Dusseldorf

A short but intense trip to Düsseldorf, Germany, turned into a tour of unusual ways to move and things that go bang. The stories cover the suspension train at the airport, a sunset walk with seagulls through the Altstadt, and a childhood dream fulfilled on the Wuppertal Schwebebahn, the suspended monorail running since 1901. Then came the Zena Trophy fireworks festival at the Wunderland theme park in Kalkar, a mascletà in northern Europe.