Germany

Captain Jane Bothe steers the Weisse Düne, a Dutch flat-bottomed ship, through the Achterwasser, the lagoon of the Peene River, which flows into the Baltic Sea. The ship departs several times a week from Neppermin, Wolgast or Karlshagen for trips through the Achterwasser / © Photo: Georg Berg

Lady Captain under white sails

The Weisse Düne is the only sailing passenger ship in Germany. Jane Bothe glides across the waters around Usedom with the crew and her guests

Painting by Franz Wulfhagen in the Great Hall of Bremen Town Hall, known as the Great Whale Painting. In 1669, a minke whale strayed into the Lesum, a tributary of the Weser. The city council commissioned the painter to paint the whale in its original size. The painting measures 3.55 x 9.55 meters / © Photo: Georg Berg

Whale watching

No, I’m not writing this little whale of a review because tomorrow, February 23, 2025, is the Bundestag election. The important election should not have to serve as a phonological joke that only works in German. But when I saw the huge whale painting in Bremen’s town hall, I thought of the sperm whale that beached itself on the coast of Sylt a few days ago…

Drawing from the Ratskeller restaurant: The Bremen Town Musicians at a table with food and wine / © Photo: Georg Berg

Seafaring cuisine in Bremen

Bremen Town Musicians and Hanseatic cuisine come together in Bremen’s Ratskeller. Tips for hearty meals on the Weser!

Beach chairs on the beach in Ahlbeck with a Ferris wheel in the background. The beach chair was invented by basket maker Bartelsmann in Rostock on the Baltic Sea in 1882. It was custom-made for an elderly noblewoman for the beach at Warnemünde and became a popular piece of rental furniture. Elisabeth Bartelsmann, the basket maker's wife, realized that the local and seasonal piece of furniture was easier to rent out than to sell / © Photo: Georg Berg

Bathing fun on Usedom

Why was the beach chair invented and what were bathing carts for? Bathing culture reaches the Baltic Sea beach in the 19th century

The sea is never far away on Funen. The winegrowers also benefit from this, as the soil in which the vines are grown today is rich in minerals. But mainly Christmas trees are grown here / © Photo: Georg Berg

Viticulture Conquers the North

Does the future of viticulture lie in the north? Cool climate wines from Northern Europe are causing a stir. A visit to winemakers from Usedom, Skåne and Funen

Roast rings cool down after frying in rapeseed oil. In the background large frying pan and smoking ovens. Föh fish smokehouse, in Kappeln on the Schlei since 1911 / © Photo: Georg Berg

Herring, Eel and Schiller curl

Fish has a long tradition in Kappeln on the Schlei. You can see and taste it. Smoked fish, fried herring and matjes are on the menu at the longest fjord in the Baltic Sea

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”

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

Artist Sevcan Çerkez (born 1961 in Nicosia) has received numerous awards for her expressive ceramic works. She also uses her figures to address the problems of Cyprus / © Photo: Georg Berg

Strong women

On our travels, we often meet women with exciting CVs and unusual professions that require creativity, courage and perseverance

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