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Situated on the banks of the Rhine River, Dusseldorf is a vibrant, modern city that has an international reputation as a centre for art and culture. It is a university town, a center of art and fashion that retains plenty of traditional architecture. With outstanding museums, theatres and galleries, Dusseldorf is bursting with culture, plenty of culinary regional delights, and many exciting nightspots.

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Stands around the River Leine the medieval city of Hannover is an important industrial and commercial center in Germany. It may not be one of the biggest or most popular cities however, there is something worth seeing. The city has many sights, excellent shopping facilities, numerous remarkable events of both national and international importance, international flairs (including CeBIT, the biggest IT-Fair of all) and exhibitions for any age or taste to offer.

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This wonderful village is on the edge of the Black Forest, in southern Germany, an ideal destination for a wine weekend. From Strasbourg, you’ll pass hills covered with terraced vineyards; the statue of a fat, naked Bacchus signals that you’ve arrived at the tiny downtown. Main Street’s pastel houses lead to the market place, which is crowned by the Town Hall, with a gothic inscription relating local history back to 770 on the facade. Join the businessmen in pinstripes at the outdoor wine bar, though a word to overindulgers: legend has it that any reveler who falls into one of the (sparkling-clean) irrigation ditches that run through town is destined to marry a local.

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Now I’m showcasing our favorite football stadiums tours in Europe that you can combine with a city breaks.

AOL Arena
Located in Hamburg, Germany, it is the home ground of Hamburger SV. Originally built in 1925, it has been destroyed completely during the Second World War and was again-established in 1953. In 1998 it was again totally renovated with about € 90-100 million investments. It has capacity of 57, 000 seats (all covered) and field’ dimensions are105 m x 68 m. The new AOL Stadium belongs to the European-wide most beautiful and most modern stadiums. A stadium tour is app. 90 minutes and costs €5.00.

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In the world there are many beautiful and remarkable castles, which definitely deserve our attention, but among them there are some who are distinguished by their uniqueness and individuality. Now I’m going to present you some of these palaces …

Neuschwanstein Castle

Nestled high up around the beauty of the Bavarian Alps in Germany, very near Füssen, Neuschwanstein is like a fairytale castle. The name literally means “New Swan Castle” referencing of “the Swan Knight” one of the Wagner’s characters. The rise of this architectural masterpiece began in 1869 by order of King Ludwig II. Construction takes about 17 years. The king wanted to build something great and amazing to be remembered forever by future generations but the immense building was not finished even at Ludwig’s death in 1886.With more than 1.3 million people visit annually, with up to 6,000 per day in the summer this is one most visited castle in Germany and one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe.

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Opera de Monte Carlo
Located in the principality of Monaco, the Opera de Monte Carlo was opened in 1879. Designed the magnificent and extravagantly, the opera house was recently renovated. Over 80,000 gold leaves were applied to paintings and moldings, a five-ton chandelier has been entirely rebuilt.  As it seats only 524, it is often difficult to get tickets. This the only opera house in the world to feature exterior views (thanks to the windows overlooking the Mediterranean) from within the concert space.

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The annual Gallery Weekend Berlin, which just finished its seventh iteration, welcomed a severe flood of collectors, curators and artists to the city for a three-day marathon of 44 official openings and countless other events. One important artist was absent from the festivities: Ai Weiwei, the detained Chinese artist, whose exhibition will continue into June at Neugerriemschneider Gallery.

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Park Fiction is a green oasis in the middle of Hamburg and a collective project by active residents from St. Pauli. The whole area has a nice view of the harbour with Blohm & Voss‘ dockyard 10 and 11 . This small (only 1500 m2) artificial park is an absolute insider tip.

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The black box with big white letters stands inconspicuously on the Altonaer balcony (in Altonaer Museum) in the beautiful harbour scenery in Hamburg. If the sun is shining – don’t be scared, just go in and close the door behind you. When you get indise it’s advisible to wait a few seconds till your eyes acclimatise to the dark. You’ll see the harbour upside down moving projected picture on a white wall. The Camera Obscura is invented in times of Renaissance also know as pinhole camera. It is a camera without a lens and a single very small aperture. The smaller the hole, the sharper the projection, an upside down and right-left reversed picture.

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Somewhere in east Berlin, since 1997 KW Institute for Contemporary Art has been a venue and partner for the Berlin Biennale. The listed front building dating from the second half of the 18th century has one of the most striking courtyards in central Berlin with two new glass cubes: the Cafe Bravo.

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