Trier: Rome on the Moselle and Germany’s Oldest City
Walk through the Porta Nigra, explore Constantine’s throne room, and taste wine where Roman emperors once ruled in Germany’s most ancient city.
From Sutherland to Saxony: The Scottish Soldiers Who Served in Germany
Sir Donald Mackay, 1st Lord Reay, raised a regiment of approximately 3,000 men from the Scottish Highlands in 1626 that served in Germany during the Thirty Years’ War under Danish and Swedish command, a well-documented historical fact.
Mainz: Roman Ruins, Gutenberg, and the Rhineland Carnival
The capital of Rhineland-Palatinate blends two millennia of history with Germany’s liveliest carnival tradition, world-class Roman artifacts, and the workshop where printing changed the world.
The Sauerland: Caves, Lakes, and Forest Trails
Between the Ruhr and the Rhine, the Sauerland offers limestone caves, reservoir swimming, and ridge trails through beech forests—an outdoor playground most visitors overlook.
Lüneburg: Salt, Brick Gothic, and the Ilmenau River
An hour south of Hamburg, Lüneburg built its fortune on underground salt deposits and spent it on gabled merchant houses, soaring churches, and a tilting townscape that refuses to sit flat.
Heidelberg’s Philosopher’s Way: Views Above the Neckar
The Philosophenweg climbs the opposite bank of the Neckar for the finest view of Heidelberg Castle, the old town, and the river valley below. We walk the path where poets and thinkers found inspiration.
The Thuringian Forest: Hiking, Glassblowing, and Bratwurst
The Thuringian Forest stretches across central Germany with hiking trails, traditional glassblowing workshops, and the birthplace of Germany’s most famous sausage.
The Love Germany Guide № 010: The Brothers Grimm & German Fairy Tales
Photo by Jonas Tebbe on Unsplash When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published the first volume of their Kinder- und Hausmärchen
The Baltic Coast: Beaches, Brick Gothic, and Seaside Towns
Germany’s Baltic shoreline stretches from Flensburg to the Polish border, a landscape of white sand beaches, medieval Hanseatic ports, and islands where the light shifts every hour.
The Harz Narrow-Gauge Railways: Steam Through the Mountains
The Harzer Schmalspurbahnen network offers 140 kilometers of historic steam-powered rail lines climbing through forests, river valleys, and up the Brocken, northern Germany’s highest peak.