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Rupert Parker explores Northern Germany by bike visiting the cities of Lübeck, Lüneberg and Hamburg.

Northern Germany by bike. Discover A fantastic tour on two wheels.

Rupert Parker explores the three north German cities of Lübeck, Lüneberg and Hamburg on two wheels and finds delightful streets with fairy tale houses.

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Visiting Gotha

Stuart Forster takes a look at some of the reasons to make visiting Gotha in the east German state of Thuringia very worthwhile.

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Guide to the carnivals of Frankfurt Rhein-Main

Brilliant Guide to the carnivals of Frankfurt Rhein-Main

it is carnival season again, and this year TripReporter offers up a guide to the carnivals of Frankfurt Rhine-Main a German region comprising one of the biggest collections of carnivals in Europe.

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Night train to Berlin

The Night Train to Berlin. Loaded with romance

On a rainy night in February, I was waiting in Paris’s Gare de L’Est station for the night train to Berlin. Those last four words are loaded with romance. And I was taking this winter journey in search of the romance of rail travel in a European winter.

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With the news that Germany has now recognised the National Socialst Party as a piece of German history, Andy Mossack visits Bavaria in the footsteps of Hitler to uncover answers to how they managed to succeed and what is left since their fall. Former Nazi Party Rally Grounds©Uwe Niklas 2

Bavaria In the Footsteps of Hitler. Discover the history behind the evil.

I wanted to know more about why Bavaria became such an important region for Hitler; walking in his footsteps from his seat of power in Munich, to the grandeur of the rally grounds in Nuremburg and up into the stunning alpine mountains of Obersalzberg and Berchtesgaden, where he spent more time in his house there than in Berlin. Is there anything left standing from the dust and rubble 70 years on that will help me understand the insanity of those terrible years?

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Andy Mossack goes cruising the Baltic on Regent Seven Seas Voyager. Can he really leave his wallet at home?

Cruising the Baltic on Regent Seven Seas Voyager. Experience the perfect way to cruise.

Andy Mossack goes cruising the Baltic on Regent Seven Seas Voyager. Can he really leave his wallet at home?

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