Making-of Stollen baking. Georg Berg photographs master baker Tino Gierig from the Dresden Bakehouse baking an original Dresden Christmas Stollen / © Photo: Angela Berg

Everyone wants stollen!

For the winter issue of a gourmet magazine, we went to a Dresden stollen bakery in June. The original Dresden Christstollen has an eventful history and is today Saxony’s best-known ambassador of enjoyment. The fact that Dresden Christstollen is so popular also has to do with Augustus the Strong, who, just like us, did not adhere to the Stollen Etiquette, according to which one eats the first Christstollen on Christmas Eve. From the “Protzstollen” to the “Stollen Knigge”…

Morning atmosphere at Satemwa Estate, Thyolo. Tea pickers with their pots for collecting tea leaves at work / © Photo: Georg Berg

Tea cultivation in Malawi

Satemwa Estate is the last family-run tea farm in Malawi. A place for top teas, sustainability principles and Equal Payment

Collection of confiscated guns at Majete Wildlife Reserve. The park management of African Parks has assembled them into a memorial against poaching / © Photo: Georg Berg

20 years of African Parks in Malawi

In the Majete Wildlife Reserve, it stands like a memorial, the collage of countless rifles and guns that rangers have confiscated from poachers over the years. On August 29, 2023, the NGO African Parks celebrates the 20th anniversary of its commitment to conservation and biodiversity in Malawi.

The watering hole at Thawale Lodge in Majete Wildllife Reserve is visited by a herd of elephants with young / © Photo: Georg Berg

Thawale Lodge in Majete

The lodge is located in the middle of the Majete Wildlife Reserve. Starting point for game drives, bird watching and Cheetah tracking

Pool and garden Kumbali Country Lodge near Lilongwe / © Photo: Georg Berg

Special hotels in Lilongwe

Malawi in Southeast Africa is still considered an insider tip for Africa travelers. Already in the capital Lilongwe there are special accommodations

Bananas do not grow on trees, but on perennials. Only once in its short life does a banana plant bear fruit and then die / © Photo: Georg Berg

Bananas from Malawi

Malawi wants to become banana self-sufficient again. This is to be done sustainably. A visit to Nature’s Gift Farm near Lilongwe

Fishermen on Lake Malawi. The inland lake is the third largest lake in Africa and has the world's largest biodiversity of freshwater fish / © Photo: Georg Berg

Sparkling Lake Malawi

It is a lake of superlatives. It is one of the largest, most diverse and most beautiful bodies of water on earth. But Lake Malawi is also threatened

Terrace overlooking Lake Malawi, guest villa of Pumulani Lodge, Robin Pope Safaris, on the shore of Lake Malawi, Cape Maclear, in Lake Malawi National Park / © Photo: Georg Berg

Vacation at Lake Malawi

The lake is as big as an ocean. On its shores there are beautiful accommodations embedded in nature. Two examples from the Lake of Stars

White corn is harvested by hand. The corn is milled into cornmeal, which is used to prepare the national dish nzima / © Photo: Georg Berg

Malawi’s main dish: Nsima

Nsima is prepared from maize flour in Malawi. This national dish is a staple food and an emotional link within the family.

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