Feeding the hyenas in Harar, Ethiopia
„Rambo, Rambo!“ A small-framed man points agitatedly towards the courtyard of a wooden mansion in central Harar. A brawl, we …
UNESCO
UNESCO World Heritage sites that we visited:
Looking for the European Bison in Poland’s Białowieża Forest
Poland has over a dozen UNESCO World Heritage sites, but only one of them, the Białowieża Forest, is a natural …
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A visit to Himeji Castle – the restored White Heron Castle
The queues that snaked their way towards the entrance gate seemed endless. “How long will it take?” “Less than an …
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A visit to Miyajima, the Island of Gods
Officially, the small island not far from Hiroshima in the Japanese Inland Sea goes by the name of Itsukushima Island. …
Lake Tengiz and the Northern Kazakh steppe
“Welcome,” shouts a girl’s voice into the microbus when we arrive in Korgalzhyn, the nearest village to Lake Tengiz. Saika …
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The rock-hewn churches of Lalibela
Getting to Lalibela from the capital Addis Abeba by bus was sort of a nightmare. On the other hand this …
Aachen Cathedral – Splendour of Charlemagne (UNESCO WHS)
On Christmas Day in the year 800 AD, Charlemagne was crowned Emperor of the Romans by Pope Leo III in …
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Industrial culture at the Zollverein Coal Mine in Essen
Essen is a city in the middle of the “Ruhrgebiet”, Germany’s traditional centre of mining and heavy industry. But today …
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The Big Pit coal museum in South Wales – an encounter with the miners
The coal mines in South Wales used to be among the biggest in the world, and the miners’ strikes in …
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The Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara
Nara was the capital of Japan from 710 to 784. Its location (not far from today’s Kyoto) had been selected …
