Outdoors

Are you keen on physical activity and outdoor adventures? Here are a few ideas that are a bit out of the ordinary

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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Pack horses are the most important means of transportation in Tusheti / © Photo: Georg Berg

Through the Caucasus with pack horses

Georgia has a lot of untouched nature and traces of its exciting history. Hiking through Tusheti and Khevsuretia

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In Liwonde National Park you can get very close to the animals. Here a young bull elephant a few meters away from the safari vehicle of Kutchire Lodge / © Photo: Georg Berg

Safari Liwonde National Park

Liwonde Park is a Malawian success story and today the park with the most predator sightings in Malawi

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Using an antenna, a Volunteer Monitoring Manager at Majete Wildlife Reserve takes bearings on the lioness who is to receive a new radio collar / © Photo: Georg Berg

Nature conservation as a model for success

In August 2023, African Parks celebrates 20 years of conservation in Malawi. On the road with a monitoring team in Majete Park

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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

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City view Salzburg with fortress Hohensalzburg and cathedral quarter / © Photo: Georg Berg

City walk with Mozart

Mozart is Salzburg’s genius loci. On a Mozart City Walk through the old town, you will encounter the historical, the hilarious, the controversial and the absurd.

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View of the coast from the Aphrodite Trail at Akamas. The Romans used the middle bay 2,000 years ago to ship wood / © Photo: Georg Berg

Hiking in Cyprus

Mountains and sea. The attraction lies in the combinability depending on interest. From the day tour with a lot of culture to trekking in the five-finger mountains

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