Stained glass window in Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte Cathedral, Nevers, designed by Jean-Michel Albèrola: Mystery of Mary and the resurrection of Jesus / © Photo: Georg Berg

Pilgrimage to Nevers

Nevers in Burgundy is an insider tip among pilgrims. It was here that St. Bernadette Soubirous was once drawn. The pilgrimage site of Lourdes owes its healing spring to her

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

Statue of the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940) on the promenade in Landskrona. The figure looks out over the Öresund. Between 1885 and 1895, when she was teaching in Landskrona, Selma Lagerlöf often went for walks along the waterfront / © Photo: Georg Berg

Selma Lagerlöf in Landskrona

Shortly before sunset, the wild geese land in the shallow waters of the Öresund. Did Selma Lagerlöf watch them? Did she get the idea for the wonderful journey of Nils Holgersson in Landskrona?

Rosina Tabone in front of her restaurant Ta' Rosina in the village of Sannat on Gozo / © Photo: Georg Berg

Ta‘ Rosina on Gozo

For Gozitans, Rosina Tabone is a national treasure. In her small restaurant in the village of Sannat, she serves traditional dishes and talks to locals

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”

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

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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