Journey

Encounters with people and the discovery of regional peculiarities are the focus of our travels. Research often leads us to a second level in the story, providing historical, scientific, social or political insights. If you are just looking for information on a particular destination, you should definitely enter via the countries page. Then everything we have ever written about a country is presented, no matter how absurd, such as the Icelandic leader sheep or the eating habits in the Japanese Kabuki theater.

Eine beleuchtete Marionette im Dirndl steht vor einer Projektionswand auf einer Bühne in der Bristol-Passage, Salzburg, Austria

Salzburg: Grand opera on 12 strings

The stage is a proscenium box with a sense of depth. The characters are made of wood. At the Salzburg Marionette Theatre, great craftsmanship creates an enchanting illusion.

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Eine Gruppe Touristen posiert am Fürstenweg in Salzburg Austria vor einem Panorama Tours Sound of Music Bus

Sound of Music – On the bus to musical bliss

The Original Sound of Music Tour. Four hours in the Salzkammergut, somewhere between Hollywood and contemporary history

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Eine Frau bewegt sich fließend vor einem klassischen Musikensemble am Domplatz in Salzburg Austria

Sun Salutation with Mozart

A symbiosis in Salzburg: Mozart used to give concerts here even as a child. At the DomQuartier, his music is now being combined with yoga for the first time

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Three notches for the goddess

Ise is Japan’s holiest place. The pilgrimage route smells of smoked fish and fresh sake. The tradition is older than any building

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Frau präsentiert Hummer in einem Restaurant in Shima, Japan

The Ama – Women of the sea

Kimiyo Hayashi has been working as an ama for 56 years. She feels more comfortable in the water than on land. An encounter between diving and seafood

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Mann betrachtet heiße Quelle mit traditionellen japanischen Bauten in Tanabe, Japan

World of Onsen in Yunomine

Yunomine Onsen is a “hot spot” of onsen culture. People have been using the hot water here for bathing, heating – and cooking – for ages

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Frau präsentiert Austernnetz auf einem Steg in Shima, Japan

The lucky pearl from Ise-Shima

Pearl picking in Japan: I have to choose one of 30 oysters. But which one? About the invention of the cultured pearl and a very special souvenir

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Zwei Männer gehen an einer Skulptur vorbei vor dem Theater Duisburg, Deutschland

Duisburg: On the road in the district

Duisburg has more bridges than Venice, the world’s largest inland harbour and invites you to a steel expedition in the Landschaftspark Nord

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Das Mevlana-Museum (türkisch Mevlânâ Müzesi) hat eine türkisblaue Kuppel. Sie ist das Mausoleum von Dschalāl ad-Dīn ar-Rūmī mit der angeschlossenen Loge der Mevlevi-Derwischbruderschaft / © Foto: Georg Berg

Pilgrimage to Anatolia

In December, thousands flock to the Şeb-i Arus in Konya. It’s all about Sufism, dervish ceremonies and Rūmī’s spiritual heritage

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Grinsende Cap auf dem Kopf und ein Pokemon am Rucksack: Nuigurumi Charms heißt der Trend, bei dem Plüschtiere aller Art am Rücksack, an der Kleidung oder als Cap getragen werden / © Foto: Georg Berg

Japan and the plush charms

To understand why plush pendants are so popular in Japan, it helps to take a look at omamori, protective amulets from shrines and temples

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Büste von Mia Hesse im Garten des Mia- und Hermann-Hesse-Hauses. Mia Hesse, geborene Maria Bernoulli (1868–1963), stammte aus einer wohlhabenden Basler Gelehrtenfamilie als Tochter des Notars Friedrich Bernoulli und war eine Pionierin der Fotografie in der Schweiz. 1904 heiratet sie Hermann Hesse. Das Paar zieht von Basel auf die Halbinsel Höri am Bodensee. Mia Hesse gibt ihre Karriere als Fotografin auf / © Foto: Georg Berg

Mia Hesse and Hermann Hesse

From the city to the countryside. This trend already existed around 1900 and the ideal of the reform era became a trap for Mia Hesse

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Eine Weltkarte, die keine politischen Grenzen kennt – nur Materialien und Temperaturen / © Foto: Georg Berg

Vinyl from Detroit

Detroit was broke, vinyl was dead. Both are back. Third Man Records produces limited edition records – and a profession that nobody needed anymore

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