15 Best Things to Do in Bonn (Germany)
On the Middle Rhine, Bonn is a city that everyone knows for being the capital of West Germany up to 1990. Germany’s current constitution was declared in Bonn in 1949 …
15 Best Things to Do in Leipzig (Germany)
Having long been a centre for trade, culture and learning, the city of Leipzig was where East Germany’s Peaceful Revolution gained traction in the 1980s. The Monday Demonstrations were held …
15 Best Things to Do in Nuremberg (Germany)
The capital of Franconia is a city that has lived through momentous world events, from the time of the Holy Roman Empire to the 20th century. The Altstadt (Old Town) …
15 Best Things to Do in Bielefeld (Germany)
The city of Bielefeld is in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe, a region powered by high-tech manufacturing and where multinational corporations have their headquarters. One company most people will know is Dr. Oetker, …
15 Best Things to Do in Wuppertal (Germany)
The largest city in the Bergisches Land, a hilly region in North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal is a constellation of smaller towns on the high banks of the Wupper River. In the …
15 Best Things to Do in Heilbronn (Germany)
More than 1,200 years in the making, Heilbronn on the Neckar River has a few strings to its bow. The city is Württemberg’s wine capital, and has a wine festival …
15 Best Things to Do in Gelsenkirchen (Germany)
At the very centre of the Ruhr Area, Gelsenkirchen is an industrial city just northeast of Essen. Taking off in the 19th century, coalmining boosted Gelsenkirchen’s population by hundreds of …
15 Best Things to Do in Siquijor Island (the Philippines)
An island of witchcraft, healing, spiritual rituals, and…. beaches. Siquijor is truly a one of a kind island. For centuries, the indigenous people on this tiny island off the coast …
15 Best Things to Do in Laoag (the Philippines)
Nestled in the north of Luzon in Ilcos Norte territory is the capitol city of Laoag. The name Laoag comes from the word “light” since the region of Ilcos Norte …
15 Best Things to Do in Bochum (Germany)
Between Essen and Dortmund, Bochum is a city born on the back of the Industrialisation of the Ruhrgeniet at the end of the 19th century. The days of coal mining …