A medieval street butter cross in Scarborough Hidden off the usual tourist area in Scarborough is an old market cross which was once seen throughout …
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Whitby Whale Bone Arch
Whitby Whale Bone Arch The Whitby Whale Bone Arch frames a scene of Whitby coastline which includes the ruins of the medeival Whitby Abbey. The …
Memorial to Henry West
Memorial to Henry West railway worker The London to Bristol Great Western railway arrived into Reading in 1840. The work of Isambard Kingdom Brunel is …
Travel: Soviet War Memorial Tiergarten
Soviet War Memorial Tiergarten (Sowjetisches Ehrenmal im Tiergarten) The Soviet War Memorial in Tiergarten is one of three Soviet war memorials in Berlin. The …
Točna Dlabačov a bar at a tramstop in Prague
Beer is all around in Prague but have you ever drank beer in an old tram? Not far from Prague Castle you will find this …
Underground Water Tanks in Brno at Žlutý kopec
Go deep into the underground water tanks in Brno The underground water tanks of Brno, located in the Czech Republic, are a system of large …
Berlin Airlift
Berlin airlift cut off from the West The Berlin Airlift lasted 323 days and was one of the first major international crises of the Cold …
Travel: Victory Column (Siegsaule), Berlin
A victorious sight in Berlin This glorious roundabout in Berlin’s Tierpark not far from Brandenburg Gate is actually the Victory Column or Siegsaule a monument …
Travel: Siemensstadt – Discarded S-Bahn
Discarded S-Bahn line We had been meaning to discover a bit more of this end of Berlin for a while. So when you have good …
Travel: Teufelsberg, Berlin
Teufelsberg – Abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin’s “Devil’s Mountain Deep within the Grunewald forest in West Berlin is an abandoned NSA field station which sits on …
The Top Things to Do and See in Bergamo, Italy
What to see in Bergamo, Italy Bergamo is a town in Lombardy to the east of Milan. There are two parts to Bergamo – the …
Anhalter Bahnhof, former railway station, Berlin
Anhalter Bahnhof, once the largest railway station in Germany Southeast of the busy Potsdamer Platz is the quieter area where Anhalter Bahnhof railway terminus once …
Battle of Cable Street
The Battle of Cable Street is the name given to the demonstrations and clashes that took place at several locations in the East End of London on …
Bernauer Strasse Berlin Wall Memorial
Bernauer Strasse Berlin Wall Memorial (Berliner Mauer Gedenkstaette) In between the areas of Gesundbrunnen and Mitte is Bernauer Strasse and what remains of the Berlin …
Burrell Collection Glasgow
Everything you need to know when visiting The Burrell Collection in Glasgow This article first appeared in Glasgow Foodie. Since opening in 1983, The Burrell …
Hotel Indigo Dundee
Modern hotel accommodation in a historic building Hotel Indigo Dundee is located just on the edge of Dundee city centre, so close enough to the …
Travel: Fichte Bunker, Berlin
We joined a tour from Berlin Unterwelten to a nineteenth century gasometer in the Kreuzberg district called Fichte Bunker. Having been used as a gasometer, …
IG Farben Haus, Frankfurt
Historic Building in Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt is where you will find the old HQ of IG Farben, the giant German chemical conglomerate and what was …
Treasure Trails around London
Rediscover the City of London with Treasure Trails Whilst researching things to do in London we came across this family-friendly activity. The City of London …
Herculaneum – Everything you need to know
How to visit and what to see in Herculaneum Visiting Herculaneum is a rewarding trip, mainly due to being a smaller size than Pompeii and …
Travel : Pollokshaws Trail
A walk around the Shaws Pollokshaws is located in the South of Glasgow, about three miles from the city centre. It has a long history …
History : Glasgow Slave Trade Trail
Remembering the city’s dark past The city of Glasgow wasn’t an innocent bystander in the slave trade. Signs of it can be seen quite clearly, …
Travel: Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin
Achtung Charlie Checkpoint Charlie is surely the best-known crossing point between East and West Berlin. But is it worth visiting? History The name comes from …
German Russian Museum, Berlin
See the end of World War II The German-Russian Museum Berlin-Karlshorst is a museum dedicated to German-Soviet relations with a focus on the German-Soviet war 1941-1945. …