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Michele Finadri went to Cambodia, where she travelled from the capital Phnom Penh to Koh Tonsay, or Rabbit Island, off the coast. The sunsets here are spectacular.
Designed by the second Bauhaus director Hannes Meyer, the ADGB Trade Union School has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2017. It was built in 1930.
Cork on the River Lee in southern Ireland took on an urban character when the Vikings founded a trading port there. John Kennedy recommends visiting the St. Anne church, the English Market and a local pub.
Designed by the last director of the Bauhaus Mies van der Rohe, the modern art museum opened in 1968. It is currently under renovation but set to reopen in 2020.
Form, function, colors. A short history of the Bauhaus, which observes the centenary of its foundation in 2019.
Bauhaus has left its mark on the German capital. We trace the origins of modern architecture from the Neue Nationalgalerie to the Bauhaus Archive.
A group of Syrian women founded an organization last year called "Families for Freedom". They want to save their missing people from being forgotten. They're travelling around Europe by bus with pictures of their loved ones.
The Hungarian capital offers everything you could want from a city break: magnificent historical buildings, relaxing thermal baths and exciting nightlife. Incidentally, it's also a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Nicole Frölich visits places connected with the legendary school of art and design, from living complexes to a chocolate shop to the Mies van der Rohe Haus.
Lederhosen, beer, and Oktoberfest are clichés that come to mind for people around the world when they think of Germany. You'll find all three in the state of Bavaria and its capital, Munich - and much more.
Georgia is located on the border between Europe and Asia and combines an exciting mix of people, cultures and traditions. A fascinating country that is still an insider tip.
There are around 200,000 kilometers of hiking trails in Germany. Whether they follow a river, pass through flowering fields or scale steep peaks - there's something for every hiker in DW's list of top 10 walks.
German photographer Manolo Ty has traveled to Pakistan five times. His book Pakistan Now features untold stories of ordinary people and exposes a unique juxtaposition of modern life with the forces of history and culture.
Each October, artists from around the world are using the german capital’s landmarks as backdrops for their light installations as part of “Berlin Lights” and “Festival of Lights.” Here’s a selection of the works.
Germany boasts numerous unique cultural and natural sites that were recognized by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites. Here's a presentation of them. Today: Quedlinburg
Traveling the world is fun, but it is also time-consuming and costly. In 70 short stories, Christoph Ransmayr's "Atlas of an Anxious Man" takes the reader around the world, from one adventure to the next.
Would he be a successful travel blogger today? Sir Richard Francis Burton — explorer, orientalist and diplomat — was the ultimate 19th century traveler. Iliya Troyanov has memorialized him in "The Collector of Worlds".
DW's Nicole Frölich and Lukas Stege visit cities of famous German figures: Trier, birthplace of philosopher Karl Marx; Wittenberg, where Martin Luther sparked the Reformation; and in Bonn, home of composer Ludwig van Beethoven.
Nine paths lead through New Zealand's untouched landscape. The "Great Walks" promise an unforgettable nature adventure.
More people than ever before are choosing to cut meat from their diet, whether for health reasons, animal rights or for the environment. And even fast-food giants like McDonald's are starting to take notice. Enter the McVegan — a 100% no-beef burger that is meant to taste just like the real thing. DW correspondent John Laurenson travelled to the Swedish city of Malmö to give it a try.
Europe has some of the strictest food regulations in the world — but the agency who assesses food safety, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) remains mostly unknown. DW correspondent Dave Keating travelled to the agency's headquarters in Italy, where he discovered that the choices we make don't always match up with what the science says.
Paul Nkamani has made his way from Cameroon to Berlin. Berlin Filmmaker Jakob Preuss was able to accompany the migrant on his grim and dangerous journey to Europe. Their unusual friendship transcends emotional borders in a testing environment.
350 years of garden art: The Herrenhausen Gardens are one of Europe’s best known landscape parks. The Baroque ensemble transports visitors back to the time of Princess Sophia, who had the gardens built next to her palace.
Kiel, the capital of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, is an ideal place to start and end a cruise. Some 130 cruise ships stop here annually. The show is pretty impressive when the enormous ocean liners come into Kiel and dock right near the center of the city.
