Tagged With "Humboldt Univeristy of Berlin"
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Tips For A Perfect Summer season Tour
Summertime’s have struck one of the most of the plain areas with the intense warm days; every passing day is getting hotter. The heat is making is harder for everybody to head out specifically in day time. Summer season breaks in the schools all across the country are almost to start, that makes it an ideal time for the family trip to go for Berlin Wall Tour . This is the time when kids are already set for a daring summertime vacation and they anticipate you to plan a trip to some hill...
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Panda-monium in Germany as Chinese visitors arrive
Germany begins a new love affair with a pair of pandas newly arrived from China for Berlin's zoo.
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Berlin's uneasy path to a pedestrian mall
Berlin has ambitions to follow Paris and New York in creating urban pedestrian spaces, but its plan for Unter den Linden is raising questions.
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Germany's newest hi-speed line 'changes everything'
The new route between Berlin and Munich not only cuts a third off the time, but also changes timetables all over Germany.
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Berlin's new airport update: Only half the doors don't work
Berlin's new airport, already years overdue and plagued with construction and corruption issues, has only a tiny milestone to celebrate
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Eastern European Rail Odyssey: Gdansk to Vilnius
Wilbur's Eastern European train journey continues, with travels through Gdansk, Kaliningrad, Minsk and Vilnius.
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Germany's most unusual museums await you
Germany has famous museums—but it also has some fascinating ones hardly anyone knows. Above, an exhibit at the Schweine Museum in Stuttgart.
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Rosa Parks' Detroit home now in Berlin
An American artist living in Berlin has rescued Parks' condemned former residence and is opening it to the public in Berlin.
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Air Berlin in bankruptcy; future uncertain
Germany's #2 carrier, long a money-loser, has gone over the cliff with Etihad's refusal to advance further funding.
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New partners revive German discount train service
Germany's largest bus carrier teams up with a partner to revive a discount competitor for Germany's giant Deutsche Bahn
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FLASH SALE: $69 to Europe on WOW
WOW juices the competition with an early-fall sale to Paris, Berlin, London and more.
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Fantasyland: Unfinished Berlin Airport plans big expansion
Berlin-Brandenburg Airport, seven years behind schedule to open, is already planning expansion.
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Germany tests 'be your own conductor' app
Punch your own ticket? There's an app for that, and Deutsche Bahn is trying it out.
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Air Berlin's fate to be known Monday
Next Monday's board meeting of Germany's #2 airline will determine its fate; it will most likely be sold in parts.
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Berlin votes to keep Tegel. What next?
Berlin voters want to keep their existing main airport when a new one eventually opens, but the path is still unclear.
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Air Berlin ends Oct. 28, news soon on Alitalia
Air Berlin sets the date for the end of all flights, while Alitalia has a couple of weeks left to learn its fate.
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Do we need a tax to save stranded travelers?
British travel agents propose a levy on air tickets to cover the costs of repatriation and refund in case of sudden airline shutdowns.
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Why I never get tired of Monet's gardens
On my most recent visit, I had to explain why I keep going back, and why it's not really about the 'cult of Monet.'
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Alitalia limps on: New deadline is April 30
Italy's government extends loans to keep Alitalia in the air while it continues to seek bids for the airline.
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London named top city for vegans
With over 125 vegan establishments, London is top among cities where veganism has gone mainstream.
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The Many Lives of Brooklyn's Industry City
PHeymont visits a Brooklyn phoenix. After 125 years, the the world's first integrated industrial park and transport park lives on.
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Berlin Airport says this time it'll really open
Depending on your level of skepticism, Berlin's new airport opening date of October 31, 2020 is either a dream come true or yet another bad joke.
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Berlin: Panda-monium for twin cub debut
Berlin's panda babies have their first public outing at 100 days old.
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Rail fares: UK's go up, Germany's down
Germany uses a tax cut to lower long-distance fares and carbon emissions.
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Coronavirus: Closures, collapses and resort fee increases
The spreading coronavirus epidemic and fears of it are having a growing effect on the travel industry.
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Maymont Mansion, Richmond, Virginia (Where Gumbo was #366)
Gumbo was visiting home of James and Sallie Dooley, known as Maymont. The mansion is located at 1700 Hampton Street, Richmond, Virginia.
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Berlin plans a car-free test
After a number of experiments, Berlin is ready to close a major shopping area to cars for a six-month trial.
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While we can't travel, here's why we should
Wise words from the founder of modern mass travel, at a time it's worth re-reading them.
