Olynth – Olynthus Όλυνθος – once a thriving ancient city, lies on the edge of Kassandra’s gulf on the Greek peninsula of Chalkidiki. We visit Olynth on our way to Thessalian Plain. Already founded in the 7th century BC, the city was strategically located on a 40 m high hill landscape. Please watch the video […]
Wachau – From Poechlarn via Melk to Duernstein
The area around the town of Poechlarn was already populated 6.000 years ago. Here, the Romans erected a fort. The place is known as ancestral castle of Rüdiger of Bechelaren in the Song of the Nibelungs. Only a few kilometers away is Melk with its famous Melk Abbey. Originally there was a castle, which Margrave […]
Riegersburg Castle
Riegersburg Castle in Styria, Austria, was built in the 11th Century on a 500 meter high basalt massif. Despite massive rush of Magyars and Turks it could never be taken. Please watch the video You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content, click the button below. Please note that […]
Visiting the City of Luxembourg
The city of Luxembourg is the capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The Bock fiels (rock) with the castle and the upper town, rises above the valley of the Pétrusse river. Luxembourg was already inhabited by the Celts, and later by the Romans. The Franks forced the Romans back and brought Christianity into the […]
Yu Garden – one of the most beautiful gardens in China
The Yu Garden (Yuyuan Garden) in Shanghai is one of the most beautiful gardens in China. The garden, located in the northeast of the Old Town of Shanghai, covers an area of more than 20000 square meters and 28 buildings is easily accessible by Shanghai Metro Line 10. During the Ming Dynasty, in 1559, the […]
Aberdeen Harbor – Hong Kong
Aberdeen Harbor, Hong Kong, Southern District, is located on the south side of Hong Kong Island. Traditionally there are many junks and sampans here. There are still a lot of people who prefer life on the houseboats and are only hard to convince that the life in one of the surrounding skyscrapers is more convenient […]