Elbtunnel” is a fully functional tunnel for cars and pedestrians. But despite the fact that you can drive through it, below the Elbe, there is no ramp to the tunnel. Instead, every vehicle that likes to pass the tunnel has to use one of four lifts to down to the ground level of…
Every thing is a bit larger here. At least if it can float on water. On the harbor tour, some very impressive ships, cranes and docks can be seen. From a bit of a distance, those cranes look like toys. But once approached with the ship, there real size becomes immanent. Some of those cranes…
This guided city tour was a bit special. Of course I also learned something about the city, e.g. the big fire, which destroyed a third of the houses of Hamburg and resulted in a completed rebuilt of the affected areas. But the main topic of this tour was to show the “Kontorhäuser”, houses of the…
This was a really good choice. And that is not always easy if you select your hotel based one some reviews an photos. Not only is the hotel located conveniently close to an S-Bahn station, yet still far off the streets to be in a quite place, but the Hotel itself is really nice. The…
Quite obviously I am not the only one taking the train from the city center to the harbor area at Warnemünde, a district of Rostock at this Sunday afternoon. It’s a bit like a mixture of a party and a tourist site. There countless boats offering food and drinks on one side of the path…
There are quite interesting Wikipedia articles to read on the smart phone for the objects surrounding one. There is not an explanation for all sites, but it’s quite impressive, what contributors have created. But of course hearing the story from a local guide is more personal and individual. So, like in other places, I took…
After traveling for some weeks now, the daily or bi-daily routine of a hotel checkin was interrupted. Not sure, whether I was a the right place, I heard in astonishment, that the hotel staff at the reception had not heard of my arrival, which I booked some months ago. Luckily, this was just a missing…
After the arrival in the late afternoon, I took a first opportunity to get an overview of Rostock. I used my favorite approach, the random walk, to get along the city. As I quickly discovered, this city, at least in the center, is again very well suited for being discovered by foot. My first steps…
