Winter had arrived to the Austrian mountains, and we wanted to do some skiing with our son while he was in Austria for the holidays. Hotels were closed due to the Corona lockdown, but the lifts were allowed to open. Luckily, we have our home on wheels! We just drove to the skiing area and …
Normally we would have visited one of the lovely Christmas markets in Vienna at this time of the year, but because of Corona that was not possible. Instead, we did some sightseeing, visiting the Wagenburg of Schönbrunn, the place where all the royal carriages are kept. The “Wagenburg” or Imperial Carriage Museum houses the remains …
Our time in Vienna didn’t pass without an excursion with the camera. The foggy, grey weather was the perfect setting to visit the famous Zentralfriedhof (Central Cemetery) in Vienna. The Karl Borromäus Church in the centre of the huge cemetery was built in 1908 by Austrian Art Nouveau architect Max Hegele. There are not many …
We went to explore the tallest building of Utrecht, the Domtoren, which is also the tallest church tower of the whole Netherlands with 112.5 metres in height and the symbol of Utrecht. 465 steps also make it a good work out, luckily we stopped several times on the way up, to admire the interior and …
Utrecht is the fourth-largest city of the Netherlands in the very centre of the country, and home of the largest university of the Netherlands. As our son studies here, we already visited Utrecht a couple of times. Together we went to explore the centre at night. Utrecht Centraal is the busiest train station in the country and surrounded …
For more than 3 months we had travelled through Scandinavia and we loved it! It was the first time we came to these countries, and we enjoyed the beautiful landscapes, from the lakes in Finland to the mountains and fjords of Norway very much. Especially the North in autumn was a great experience and of …
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We were happy that the Viking museum of Ladby was open, and we could explore this site, where in 925 AD, a Viking king was buried in his warship. Beside of a bed on which he was bedded, the ship also contained 12 horses and 3 dogs which were buried with him to serve him …
Our last parking for the night in Sweden was at a wonderful beach which we went to explore the next morning. (Parking: 56.452701, 12,907042) Afterwards we were on the way to Denmark, taking the 16 km long bridge and tunnel over the Øresund. We passed Copenhagen and stopped at Odense, where we spent the night. …
Grimeton Radio Station in southern Sweden, is an early long wave transatlantic wireless telegraphy station built in 1922-1924, that has been preserved as a historical site. From the 1920s through the 1940s it was used to transmit telegram traffic by Morse code to North America and other countries, and during World War II was Sweden’s only telecommunication link with the rest …