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Frommer's Top Places: Not just the ones you'd think
One of the great travel authorities posts an eclectic suggestion of places exotic and familiar for your bucket list.
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Germany sees decline in air travel
Environmental and price pressure are cutting domestic flying, with rail gaining. And a date's been set for Berlin Tegel to close.
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Sweden jumps into night-train market
Sweden has plans to join the revival of night-train service in Europe with a service that will connect Malmo with Cologne and beyond.
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March 23, 2020: Marienkirche, Berlin
DrFumblefinger stumbles across a rehearsal for a concert at Berlin's historic St. Mary's church, one of the oldest churches in Berlin (dating to the 13th century).
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Viking's Elbe River Cruise-not-a-cruise
When is a cruise not a cruise? When it's a Viking 'cruisetour' with the ship serving only as a floating hotel.
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Vienna, Berlin: Does cheap transit work?
Vienna, Berlin and Munich are all concerned about congestion and carbon, but don't agree on how to get passengers off the road and onto trains.
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Berlin panda twins ready for showtime
Berlin's newest zoo attractions are ready for the public that's been waiting for them!
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8 timeless destinations you must see in Europe
Darren lists some of Europe's great tourist attractions (sponsored content)
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Carnival of Cultures lights up Berlin this weekend
Berlin's Karneval der Kulturen (Carnival of Cultures) kicks off for four days this weekend, with a parade, interactive workshops, and music, art and food of all kinds—all in celebration of diversity and openness. It's been celebrated since the...
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Spotted on the Road, Berlin: 13-person-power bus-bike
Not a car or truck this time, but a sort of bus: a 12-passenger+"driver" bicycle with 13 sets of pedals to keep it going. The more get on, the more powerful (and perhaps faster) it gets. We saw several other versions of multi-passenger...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Aug. 17, 2015: Soviet War Memorial, Berlin
A quiet place, in a peaceful park in Berlin hardly seems connected at first sight to the horrific fighting that took place all over Berlin in the final days of World War II. But it is a memorial to 80,000 Soviet soldiers killed in that battle...
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Four Days in Berlin
In October I'm heading to Berlin for the first time. Been to Germany on four or five previous visits, but this is the first time in this historic city. Obviously with four days we'll not be able to see it all and need to be selective....
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Berlin: New scandal, but no new airport yet
Germany's reputation for precision, quality work and punctuality has already taken big hits because of construction delays and engineering errors at its still-under-construction new Berlin-Brandenburg airport for Berlin now has the additional...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Sept. 6, 2015: Berlin Buskers
Berlin's Museum Island, in central Berlin, is home to museums of ancient art, more recent art, early history and more, and also to the Lustgarten, or Pleasure Garden, an open green space that once belonged to the royal palace. Now it's a...
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Spy museum opens in Berlin, espionage capital
With a long history of spy-versus-spy in the Cold War, and all sorts of espionage intrigue both before and since, it seems only fitting that Berlin should have a museum of espionage, and now it does, with the opening of Spy Museum Berlin tomorrow....
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Walking and Eating in Berlin's Mitte
On our last few trips, we've gotten in the habit of looking around for good eating/walking tours, which allow us to sample a variety of local foods along with some sights, and some well-prepared information about the foods, their history and their...
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Berlin's airport tragedy of errors continues
Berlin's long-delayed (it was supposed to open in 2008) new airport will now have a new delay: work was stopped today when it was determined that the terminal roof may not be strong enough to support the air-conditioning units that have recently been...
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Norwegian Wins Europe's Best Low-Cost Airline Award
Norwegian Air Shuttle has been named Europe’s Leading Low-Cost Airline by the World Travel Awards for the first time. They beat out Aer Lingus, Air Berlin, easyJet, Monarch, Ryanair and Vueling. Norwegian's CEO, Bjorn Kjos,...
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Germans' surprising 'top city' pick: Hamburg
In Hamburg's Alster harbor area Photo: Butterfly1172 / Wikimedia While Berlin and Munich are the tourist meccas most often thought of in Germany, a poll of Germans asking what city they'd most like to move to or...
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Berlin's Tempelhof takes on a new crisis role
As it was in 1984, now to serve refugees Berlin's now-closed Tempelhof airport, famous for its role as the hub of the Cold War Berlin Airlift and more recently Berlin's newest public space, will now re-open as a refugee reception center for...
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Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg (Where Gumbo Was #125)
The Heiliggeistkirche, to give it its German name, is the most imposing church in Heidelberg; it stands out above the Altstadt (Old City) section of the city so distinctively that I dared not include an exterior view among the clues. I make amends...