Port of Hamburg
12:37 30/12/2015
Parp paaarp! The sound of bellowing foghorns echoes across this massive industrial port, as container ships drift in and out. Known as “Germany’s gateway to the world”, the port has always...
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International Maritime Museum
12:29 30/12/2015
Salty seadogs will be at home here. This museum is a true labour of love. Peter Tamm started his collection of model ships at age six, and eighty years later it’s a 9-storey repository for all...
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Villa Empain Boghossian Foundation
12:18 30/12/2015
Opening of Villa Empain to the public according to several themes of organized activities and events (exhibitions, concerts, conferences, etc.) from 2010. La Fondation Boghossian has its...
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Ponte Vecchio
11:35 30/12/2015
Peruse the shops perched above the River Arno on this pedestrian bridge. Dating back to 972, its history is the stuff of storybooks. Ponte Vecchio’s seen it all from noble feuds to ruinous...
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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...
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Esplanade des Quinconces
11:14 30/12/2015
Bordeaux’s courtyard-by-the-river is quite a delight. This massive square is shielded by dense rows of symmetrically planted plane trees. Spot the flamboyant Monument aux Girondins fountain by...
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Place de la Bourse Place Royale
11:11 30/12/2015
“Place de la Bourse” definitely makes a royal splash. Reflections are everywhere in the watery film that covers the square. Its centred by the bubblegum-pink fountain of the Three Graces, a...
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Saint-André Cathedral
11:04 30/12/2015
The story of Bordeaux’s cathedral started almost a millennium ago. It was barely fifty years old when Eleanor of Aquitaine married Louis VII here in 1137. The cathedral has become a pastiche of...
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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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Barceloneta Beach
10:35 30/12/2015
While the rest of Europe is shivering, you’ll be sunbathing well into November. Laid back and friendly, spend a lazy day sipping cocktails at the beachfront bars, or slip on a sunhat and soak up...
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