The Blade Night Munich is Europe’s biggest night skate event. In good weather, thousands of skaters meet from May to September on Mondays at 21:00. The first event takes place on the first Monday in May. Since 1999, the event is organized by the association Green City and the department of sports of the City […]
Maxvorstadt Munich – A walking tour on Corpus Christi
Maxvorstadt, a central borough of Munch is next to the north-western part of the Old City. Our little tour starts at the Königsplatz (King’s Square). It was built once by order of King Ludwig I as part of a boulevard from the residence to the Nymphenburg Palace, after the example of the Akropolis in Athens. […]
Zwettl Abbey and Rappottenstein Castle – Austria
Zwettl Abbey is located in the Waldviertel – Forest Quarter, the northwestern part of Lower Austria. On the way to the Waldviertel we meet the typical granite rocks of the Bohemian Massif, which contain valuable amethysts and as the forests characterize the landscape. Rappottenstein Castle, built by the Kuenringer dynasty, lies almost like in the […]
St Wolfgang
St Wolfgang, the tourist center of the Salzkammergut region is located on the northern shore of the Wolfgangsee lake. The larger part of the Wolfgangsee lake belongs to the Austrian state of Salzburg. However, the town lies on the Upper Austrian territory and is dominated by the Schafberg mountain. Please watch the video here You […]
Boat trip along Mount Athos
Mount Athos is a monastic republic, which under international law belongs to Greece, but it is managed autonomously. The access for women is strictly prohibited – out of reverence for the Virgin Mary. In recent years, the modernization of the monasteries were funded by the EU with 150 million EUR, although it is rumored that […]
Nicopolis – the former city of victory
Nicopolis, the former Roman city of victory, lies in the Greek region Epirus not far from Préveza. The city of Nicopolis was founded by Octavian in 31 BC to commemorate his victory in the naval battle of Actium for the autocracy in the Roman Empire against Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Please watch the video here […]