The wide Baroque dome , the most beautiful of the Hohenzollern palaces, was built in the 17th and 18th centuries and named after Sophie Charlotte, the wife of Frederick I. In addition to the royal couple’s quarters in Frederick the Great-style Rococo, it houses the Gallery of the Romantics (C. D. Friedrich, Carl Blechen) in [...]
In 1900, Eusebi Güell i Bacigalupi commissioned his friend Antoni Gaudí to design and build the garden city of Parc Güell - which was to become Gaudí’s most colorful architectural creation.
The real attraction is the Plaça de la Naturlesa - a huge terrace with a spectacular view down to the harbor. The sides of [...]
The capital of the Indonesian Province of Bali has around 400,000 inhabitants and is therefore congested, loud and hectic. However, the museum, art center and market are worth a visit.
The buildings in the Bali Museum in traditional palace and temple architecture are well worth seeing. The collections inside provide a good overview of Bali’s history; [...]
The Jordaan is characterized by cozy pubs and cafés, way-out boutiques, and esoteric shops and galleries in which absolutely everything is sold, from art to kitsch. In particular, Amsterdam’s alternative scene has settled into the city’s former working-class and immigrant quarter.
Apart from the Westerkerk and Anne Frank’s House, there are few sites of historical [...]
