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by Meg Nesterov (RSS feed) (4 days ago)
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Recently, the former automotive boomtown of Detroit made history by filing for bankruptcy, making it an easy butt of jokes on Twitter and in the news. However, Motown has also been making strides to become America's great comeback city, with ...
by Meg Nesterov (RSS feed) (12 days ago)
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High Manhattan hotel prices ruining your summer travel plans? If you'd like to try urban camping -- sleeping under the skyscrapers of New York City -- you can try your luck for a spot at one of the city's summer Family Camping sessions. The Urban Park ...
by Anna Brones (RSS feed) (13 days ago)
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Why spend your summer vacation on subways and buses when you could be out exploring places on two wheels?
Thanks to an explosion in bike-share systems and a general appreciation for bike culture, making cycling a central part of your travels is becoming ...
by Meg Nesterov (RSS feed) (17 days ago)
Today is the hottest day yet in New York City's latest heat wave, and the summer weather is no less forgiving in many other cities in the western hemisphere. To help beat the heat, car service app Uber is offering ice cream trucks on demand, today only from 11-5 p.m. in ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (23 days ago)
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The government of Germany has begun construction of a monument to remember the physically and mentally handicapped people killed by the Nazis.
While everyone knows about the six million Jews killed during the Holocaust, Hitler's other victims are often ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (24 days ago)
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The Berlin Wall has been a symbol of oppression and tyranny ever since it went up. When it fell in 1989, the world rejoiced and many hoped we would now live in a world without barriers.
As a new exhibition at a remaining part of the wall shows, however, ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (29 days ago)
Copyright The Munch Museum/The Munch Ellingsen Group/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2012
The Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart, Germany, is celebrating the 150th birthday of Edvard Munch with a exhibition of their entire collection of his work, the first time the gallery has done so in more ...
by Dave Seminara (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
Air travel can be a tribulation anywhere but traveling through the world's mega-airports is never high on my list of fun things to do. Last week, I spent some time at Heathrow (in London) and at Frankfurt International airport - two of the world's dozen busiest, and some ...
by Laurel Miller (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
Germany and China don't immediately call to mind hanging 10, but that's about to change. The latest urban extreme sport pastime in these cities is urban surfing the big waves on their river systems. As reported by CNN, Munich's Eisbach River and Hangzhou's Qiantang River are ...
by Libby Zay (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
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Rail travelers in Germany should exercise caution when using automatic ticket machines because criminals attempting to break into the machines may have left them filled with explosive gas, the Associated Press reports.
According to the news outlet, ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
Adventures by Disney
Adventures by Disney has announced that it is expanding its catalog of travel itineraries for 2014 with new options to Europe and several tours specifically created for the teen traveler. These new additions to the line-up will expand on the company's ...
by Meg Nesterov (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
Courtesy of Shriti Bannerjee, ProjectBly.com
If you are the kind of traveler who lives for digging through flea markets and wandering through souks, you might want to travel over to ProjectBly.com, a new lifestyle website featuring a rotation of world street market ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
A magnificent art gallery constructed by Frederick the Great of Prussia in Potsdam is celebrating its 250th anniversary this year, Art Daily reports.
The gallery at Sanssouci Park, part of Frederick the Great's palace complex, was home to his vast collection of ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (3 months ago)
The Museum of Photography in Berlin has just opened an exhibition of nude photos from the turn of the last century.
"The Naked Truth and More Besides Nude Photography around 1900" brings together hundreds of nude photos from an era we normally associate with ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (3 months ago)
Before there was the museum, there was the cabinet of curiosities. Starting in the 16th century as Europe expanded its horizons during the Age of Exploration, the rich and powerful began to collect curios and display them. Their collections were eclectic – everything ...
by Reena Ganga (RSS feed) (3 months ago)
I've always loved a good art gallery but I know not everyone feels the same way. I get it. Looking at still life oil-on-canvases isn't for everyone. But the good news is that some of the coolest art in the world isn't locked away in stuffy art galleries or museums ...
by Reena Ganga (RSS feed) (3 months ago)
Long-distance train travel is making a comeback with Eurostar announcing plans to expand its services. The high-speed train, which primarily serves London, Brussels and Paris, has its sights set on new destinations across the European continent.
Eurostar says its ...
by Libby Zay (RSS feed) (3 months ago)
"Most Improved" isn't always the most brag-worthy recognition, but in the case of Frankfurt Airport (FRA), the prize comes not long after we wrote about how the airport was at the bottom of the "World's Worst" list.
The accolade was bestowed upon Germany's biggest hub by ...
by Anna Brones (RSS feed) (3 months ago)
You may think you're addicted to Nutella, but would you commit a crime to get some?
This week in central Germany a group of thieves made off with over $20,000 of Nutella. How much is $20,710 of chocolate hazelnut spread? It's the equivalent of about 5.5 tons. Enough ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (4 months ago)
Berlin commuters got an unwelcome reminder of their city's wartime past today when a bomb from World War II was discovered near the city's main railway station.
The Hauptbahnhof was closed for several hours as bomb disposal experts dealt with the device, the BBC ...
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