Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore bluff and view of Lake Michigan. The dunes cover an area of 6.5 square kilometers / © Photo: Georg Berg

Dunes and legends on Lake Michigan

In Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park near Traverse City, the wind usually comes from the west. Glaciers created ideal conditions for the formation of dunes

Reflection of the Detroit People Mover. It is a 4.7-kilometre-long, automatically operated elevated railway system through downtown Detroit. Passengers on the ring line are tourists and employees from the stores and offices in the city center. The ride costs a quarter and offers an interesting view of the buildings in downtown Detroit / © Photo: Georg Berg

Mobility in Motown

Walks, bike tours and free streetcars. Mobility in Detroit works pretty well even without a car. Tips for getting around

Hart Plaza with skyline of downtown Detroit on the Detroit River. In the foreground the Horace E. Dodge fountain / © Photo: Georg Berg

Good vibes from Detroit

What defines Detroit today is the unreal feeling that arises when you discover the large and small projects of revitalization. The city that was on its knees is reinventing itself

Ancient Roman evaporation basins for sea salt extraction / © Photo: Georg Berg

Sea salt from Gozo and Malta

Romans and knights carved basins into the soft stone on the flat limestone coast. Today, it is families who keep the tradition of salt harvesting alive

Carp fishing in the Upper Palatinate

A carp spends three summers in the pond before it is fished out. The time comes every year at the beginning of October. About pond chains, sky ponds, monks and the carp paradox

The carp – an underestimated fish

Carp from traditional pond farming is a real delicacy. However, in order to experience the culinary spectrum of carp cuisine, you have to get to the carp.

Gtar Grotto. Mary and Joseph with baby Jesus in the Bethlehem village of Għajnsielem on Gozo. The actors are from the village, are a real family and their child was born in 2023 / © Photo: Georg Berg

Bethlehem f’Għajnsielem on Gozo

The live nativity scene on Malta’s sister island of Gozo is a popular Christmas destination. During Advent, an entire village is on its feet to bring the biblical Bethlehem to life

Christmas decorated street in the old town of Valletta, Malta / © Photo: Georg Berg

Lametta in Valletta

In Malta and Gozo, almost every street and square glitters in the run-up to Christmas. Angels, stars and often the three holy kings are brought into position in every village

Frequent flyer with a message

People Need Love is the first single by the pop band Abba in 1972. It is a simple song with a simple wish for peace and harmony, which unfortunately never became a catchy tune

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