Travel Blog
Tuesday 30th July 2024
Kettwig
Wednesday 31st July 2024
Kettwig is the southernmost borough of the city of Essen in western Germany and, until 1975, was a town in its own right. Kettwig is situated next to the Ruhr river, at a median height of 53 metres above sea level. It is the most recently incorporated borough of Essen and also the largest in area, at 15.3 km².
DĂĽsseldorf
Thursday 1st August 2024
DĂĽsseldorf is a city in western Germany known for its fashion industry and art scene. It’s divided by the Rhine River, with its Altstadt (Old Town) on the east bank and modern commercial areas to the west. In the Altstadt, St. Lambertus Church and Schlossturm (Castle Tower) both date to the 13th century. Streets such as Königsallee and Schadowstrasse are lined with boutique shops.
The Church of St Andreas
DĂĽsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
The church was constructed between 1622 and 1629 in the South German baroque style. The church is considered to be an architectural masterpiece as it represents the end of the German Renaissance and the start of the Baroque era.
Dortmund
Friday 2nd August 2024
Dortmund is a city in Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia region. It’s known for its Westfalen Stadium, home to the Borussia soccer team. Nearby Westfalen Park is marked by the Florian Tower, with its observation platform. The Dortmund U-Tower is topped by a huge letter U and houses Museum Ostwall’s contemporary art exhibits. Rombergpark botanical garden has local trees and greenhouses with cacti and tropical plants.
Cologne
Saturday 3rd August 2024
Cologne, a 2,000-year-old city spanning the Rhine River in western Germany, is the region’s cultural hub. A landmark of High Gothic architecture set amid reconstructed old town, the twin-spired Cologne Cathedral is also known for its gilded medieval reliquary and sweeping river views. The adjacent Museum Ludwig showcases 20th-century art, including many masterpieces by Picasso, and the Romano-Germanic Museum houses Roman antiquities.
Cologne Cathedral
Exterior
Interior
mĂĽnster
Sunday 4th August 2024
Münster is a city in western Germany. It’s known for the 13th-century St. Paulus Dom cathedral, built in the Gothic and Romanesque styles. Prinzipalmarkt square is framed by gabled houses, the Gothic city hall and late medieval St. Lamberti Church. The gardens of baroque Schloss Münster palace include greenhouses of the Botanical Garden. The Pablo Picasso Art Museum features a collection of the painter’s lithographs.
Refections
To me, MĂĽnster felt almost Dutch in its character
Shooting ‘Boats on Aasse Lake‘ in MĂĽnster
Wuppertal
Monday 5th August 2024
Wuppertal is a city in western Germany. It’s known for its Schwebebahn, a suspension monorail dating from 1901. The Von der Heydt Museum has works by impressionists and Dutch Masters. The Museum of Early Industrialization features textile machinery and steam engines. The Engels-Haus museum is dedicated to Friedrich Engels, co-founder of Marxist theory. Waldfrieden Sculpture Park exhibits large modern works.
Bonn
Tuesday 6th August 2024
Bonn is a city in western Germany straddling the Rhine river. It’s known for the central Beethoven House, a memorial and museum honoring the composer’s birthplace. Nearby are Bonn Minster, a church with a Romanesque cloister and Gothic elements, the pink-and-gold Altes Rathaus, or old city hall, and Poppelsdorf Palace housing a mineralogical museum. To the south is Haus der Geschichte with post-WWII history exhibits.
Beethovens House
DĂĽsseldorf
Wednesday 7th August 2024
Lausward power station
Kraftwerk Lausward, DĂĽsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
Refections
Highlights
Looking onwards
Despite having been fortunate enoough to have visited a good few places during my trip. I do feel that i have barely scratchen the surface in what germany has to offer. for oone i will say that i do not belive that you can properly experience and understand a place within a period as breif as a day.
Next on my list to visit in germany is Bravaria. partiqularly northestenstein