Sightseeing at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima
This year, Natascha went out to find the exact place where the world’s first atomic bomb (except for the test …
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Capsule Hotel Experience – sleeping tight in Tokyo
A capsule hotel is a peculiar Japanese type of accommodation. Star architect Kisho Kurikawa invented it in the late 1970s …
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The Old Town of Galle – Fortress in the sea
Fishmongers are shouting outside the massive city walls of the old town of Galle, showing off their shiny tunas and …
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Ancient Asuka and the making of Japanese civilisation
The elderly couple study the bus timetable. The bus goes not even once an hour, and the last one departs …
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Doha on a stop-over – and we loved it!
„If someone gets angry, I let him. I just say ‘Allah karim’ and he will calm down. Never say something …
Ritter Sport Museum – The colourful World of Chocolate
„Let us create a chocolate bar that fits into every pocket without breaking, but with regular weight!,“ suggested Clara Ritter …
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Zaha Hadid in Innsbruck: Jumping down and floating up
Innsbruck is a great city, often overlooked in favour of Salzburg, Graz, and Vienna, but if you have the chance …
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Thoughts on travelling in Sri Lanka
“You were travelling in Sri Lanka? Oh, how pleasant, I’ve just been there myself!,” a lot of people comment when …
Polonnaruwa – a South Indian Chola capital in Sri Lanka
During the 10th century the South Indian Chola rulers invaded Sri Lanka, conquered the Singhalese capital of Anuradhapura and took …
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Education City Mosque in Doha – breathtaking religious architecture
A group of students with headphones is sitting in a class room. Some of them are looking up distractedly through …
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