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Crowded Piccadilly Circus in London and empty city square in Leeds, Great Britian | Leeds vs. London

10 alternative travel tips

Love city trips, but don't want the jostling and shoving that comes with crowds? Here are ten tips for quieter, yet exciting alternative destinations in Europe.  

Jüdischer Friedhof Heiliger Sand in Worms 016 (DW/Maksim Nelioubin)

Jewish heritage along the Rhine might be named a World Cultural Heritage

Speyer, Worms and Mainz, regarded as the cradle of Jewish life in Europe, were also known as "Jerusalem on the Rhine." The three cities are applying to UNESCO for the title World Cultural Heritage.  

Flying Guide Allgäu (DW)

Flying Guide: Allgäu

The Allgäu is one of the most popular holiday regions in Bavaria. We show you the wintry mountain landscape by drone.  

DW Travel sweepstakes Gewinnspiel Samsung (DW)

Win with your travel video

Travel enthusiasts take note: Do you love to travel and capture your holiday destinations on video? Then send us your best travel video and you could win a smartphone.  

Screenshot DW-Weltere-App (DW/E. Yorck von Wartenburg)

World Heritage Sites in 360°

With the "DW World Heritage 360" app, a total of five World Heritage Sites are shown in a completely new way.  

Tourism News

Coronavirus: Everything you need to know

Coronavirus

How is it transmitted? What are the symptoms? And which precautionary measures are recommended to stop it spreading?  

Australia urges tourists not to cancel holidays

Australien Waldbrände | Lichtprojektion Opernhaus Sydney (picture-alliance/dpa/AAP/P. Braven)

Images of Australia burning have plastered televisions across the world. But Australia wants tourists to know that they are still safe. Here is what you need to know.  

Train tickets drop in price as 2020 starts

Deutsche Bahn conductor (picture-alliance/dpa/C. Schmidt)

Train travelers in Germany have an extra reason to celebrate entering 2020 — the national railway company Deutsche Bahn is cutting prices for long-distance rides. The government wants more people to take the train.  

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Germany - Aerial view across the rooftops of Berlin from the Kollhoff Tower (picture-alliance/dpa/R. Guenther)

Great views — the best scenic lookouts in Berlin

Berlin has a variety of towers, platforms and hills that offer great views over the German capital. Here are a few tips!  

Bye, bye Tristan Otto! The king of the dinosaurs is leaving Berlin

Museum of Natural History display of the Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton known as Tristan

For four years the Tyrannosaurus rex, on loan from two patrons, was the star of Berlin's Natural History Museum. At the end of January 2020, Tristan Otto will move to Copenhagen to the Natural History Museum there.  

Germany travel calendar for 2020

Bonn, Beethoven monument on the Münsterplatz (picture-alliance/dpa/O. Berg)

Do you already have travel plans for the new year? Possibly going to Germany? Then you'll find 12 suggestions here — one for each month.  

10 spectacular amusement parks in Europe

Zehn spektakuläre Freizeitparks in Europa (Europapark)

Higher, faster, crazier — Europa-Park in Rust has set a new record with 5.7 million visitors in 2019. But if you love amusement parks you are spoilt for choice all over Europe. Here are our favorites:  

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Film still from the TV series Babylon Berlin (picture-alliance/dpa/X Filme/F. Batier)

On the trail of Babylon Berlin

On January 24, the third TV season of Babylon Berlin will be launched on Sky. Berlin tourists are showing great interest in the 1920s and the many film locations that still have the flair of this golden age.  

09.2015 Best of Bundesländer Teaser Baden-Württemberg

Germany's 16 states: Baden-Württemberg

A selfie in front of the ruins of Heidelberg Castle and winter sports in the Black Forest are just two good reasons to visit Baden-Württemberg.  

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04.2016 Check-in (Sendungslogo)

Jewish Heritage on the Rhine

Mainz, Worms and Speyer are regarded as cradles of European Judaism. For more than 900 years, Jewish customs majorly impacted these three cities. What remains of this legacy? Check-in host Lukas Stege finds out.  

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Winter fun in Munich and Lenggries

What sort of sport is curling? What are beer-mug lockers? And what makes the sledding on Brauneck mountain so special? Nicole Frölich makes a Winter visit to Bavaria to find out.  

Check-in 14.12.2019 (DW)

Beethoven in Vienna

An Ode to Joy — Check-in host Lukas Stege follows in Beethoven's footsteps. The composer lived in Vienna for nearly 35 years. Visitors can explore a Beethoven museum, and visit places where he lived and performed.  

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04.2016 Check-in meet a local (Rubrikenlogo)

Be our travel guide!

