VirtualTourist EuroMeet 2015
In May 2015 the annual VirtualTourist EuroMeet took place in Aachen (Germany), with excursions to nearby Maastricht (Netherlands), and Liège (Belgium). For VT member and local resident Valentina, who did Read More …
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Hello, my name's Don. I'm an American living in Frankfurt am Main, Land Hessen, Germany, where I teach, ride a bicycle and go to the opera.
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Couven Museum in Aachen
This museum shows how wealthy bourgeois families lived in Aachen in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is named after Johann Joseph Couven (1701–1763) and his son Jakob Couven (1735-1812), Read More …
On the Wings of Song
The building now known as the Old Kurhaus was built in 1782 as a casino, since Aachen was a fashionable spa at that time and gambling was a major pastime Read More …
Aachen Cathedral
Around 792 A.D. Charlemagne ordered the building of the Palatine Chapel on this site, and the rest of the cathedral was gradually built up around it. On Christmas Day of Read More …
The Money Fountain in Aachen
No, this is not the kind of fountain where you throw in a coin and make a wish. It is a fountain which symbolizes ‘The Circulation of Money’ (in German Read More …
Hot springs in Aachen
In Aachen and vicinity there are numerous hot mineral springs which have been crucial to the city’s development for the past two thousand years. The ancient Romans built bathhouses and Read More …
Three Countries Corner
All over Aachen there are bicycle route signs pointing to Dreiländereck, meaning Three Countries Corner, where the borders of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands all come together. The distances are Read More …
Sunny days in Copenhagen
Copenhagen is often described as “a city of cyclists” or “the world’s cycling capital”, but you will also hear the opinion that there aren’t any “cyclists” in Copenhagen, just normal Read More …
Rainy days in Copenhagen
In the middle of my visit to Copenhagen I was treated to one of their famous Baltic low-pressure areas, which brought thirty-six consecutive hours of drenching rainfall. This had a Read More …
Cycle tracks in Copenhagen
In lots of cities, including the one I live in, there is an ongoing discussion about whether bicycles lanes should be painted on the street or on the sidewalk. If Read More …