Browsing: Germany
From Dresden’s baroque splendor and Christmas markets to Berlin’s cutting-edge culinary scene and Sylt’s windswept beaches, Germany offers an irresistible blend of history, culture, and modern sophistication. Explore Saxon treasures like the rebuilt Frauenkirche, savor Michelin-starred cuisine from Hamburg to Stuttgart, and discover unique design hotels in restored gasworks and shipping containers.
When I think of Stuttgart, what always comes to mind first are the festive Christmas market and the 215-meter high television tower. But Baden-Württemberg’s capital actually has much more to offer…
From February 4 – 9, 2014, the top floor of the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart transformed into a gourmet restaurant. Since 2008, the Mercedes-Benz Nights of the Stars belongs among established meeting places for lovers of the finest cuisine and the event has become an integral part of the museum‘s calendar. We took a careful look into the saucepans…
The Mercedes-Benz Museum showcases more than 125 years of automotive history. 160 glittering, shiny vehicles compete on nine levels to stir the gasoline in your veins …in our case especially, because they let us take the first car ever made dating from 1886 for a test drive! But let’s take it one step at a time:
Tucked away in a former office building just around the corner from Frankfurt’s Hauptbahnhof, the city’s central train station, is a top notch Design hotel: What the Design powers-that-be have produced nearly takes your breath away…
The “sailor’s home” by 25hours in Hamburg’s new HafenCity district is a hip designer hotel with plentiful hints of sea faring romance and a gigantic 25hours breakfast buffet!
Hotelier of the Year 2003 Kai Hollman caused a stir when he opened 25hours as one of the first affordable Design Hotels in the Budget Deluxe niche catering to a young clientele. What started a decade ago as a party bar with a place to crash for the night has over the years turned into a successful design hotel, but one still with a wink of the eye. Case in point: where else would they hand you a “men’s handbag “at the front desk?