Hauptwache
11:50 30/12/2015
If you’re a time traveller from the past, you’d hardly recognise the Hauptwache. This baroque building, perched upon one of Frankfurt’s most popular plazas, underwent a Cinderella-style...
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Museum for Modern Art
11:48 30/12/2015
It’s a piece of cake. Really. That’s the nickname for the slick, three-sided museum of contemporary art. MMK forwent fancy flair for sleek design. The paired down aesthetic pairs with the...

San Lorenzo Market
11:40 30/12/2015
Noisy in just the right way, the San Lorenzo Market marks the spot for souvenirs. Especially leather. Leather jackets, leather wallets – all with that “made in Italy” artisan wink. Meander...
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Brussels and Comic Strip
11:33 30/12/2015
Brussels, homeland of Tintin and Spirou, the undeniable forerunners of many generations of comic strip heroes. The Smurfs, Lucky Luke and the Daltons, Corentin, Black and Mortimer - to mention only...
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Piazza del Duomo
11:33 30/12/2015
Any Florentine trip certainly includes the Piazza del Duomo (the jewel in the city’s crown) and its three UNESCO World Heritage buildings. Rubberneck amid the sketchers perfecting Renaissance...

Grand Theatre - Opera National de Bordeaux
11:07 30/12/2015
Bordelais call this the “Grand Théâtre”. The regal and refined have flooded here for operas, orchestras and divine comedies since the quirky ballet “La Fille Mal Gardée” premiered in...
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Holocaust Memorial
10:53 30/12/2015
Remembered and never to be forgotten, this four-acre field commemorates the millions of Jews who were killed in WWII. Thousands of concrete blocks of differing sizes are strewn together, giving the...
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The Brandenburg Gate
10:50 30/12/2015
‘Victory’ takes on new meaning on top of the Brandenburg Gate. The spectacular Quadriga Statue of Lady Victory was placed on the gate in 1791, then stolen and restored; she survived allied...

Checkpoint Charlie
10:47 30/12/2015
If there’s one point you need to check, it’s this. Checkpoint Charlie is the most famous of the former Cold War border crossings between capitalist West Berlin and communist East Berlin. In the...
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Alexanderplatz
10:44 30/12/2015
‘Alex’ is every Berliner’s best friend. Berlin Alexanderplatz – or ‘Alex’ for short – has a glitzy history. In the 1920s, Marlene Dietrich’s voice rasped from the bars and clubs of...
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