Spread over an enormous area, this Garden Kingdom in Germany brings together a string of landscaped parks with magnificent palaces and public buildings.
Housing the masses in Berlin
With social housing, Berlin proved itself to be ahead of the times. Check out these remarkable housing estates from a century ago – still used today!
Augustusburg and Falkenlust Castles
These beautiful castles not far from Cologne are the first examples of Rococo architecture in Europe and are definitely worth a visit if you’re in the area.
Cologne’s magnificent cathedral
It took more than 600 years to build but it was worth the wait. Cologne Cathedral is one of the most impressive sights in Germany.
Pilgrimage Church of Wies
When a wooden statue of Jesus was apparently seen weeping tears in the 18th century, a grand church was needed to house the icon for the pilgrims that descended.
Bamberg’s different layers
There was once a plan to turn this small German town into a ‘second Rome’. When you see it for yourself, it’s clear how it grew in grandeur.
Maulbronn Monastery Complex
Maulbronn Monastery is the best preserved and most complete monastic complex in northern Europe. So many centuries of history in the buildings here.
If the shoe fits…
This factory was one of the first Modernist buildings in Europe and, amazingly, is still used by the same company that constructed it a century ago!
Mud in Germany
Holidaymakers come here to relax by the beach – many not even realising this is a unique landscape that hosts a habitat found nowhere else in the world.