Angela Berg

The Administration Clock Tower Building is now the Pullman Visitor Center and Museum. The garden architect Nathan Barrett, commissioned by George Pullman, created a pond called Lake Vista on the green lawn / © Photo: Georg Berg

Pullman City near Chicago

The history of comfortable rail travel began in 1880 on the Chicago prairie. To this day, the name Pullman stands for luxurious travel worldwide

Jacobite steam train. British Railways steam locomotive in Glenfinnan, Scotland / © Photo: Georg Berg

Legendary train routes

Traveling by train – sometimes it’s not just the scenery that is the star, but the train itself. Three examples from Switzerland, Scotland and Sri Lanka

A saleswoman cuts sticks from Churchkhela. Churtschchela (ჩურჩხელა) is a Georgian confectionery. Nuts coated with pelamushi, a chocolate coating made from boiled grape juice with starch flour without sugar / © Photo: Georg Berg

Dezerter Bazaar in Tbilisi

History and taste come together at Tbilisi’s largest open-air market. But the market, like the whole country of Georgia, is facing an uncertain future

Rosina Tabone in front of her restaurant Ta' Rosina in the village of Sannat on Gozo / © Photo: Georg Berg

Ta‘ Rosina on Gozo

For Gozitans, Rosina Tabone is a national treasure. In her small restaurant in the village of Sannat, she serves traditional dishes and talks to locals

Iconic clock on the Marshall Field Building (now home to Macy's) on State Street in the Loop neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, USA. Since 1897, the clock at one of Chicago's first department stores has been a meeting place for generations: "Let's meet under the Marshall Field clock" / © Photo: Georg Berg

Open House Chicago

At the end of October, it’s time again for Open House Chicago. Spectacular buildings open their doors for a weekend. Thousands of volunteers make the free event possible

Advertising banner for the Paula-Modersohn-Becker Museum in Böttcherstrasse in Bremen. It is the world's first museum dedicated to a female painter and was opened in 1927. It was commissioned by Kaffee HAG founder and patron Ludwig Roselius and built by sculptor Bernhard Hoetger / © Photo: Georg Berg

Paula in Paris, Chicago, Bremen

She is considered a superstar of painting. In 1927, she was the first woman to have her own museum dedicated to her, but she had already been dead for 20 years. In 2024, she will finally receive her first major retrospective in the USA. From October 12 at the Art Institute Chicago: Paula Modersohn-Becker “I am Me”

The perfect illusion for "The Sound of Music" fans. The view of Hohenwerfen Castle through the Gucklock is just as real as the other visitors at the end of the Sound of Music Trail. Only Julie Andrews dancing with the Trapp children is stamped into the scenery / © Photo: Georg Berg

The Sound of Music-Trail

They know the lyrics and have the dance steps down pat: set jetters from all over the world are drawn to the Salzburg region. A musical romance from 1965 is to blame

Snack platter at the Filzmoosalm. Sour cheese, Camenbert, butter, sliced cheese, bacon, ham and sausage with bread are from our own production / © Photo: Georg Berg

Snack board with the scent of stone pine

Hungry hikers will find plenty of places to enjoy a snack on the Salzburger Almenweg. Around 40 alpine huts are open throughout the summer in Grossarltal and serve delicious alpine products

Subway art in Stockholm, T-Centralen metro station at Stockholm Central Station and hub of the metro network was designed by artist Per Olof Ultvedt in blue colors and with simple motifs such as stylized flowers and leafy vines. The shapes and colors are intended to have a calming effect on passengers. One of a total of 38 grotto stations / © Photo: Georg Berg

Stockholm and art in the underground

For the price of one ticket, you can travel through the world’s longest art gallery in Stockholm. Paintings, mosaics and sculptures can be seen in 100 metro stations over a total length of 110 kilometers. From tiled art from the 1950s to spectacular grotto stations from the 1970s

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