Brooklyn Bridge Park – Brooklyn Heights FFor a quick stroll or all day, this park is a must-see for its priceless skyline views and diversity. In addition to the long promenade by the water, manicured meadows invite you to have a picnic or just relax. The piers offer soccer, basketball and beach volleyball courts and … Read more
city trips city tour This is how you experience the real, unknown New York – – If you want to see New York from a local’s perspective, book a tour with a Big Apple Greeter. The volunteer guides show visitors their neighborhood. The tours offer a lot of surprises even for those who know the … Read more
What it was a spectacle when the first skyscraper was erected in Manhattan. The Tower Building, built in 1889 and supported by a steel skeleton, towered eleven stories. When the wind whistled through the Broadway where it stood, people would come to see if it wouldn’t fall over. In 1914 it was demolished. At that … Read more
City trips „Top 100 City Destinations“ Hong Kong #1 for city breaks, New York falls out of the top ten – – Research firm Euromonitor International has identified the world’s most popular city break destinations. Places in Asia are at the top, while previously popular destinations in the USA and Europe are suffering losses. – … Read more
“Send me a few more Würzburgers”, wrote Johann Wolfgang von Goethe to his wife Christiane in 1806, “because no one else wants to taste good to me, and I am annoyed when I run out of my favorite drink.” One can assume that the Würzburg winemakers are good at pleasure-addicted privy councilor from Weimar. Würzburg … Read more
Shey have never been to New York? New York, New York? The city that never sleeps? The “Concrete Jungle”? Not even in autumn? Well, enough hymns sung on the “Big Apple” will come to mind yourself. And should you happen to be in the travel preparations, the list of sightseeing recommendations from friends and acquaintances … Read more
City trips architecture In Vienna on a journey around the world – – Austria’s capital looks like Kyrgyzstan here and like Italy there. An architecture lecturer has captured this exoticism photographically on the doorstep. His pictures are a perfect means to satisfy the wanderlust. – – Status: 04:46 a.m. | Reading time: 2 minutes – … Read more
Die Region New York State FROMApple-picking and in general, when they feel like nature, the residents of the Big Apple are drawn to New York. The northeastern US state is pretty much the opposite of the city of New York it shares its name with – sprawling, hilly, and more politically conservative than you’d think. … Read more
City trips New Yorkers with a heart The inventor of the classic logo doesn’t want any money to this day – – Milton Glaser was in the cab as he scribbled his love letter to New York on an envelope. The logo became a classic and now brings in millions. But its inventor remains humble. … Read more
City trips „Pier 55“ New York is building a spectacular park in the Hudson River – – History was made on New York’s Pier 54, but the investor itself will soon be history. They want to replace it with a park that will attract attention – but is not undisputed. – – Published on 11/26/2014 … Read more