Outdoor

Are you passionate about physical activity and outdoor experiences? Here are some ideas that are not commonplace

Landskrona Photo Festival 2024 with works by Leonard Suryajaya (Parting Gift). Every two years in September, photography becomes part of the urban environment: parks, squares, gardens, the city's museums and exhibition spaces become a stage for established photo artists as well as up-and-coming artists / © Photo: Georg Berg

Photo Festival Landskrona

Attention photography fans! A new hotspot for photographic art is emerging in Sweden: Landskrona has only 30,000 inhabitants, but plenty of space for art in public spaces

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Guly Thing, stone circle from the Bronze Age 1700 to 500 V. Chr. in the Angeln region on the Schlei / © Photo: Georg Berg

Parliaments in the open air

Popular gatherings according to Germanic law were called Thing. About Thing sites in Iceland, Sweden, Germany and Georgia

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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

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When is a castle a castle?

Old King Fritz transformed Potsdam into a royal seat. With twelve palaces and numerous gardens, Potsdam’s cultural landscape is the largest German Unesco World Heritage Site

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Some megaliths of the Ġgantija temples on the island of Gozo are

Malta’s ancient megalithic temples

Malta is home to the oldest free-standing buildings. An opportunity to reflect on the origins of human coexistence in the Stone Age

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Ore wagons on the pocket dock. The Marquette Ore Dock is in Be

Michigan and heavy industry

160 years ago, strong deflections on a compass needle indicated a large iron ore deposit that brought jobs and prosperity. What remains are cinemas, pubs, cannabis

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Alpine procession in Plaffeien. Every year in the fall, the cattle are driven back to the village from summering on the alp in a procession / © Photo: Georg Berg

From the alpine pasture to the sheep retreat

It’s a tradition for the bucket list: summer grazing dates back to the Middle Ages and has UNESCO status. In Switzerland, it is actively practiced and yet under threat

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American flag and view of Lake Charlevoix / © Photo: Georg Berg

Charlevoix: Rich in stone and beautiful

Charlevoix confidently calls itself The Beautiful. While beauty is in the eye of the beholder, there is no doubt that this place is rich as a stone. And there are two reasons for this

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Living in the lighthouse

Mission Point Lighthouse is a very special vacation spot. The vacation apartment in an exposed location can only be rented by those who apply to be a temporary lighthouse keeper. The job is particularly popular with women

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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

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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

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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

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