The front of the Golden Hall shows Mälardrottning, the Queen of Lake Mälaren. On the left side of the hall are depictions of Swedish kings, while Swedish explorers and artists are immortalized on the right side / © Photo: Georg Berg

Nobel sightseeing in Stockholm

On December 10, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death, the Nobel Prizes are awarded at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Tips for sightseeing during Nobel Week

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Wild flowers live in a gully gap on a platform / © Photo: Georg Berg

Enlightenment on ailing rails

Using Cologne’s basic law, Japanese author Noriko Hasegawa navigates the European rail system, questioning the necessity of absolute perfection

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Trump Tower Chicago on the DuSable Bridge and opposite an old street clock with the time display "Five to twelve" / © Photo: Georg Berg

Torre del Gringo Loco

That too is freedom of opinion: when the American president renames the Gulf of Mexico, the imagination knows no bounds

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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

In Bremen, Paula Modersohn-Becker was the first woman to have her own museum dedicated to her. And at the Art Institute Chicago, the first major retrospective: “I am Me”

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Gröna Lund on the museum island of Djurgården is Sweden's oldest amusement park and was founded in 1883 by the German Jacob Schultheiss. The amusement park is divided into an old and a new part. Here the nostalgic chain carousel in the evening sun. It is located directly on the water / © Photo: Georg Berg

Hello Coolcation! Goodbye Sommerfrische.

Are we going round in circles right now? An age-old reason for traveling has been packed into a new suitcase word. Thoughts on the 2024 travel trend

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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 a ticket, you can travel through the world’s longest art gallery in Stockholm. There are paintings, mosaics and sculptures over a total length of 110 kilometers

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Ninu's Cave is a stalactite cave on Gozo, which can be found on the search

Stalactites below Gozo

While trying to dig a well behind his house, Guzepp Rapa came across a stalactite cave. Today, the geological sensation can be visited

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Deutlich sind Schädel und Menschenknochen an der Kannibalen-Kultstätte erkennbar / © Foto: Georg Berg

Joe Biden’s controversial cannibal anecdote

Photo report reveals the spark of truth behind Joe Biden’s hint about his uncle’s whereabouts

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Architectural highlight in Tbilisi

The skybridge in the capital of Georgia is known worldwide for its connecting bridges at dizzying heights, but locals love it for something else

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Self-portrait in round mirror © Vivian Maier, Courtesy of the Estate of Vivian Maier

Vivian Maier: A life through the viewfinder

A decade ago, experts and the general public were surprised by the impressive photographic work of a previously unknown artist

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HR Giger gravestone, 1940 to 2014 in the Gruyères cemetery. The black granite stone bears a motif from the series Biomechanoid, Biomechanical Matrix / © Photo: Georg Berg

HR Giger’s Alien in the Castle

The dark nightmare worlds of the surrealist artist from films such as Alien, Dune and Poltergeist live on in the HR Giger Museum. A visit is a must for science fiction fans and a test of courage for everyone else

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Detroit Industry Murals by Diego Rivera surround the Rivera Court at the Detroit Institute of Arts. They were created between 1932 and 1933 and were considered by Rivera to be his most successful work / © Photo: Georg Berg

Detroit Institute of Arts

The DIA has a collection of around 65,000 works, making it one of the largest and most comprehensive art collections in the United States

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