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25hours Hamburg Number One – affordable Design Hotel for the young set
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...
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25hours HafenCity – The “High Seas” Design Hotel in Hamburg
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! Located just around the...
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Roomers – Hip and stylish living in the Heart of Frankfurt
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...
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Mercedes-Benz Museum – A Passion for Horsepower
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...
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Gourmet Menu in a Car Museum – the Mercedes-Benz Nights of the Stars
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...
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City trip to Stuttgart – Culture, Lifestyle and Innovation
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…...
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Loft feeling in Hamburg: Gastwerk Design Hotel in the historic Bahrenpark...
Hamburg’s first Design Hotel Gastwerk opened its doors in the year 2000 in a former gasworks in Bahrenpark. Where coal was once bunkered, guests today stay in a spacious loft building with spa, bar and...
View Article25hours Hotel Bikini Berlin – hip and urban
After the 25hours Hotels in Hamburg and in Zürich both had impressed us, it was high time for us to also visit the 25hours Bikini in Berlin – and not just because of that name… Let’s be clear right...
View ArticleA booming gastro scene in Berlin hotel restaurants
Currywurst (curry sausage) is legend in Berlin and you might say that makes it the city’s culinary emblem. But Berlin in the last few years has turned into a true culinary hot spot and lately it is...
View ArticleLonging for Sylt – Wicker beach chairs by the sea
Sylt, the largest North Frisian island, is known as the “Queen of the North Sea.” After our recent brief stay, we definitely know why… Colorful beach chairs, white sand beaches, dunes and imposing...
View ArticleRestaurant Fährhaus on Sylt – not your ordinary pinch of salt!
The island of Sylt is justly renowned for its high-flying culinary offerings. Even in restaurants without stars and toques we feasted exceptionally well. Still, we did not want to deprive ourselves of...
View Article“Designer tea” at the Kontorhaus in Keitum on Sylt
Located at the edge of the captain’s village of Keitum on Sylt, the Kontorhaus represents a special sort of venue indeed: for in what tea trading post (“Kontorhaus”) can you not only sip from a...
View ArticlePlaying breezy golf in Budersand on Sylt
Sylt. Legendary celeb island playground. Endless sand and wicker beach chairs. Gourmet restaurants at every turn. 360 degree wind and weather. This was roughly how I imagined the island in the far...
View ArticleFestive lights and Advent bliss at Dresden’s Christmas markets
There are famous Christmas markets aplenty in Germany. First documented in 1434, Dresden’s Striezelmarkt is definitely one of the oldest — and rightfully renowned as one of the country’s most beautiful...
View ArticleFive things to absolutely not miss in Dresden
The classic answer to the question “What are the must-see attractions in Dresden?” normally goes something like this: The baroque Frauenkirche church, the Semperoper opera house, the Residenzschloss...
View ArticleDresden, Saxony’s historic capital: designed to charm
In Dresden, I encountered a proud, historic city with folksy inhabitants and imposing baroque architecture decked out for Christmas. 800 years old, rebuilt and vibrant today, this compact city is also...
View ArticleSwissôtel Dresden am Schloss – Saxon hospitality meets Swiss design
The Swissôtel Dresden am Schloss was my home for the duration of my three-day Dresden visit. I have to confess that I slept better there than in my own bed. What better testimonial for a hotel could...
View ArticleOphelia Restaurant at the Riva Konstanz and two tragic travel bloggers
This post is about the time recently that saw us dining at the Hotel Riva Konstanz by Germany’s Lake Constance. We leave it to you, dear fellow traveler, to judge which was the greater tragedy: the...
View ArticleA booming gastro scene in Berlin hotel restaurants
Currywurst (curry sausage) is legend in Berlin and you might say that makes it the city’s culinary emblem. But Berlin in the last few years has turned into a true culinary hot spot and lately it is...
View ArticleLonging for Sylt – Wicker beach chairs by the sea
Sylt, the largest North Frisian island, is known as the “Queen of the North Sea.” After our recent brief stay, we definitely know why… Colorful beach chairs, white sand beaches, dunes and imposing...
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