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Trabi Safari

June 19, 2013June 18, 2020 Jonny Mardling 0 Comments 'checkpoint charlie', 'trabi safari', 'trabiworld', 'wall ride', 'wild east', berlin, ddr, dresden, gdr, trabant, trabi, zwickau

The Trabant was, according to Dan Neil in Time, one of the 50 worst cars of all time. And whilst

Das Museum in der Runden Ecke

January 28, 2013June 17, 2020 Bob Mardling 0 Comments 'Runde Ecke', ddr, gdr, Leipzig, museum, Staatssicherheit, Stasi, stasiland

Literal translation “The museum in the round corner”. The city of Leipzig in Saxony is universally regarded to have been

La Coupole

October 20, 2012June 16, 2020 Jonny Mardling 0 Comments 'la coupole', 'v2 rocket', v-2, v2

The V-2 rocket was one of the perceived “Wonder Weapons” or “Wunderwaffe” that it was hoped would get Germany back

The Vasa

October 13, 2012June 16, 2020 Jonny Mardling 0 Comments stockholm, vasa

On the 16th January 1625 King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden signed a contract for the construction of four new

Colditz Castle

October 13, 2012June 16, 2020 Bob Mardling 0 Comments 'Airey Neave', 'pat reid', 'pow camp', 'prisoner of war', colditz, oflag

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the historical gems of the former East Germany have gradually become

Going Underground In Berlin

October 5, 2012June 12, 2020 Jonny Mardling 0 Comments berlin, bunker

You wouldn’t give the two green steel doors any thought as you climb the stairs at Gesundbrunnen U-Bahn (underground) station

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