Kronborg, the Hamlet Palace
Kronborg Castle is a fortress in Helsingør on the Danish Island of Zealand. It is located at the far north-eastern end of the island of Zealand just four kilometres from the Swedish coast. The fortress guards the entrance to the Øresund. The castle is also famous because William Shakespeare set
Changing of the Danish Royal Guard
At Amalienborg Palace in the heart of Copenhagen, I visited the seat of one of the world’s oldest monarchies. On the palace square I watched the changing of the guards. Amalienborg made up of four identical buildings is famous for its royal guard, known as The Royal Life Guard. Every day
Roque Nublo, the Cloud Rock
The rock rises about 65 metres above a flat plateau. Before the arrival of the Spanish conquerors at the end of the 15th century, Roque Nublo was revered as a sacred mountain by the island’s indigenous people, the Canarios. They had a place of worship here where sacrifices were made
The Havana Capitol
Cubans have always been quite proud of their Capitol, because it is slightly higher than its counterpart in Washington. In terms of shape and size, however, the Cuban architects were rather influenced by the Panthéon in Paris and St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Information about taking this photo Where to
Portugal – Torre de Belém
The Torre de Belém at the mouth of the Tejo was completed in 1521. It symbolises the heyday of the Portuguese maritime and trading empire. Situated as a lighthouse on a rock, it welcomed the arriving explorers and merchant ships. Originally there was a second tower on the opposite side.
The medieval Jüterbog
With its historic town centre, Jüterbog is considered the medieval capital of the Fläming, a historically grown cultural landscape southwest of Berlin. Jüterbog has three monasteries: Kloster Zinna, Mönchenkloster and Liebfrauenkloster (Monastery of Our Lady); three town gates: Dammtor, Zinnaer Tor and Neumarkttor; numerous fortified towers and Brandenburg’s oldest town hall.
St Paul’s Cathedral
I have known about this particular church since I was a child. It plays a role in the film Mary Poppins, where the “little old bird woman” sings her song “Feed the birds”. The setting was not quite as magical in reality as in the film, but inside the cathedral
The Tower of London
There are places that have been familiar since early childhood from books, school lessons and countless films. You think you know them and then one day you stand in front of them. And they are exactly as you always imagined them. That’s what happened to me with the Tower. The
Kyffhäuser and the Imperial Castle
The Kyffhäuser is a small low mountain range south of the Harz. On a mountain promontory in the north-east are the ruins of the thousand-year-old Reichsburg Kyffhausen. A multitude of German legends have grown up around the Kyffhäuser. The most famous is the Barbarossa legend. It states: “The old Emperor
The New Berlin of the Millennium
Berlin has experienced many highs and lows in its history. When I moved to Berlin in 1986, the city was still strictly divided into East and West. A wall enclosed the western part of the city, which languished as a de facto appendage of West Germany. The eastern part vacillated