15 Best Things to Do in Regensburg (Germany)
Anyone charmed by medieval history will be in dreamland in the UNESCO city of Regensburg, where 1,500 listed monuments have stood the test of centuries. In the days of the …
15 Best Things to Do in Leverkusen (Germany)
On the right bank of the Rhine between Cologne and Düsseldorf, Leverkusen has only existed as an urban centre since 1975 when a group of towns and districts in the …
15 Best Things to Do in Paços de Ferreira (Portugal)
On a plateau in the Norte region, Paços de Ferreira is a small municipality that buzzes with light industry. The big employer since the 1800s has been the furniture business, …
15 Best Things to Do in Osnabrück (Germany)
In 1648 Osnabrück helped bring the curtain down on the Thirty Years’ War when the Peace of Westphalia was signed between Sweden and the Habsburgs. Even now this city in …
15 Best Things to Do in Ludwigshafen (Germany)
Before 1844, Ludwigshafen wasn’t much more than swamps, a fortress and an assortment of villages on the left bank of the Rhine. But industrialisation and the rise of chemical manufacturers …
15 Best Things to Do in Oldenburg (Germany)
An former royal seat in Lower Saxony, Oldenburg has a legacy left by generations of counts, dukes and grand dukes. Studying Oldenburg’s aristocratic history can be tricky as the House …
15 Best Things to Do in Paderborn (Germany)
In the 8th century the First Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne founded Paderborn around the many springs that feed the River Pader. Paderborn remains a city of Medieval wonders like a …
15 Best Things to Do in Heidelberg (Germany)
Up there with Germany’s favourite tourist destinations, Heidelberg is a historic university town that has survived unscathed since the 18th century. You have to come for the Baroque architecture and …
15 Best Things to Do in Reguengos de Monsaraz (Portugal)
The eastern nook of Alentejo, minutes from the Spanish border, was changed forever at the start of the 2000s. At that time the Alqueva Dam impounded the Guadiana River, flooding …
15 Best Things to Do in Recklinghausen (Germany)
The northernmost municipality in the Ruhr industrial area, Recklinghausen is a former mining city on the north bank of the Rhine-Herne Canal. In the south of Recklinghausen, closer to the …