Our travel show Check-in is also interested in your home as a holiday destination. Show us the city or region you call home and we will accompany you with a camera team. Here is how you apply:  

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Barbara Saltman stands outside her restaurant Ya-Man in Berlin (Lena Ganssmann)

Discover Planet Berlin

People from 190 countries live in Berlin, bringing with them pieces of their homelands. DW presents a must-do travel guide to Berlin from its international inhabitants, who have made the city their own — and unique.  

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World Heritage in Germany

Reichenau Island  

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Reichenau Island

Reichenau Island

Panorama Regensburg (Fotolia/m.schuckart)

Old town of Regensburg

Deutschland 10 Gründe für Stuttgart (picture-alliance/dpa/R. Schmid)

Weissenhof Estate in Stuttgart

BG Reportage Bauhaus Dessau (DW/S. Oelze)

Bauhaus Dessau and Weimar

Dom von Speyer (picture-alliance/dpa/U. Anspach)

Speyer Cathedral

Schloss Kloster Corvey an der Weser (Kulturkreis Höxter-Corvey)

Imperial Abbey of Corvey

Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura

Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura

Prehistoric Pile Dwellings

Prehistoric Pile Dwellings

Museum Island

Museum Island

Kandidaten neue UNESCO-Welterbestätten | Deutschland Naumburger Dom (picture-alliance/dpa/W. Grubitzsch)

Naumburg Cathedral

Fagus-Werk (picture-alliance/dpa/Carsten Janssen)

Fagus-Factory

World Heritage Site Quedlinburg

World Heritage Site Quedlinburg

Zehn Gründe für Brandenburg Deutschland Bildergalerie Buchenwald Grumsin Weltnaturerbe (picture-alliance/dpa/P. Pleul)

Ancient Beech Forests

Deutschland Stadt Bamberg (picture-alliance/Arco Images/P. Schickert)

Town of Bamberg

Weltkulturerbe Völklinger Hütte, Völklingen, Saarland (ERIH)

Völklingen Ironworks

Welterbe Wieskirche (picture alliance/Robert Harding World Imagery/H. P. Merten)

The Pilgrimage Church of Wies

Bildergalerie Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe in Kassel (picture-alliance/dpa)

Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe in Kassel

Deutschland Stadt Köln - Kölner Dom (picture-alliance/D. Kalker)

Cologne Cathedral

Nationaltheater in Weimar 2009 (picture-alliance/dpa)

Classical Weimar

Schloss im Wörlitzer Park in Wörlitz mit Magnolienblüte (picture-alliance/dpa/H. Schmidt)

Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz

Zehn Gründe für die Nordsee Wattenmeer Nordfriesland (picture alliance /dpa/Arco Images)

The Wadden Sea

Schloss Augustusburg Brühl 33 (MN)

Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl

Deutschland Lutherstadt Wittenberg Reformationstag (picture alliance/dpa/P. Endig)

Old Town of Wittenberg

St Mary’s Cathedral and St Michael’s Church at Hildesheim

St Mary’s Cathedral and St Michael’s Church at Hildesheim

Deutschland Trier - Deutschlands älteste Stadt (picture alliance/dpa/U. Bernhart)

Roman Monuments in Trier

Hanseatic Cities Wismar and Stralsund

Hanseatic Cities Wismar and Stralsund

Hamburger Speicherstadt (picture-alliance/dpa/K. Nietfeld)

The Speicherstadt in Hamburg

Bremen

Bremen

Kloster Lorsch (Fotolia)

Lorsch Abbey

Deutschland BdT Urpferd - Unesco-Welterbestätte Grube Messel bei Darmstadt (picture-alliance/dpa/C. Völker)

Messel Pit

Zehn Gründe für das Ruhrgebiet (picture alliance/dpa/H. Ossinger)

Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex

Upper Germanic Limes

Upper Germanic Limes

Würzburg Fürstbischöfliche Residenz (picture alliance/JOKER/E. Häfele)

Würzburg Residence

Zisterzienserkloster Maulbronn (picture-alliance/dpa)

Maulbronn Monastery

Hanseatic City of Lübeck

Hanseatic City of Lübeck

Bildergalerie Berlins Bezirke (DW)

Berlin Modernism Housing Estates

Blick auf die Ostseite der Wartburg im Abendlicht, UNESCO Weltkulturerbe... (picture-alliance/dpa/chromorange/M. Wirth)

Wartburg Castle

Deutschland Altstadt von Goslar (picture alliance/dpa/Arco Images GmbH)

The City of Goslar

Jugendherberge Burg Stahleck (picture-alliance/dpa/W.Allgöwer)

Upper Middle Rhine Valley

BG Chinesische Teehäuser (picture-alliance/H. J. Rech)

Potsdam and Berlin

Muskau Park

Muskau Park

Bayreuth, Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Innenansicht nach der Restaurierung (Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung/Heiko Oehme)

Margravial Opera House Bayreuth