A unique architecture, an exciting history, a special feeling: every country in the world has buildings that are worth seeing and reveal a lot about the history and culture of the country. But which buildings are particularly worth seeing? The portal "Angy" and relying on "TripAdvisor" ratings in the search for the ten most beautiful buildings in the world. Buildings from 132 countries and US states were examined for the word "beautiful" in the rating. Based on this, the portal...
RiedersteinOpen detailed viewThe Riederstein chapel is enthroned above the mountain inn. (Photo: Dieter Appel)The toboggan run on the Riederstein has the advantage for hikers that they are at the top of one mountain inn can warm up before they whiz down into the valley. However, the tavern is closed until February 17th. Company holidays. A chapel sits 150 meters above sea level, offering a great view of Lake Tegernsee. The way there can be walked in winter, but it is...
Solar systems on the roof, heat pumps in front of the house, wind turbines in the garden: climate friendliness is becoming an aesthetic problem area. But there are solutions.from Gerhard MatzigSometimes there are questions that stand at the beginning of unusual careers. Questions that you have to answer yourself in the end. In the case of Sigrid Amling, who is actually an accountant and lives in the town of Neunkirchen-Seelscheid between Cologne and Bonn, the first question was: "Does that...
review by Stephen FisherYou can't realize a book project about the most beautiful shops in New York so quickly that some of the selected shops have not been closed and one or the other of the praised restaurants has moved before such a book actually appears. This is the problem that illustrator Joel Holland and author David Dodge have to deal with. source site
It has become an appointment awaited by the fans. Website Street art cities, specializing in graffiti news and geolocation, organizes its annual ranking of the most beautiful mural fresco in the world. And it's up to Internet users to vote! To establish the 2022 prize list, 100 works, spread over 30 countries, were selected by a jury at the beginning of January as the most spectacular and the most shared on social networks. France was well represented since eleven frescoes...
Some must have been happy. At the beginning of December, temperatures finally fell below zero for two weeks, and thin layers of ice formed on the Nymphenburg Palace Canal and some lakes. But just in time for the start of the Christmas holidays everything melted away like in previous years. So it's like last time: It's nothing like curling on the waters in and around Munich.But fortunately there has been a variant that is not quite adequate but still popular...
Skiing holidays with snow guarantee: Thanks to its high altitude surrounded by peaks and idyllic mountain villages, the Engadin in the Swiss canton of Graubünden offers the perfect conditions for a snowy winter holiday. The entire region has more than 350 kilometers of pistes, divided into nine ski areas with a total of 88 pistes. The Corviglia ski area with the winter sports mecca of St. Moritz is particularly well known internationally. There are not only numerous varied pistes for...
This volume is a travel guide and textbook in one: "Landscape Photography in Germany" shows fantastic pictures - and explains how they were created.At the latest due to the corona pandemic, Germans are rediscovering the beauty of their own country. Instead of Mallorca, Crete or the Adriatic, many citizens spend their holidays in the Bavarian Forest, in the Harz Mountains or on the Baltic Sea. The just published book "Landscape photography in Germany".In the 300-page luxury volume, photographer Heinz Wohner...
Vitamin A Less is more: How to properly use retinol serum A retinol serum contains the active ingredient vitamin A. Here you can read what you should consider when using it ©Getty Images Retinol serums are said to give the skin more elasticity and a young appearance. But what about the effects of vitamin A? Here you can find out what you should consider when it comes to care. The skin is the largest human organ and one of the...
by Christine Zerwes 01/08/2023, 16:37 6 mins Below the surface of the water lies a world of wonder. The photographer Tobias Friedrich captured them in his pictures and, together with the author Linus Geschke, made an impressive book out of them. Mr. Friedrich, Mr. Geschke, your photo book "Im Reich der Stille" has just been published, a powerful work about the underwater world. A photographer and a thriller writer - how did you meet?LINUS GESCHKE: I was a travel journalist...
