Ela_unterwegs

Franeker has almost 13,000 inhabitants and a very special highlight: the Eise Eisinga Planetarium, the oldest, still functioning planetarium in the world. Eise Eisinga lived...

Leeuwarden has around 127,000 inhabitants and was European Capital of Culture in 2018 together with Valletta. Even today you still encounter art and culture at every turn. This...

Reaklif Uitkijkpost is located near Skarl, directly on the IJsselmeer. The last remains of a moraine from the Ice Age can be found here. A battle also took place here in 1345...

Lemmer is located on the IJsselmeer and has around 10,000 inhabitants. The place boasts a real world heritage site: the Wouda steam pumping station. It was built in 1920 by the...

Sneek (Frisian: Snits) is a town in southwest Friesland with almost 35,000 inhabitants. Sneek is characterized by canals, but also has an old town center that is worth seeing. ...

Terherne (or Terhorne) is located in the Dutch southwest Friesland. It is a small village surrounded by water. There are many holiday homes here and yet a very cute and worth...

From the Landungsbrücken we first went to St. Pauli. We admired the celebrities in the Panoptikum wax museum. What is actually interesting is the production of the wax figures...

From the Eichenpark in Harvestedehude we went south along the western side of the Outer Alster. Very idyllic, nice to go for a walk and watch the boats. At the southern end of...

The new Hamburg district of HafenCity already has some impressive architecture to offer. Above all, the Elbphilharmonie, which was inaugurated at the beginning of January 2017....

The Ballinstadt is an emigrant museum in Hamburg Veddel that was inaugurated in 2007 and was built on the site of the former emigrant halls. It was built over 100 years after...

Today we're going to the heart of Hamburg! ❤️ From the Ohnsorgtheater near the main train station we turned to Hamburg's shopping mile: Mönckebergstrasse, or Mö for short. Short...

Hamburg Dungeon was exciting! In a group you go through various scenes from Hamburg's history (e.g. court hearings, city fire, plague). There you are transported by actors into...

The Hamburg district of Blankenese is around 15 km downstream from the Elbe. You wouldn't believe how hilly Hamburg can be if you haven't walked through the staircase district...

... in the Hohe Ward (Münster-Hiltrup).

Yes that works! On the Tiger & Turtle in Duisburg: Tiger and Turtle is a modern sculpture inaugurated in 2011. A large metal snake winds its way into the sky over an area...

Trip to the Westfalenpark in Dortmund. The particular target was the small but beautiful East Asia part of the park. But the remaining subject areas were also worth seeing,...

A very special cultural gem in the Botanical Garden of the Ruhr University Bochum, the Chinese Garden, is known far beyond Bochum. It was built in 1990 as a partnership gift...

For the 112th time the horse race took place today on the idyllic, rural grass track in Erlfeld in Drensteinfurt - with sulky, in the saddle and all the trimmings...

Today (Sunday, 20.08.2023) we went to Warendorf... Mariä Himmelfahrt is the traditional Warendorf town festival since 1752 and always takes place on the weekend after August...

On Sunday, August 13, 2023, a journey back in time to the Middle Ages was on the agenda. It wasn't that far away... at least for this weekend. ;-) The Planwiese in Telgte was...

On Saturday, July 22, 2023, the time had finally come! Long awaited and finally redeemed as a belated birthday present: a donkey hike. The donkeys Frieda and Eddie were great,...

Zierikzee is a nice town with 3 mighty city gates, historic ships, of course a windmill, lots of shops and a thick tower that looks a bit out of place. The thick tower is called...

Burgh-Haamstede actually consists of two places that have grown together over time. However, the original town centers are still recognizable and that is what makes Burgh so...

Veere is always worth a visit! The town has really become my favorite place during this holiday. What defines the place? An old town centre, an idyllic marina, a pretty...

Middelburg is the capital of the province of Zeeland and the largest city on the Walcheren peninsula. The Gothic town hall is one of the most beautiful in the Netherlands. The...

Zoutelande is a really pretty coastal town on the Zeeland Riviera. The up to 54 m high dunes are special here - the highest in the Netherlands. There is a nice shopping street,...

A great tradition in Zeeland and something that can be experienced in almost every village in the summer: ring riding. A rider, on the back of a galloping bareback horse, tries...

Today we explored Noord-Beveland... we started at Banjaardstrand. Beautiful wide sandy beach with relatively shallow water, which especially attracts families with (small)...

Goes is a small town with a town harbor that is really worth seeing, lots of old buildings and interesting little shops. Of particular note was that many houses around the city...

Vlissingen is not the most beautiful place in Zeeland, but it still has some nice corners to offer. The harbor facilities with pilot and marina were worth seeing. This is also...