The Building That Hates Straight Lines: Darmstadt’s Waldspirale
We have family in Darmstadt, Germany, and try to swing by at least once a year. And every time, we promise ourselves to visit Hundertwasser's Waldspir…
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Most of our stories from Germany circle around Darmstadt, where Jürgen grew up: chasing sunset spots, revisiting the century-old wildlife dioramas at the Hessisches Landesmuseum and finally stepping inside Hundertwasser’s curve-obsessed Waldspirale. Farther afield there are suspension trains in Wuppertal and at the Düsseldorf airport, the Zena Trophy fireworks at Wunderland in Kalkar, Baumkuchen being made in Bad König, a paternoster in Frankfurt and a friend’s Korean restaurant in Berlin’s Kreuzberg.
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Dusseldorf 5 stories
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The Wuppertal Schwebebahn (Suspension Monorail) — Since 1901
On the last day of my short but intense trip to Germany, I arrived in Wuppertal, to finally fulfill one of my childhood dreams: riding the city’s famo…
Sunset, Seagulls and the Düsseldorf Altstadt
The Suspension Train at Düsseldorf’s Airport
Off The Rails At The Wunderland In Kalkar
