February 2019 ⋆ Page 2 of 2 ⋆ The Passenger

February 21, 2019November 30, 2022

The Victoria & Albert

The Victoria & Albert Museum (or short V&A) is a museum about design, arts and crafts at South Kensington, London. It is named after queen Victoria and her husband prince Albert. It is a wild mix of pictures, sculptures, and jewelry. There is a lot to discover, and you will be surprised while strolling through the aisles. You can find a copy of the Colonna Traiana here, as well as a copy of Michelangelos David and works of Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

February 21, 2019March 15, 2019

Natural History Museum

It is a nice and very entertaining museum at London, England – but you could also get here solely because of the building it is located it: the fantastic Waterhouse in Roman-Byzantine style from 1860. The Natural History Museum dates back to the year 1881 and was once part of the British Museum. It was separated in 1883 and became independent in 1963. The museum contains items from the 18th century CE and is based on the collections of Hans Sloane, Joseph Banks and Richard Owen.

February 21, 2019March 15, 2019

British Museum

The British Museum is a cultural history museum at London, England that is the treasury of the British people. It was opened in 1759 based on the collections of Hans Sloane and was continuously extended. It exhibits items from Asia, Africa, Oceania, Egypt, the Middle East, America and Europe. The museum is a wonderful mix of neoclassical buildings and modern elements like the glass cupola designed by Norman Foster. You can easily get lost within for days.

February 19, 2019February 22, 2019

The King & Queen

Sometimes you just need a pint of beer and a relaxing atmosphere in a place that feels like your second living room. This pub at Fitzrovia, London is not a special fancy one – but an authentic pub with friendly staff and people. They show live sports and have several national and international beers on tap.

February 17, 2019February 17, 2019

Roseninsel

Within the Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe at Kassel, Germany you can see one of the oldest collections of roses – it dates back to year 1767. When the current building of Schloß Wilhelmshöhe was errected the Schloss Weißenstein – formerly located there – was destroyed. In 1798 the remains were thrown into the lake Lac next to the castle. Since then they formed the island Roseninsel which is now home to the rose collection.

February 17, 2019February 24, 2019

Lac

If you like a stroll in a park or watching bats and raccoons the Lac at the Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe at Kassel, Germany might be the right place for you. It is an artifical lake that belongs to the Schloss Wilhelmshöhe and was used by the different inhabitants of the castle. It was created in 1785 by connecting five former lakes and building small waterfalls and paths around the lakes. By that time it was normal to give French names to buildings and lakes (le lac = the lake).

February 17, 2019February 17, 2019

Mulang

There was a time at Germany when everything from China was en vogue. That is why there was a Chinese village at the borders of the Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe at Kassel, Germany. It was built from the year 1781 on and was named ‘Mou-lang‘. Today still 13 of the 21 original buildings are in place – but you’ll have to search for them because their ‘Chinese style’ is unobtrusive and they are surrounded by different mansions built afterwards.

February 17, 2019December 17, 2023

Baracken

When you walk from the Löwenburg castle at Kassel, Germany down the road back to civilization you might wonder about two barracks standing near Anthonistraße and Panoramaweg. These are the last remaining buildings of an outpost of the concentration camp Buchenwald near Weimar, Germany. The one with the words ‘Jedem das Seine‘ at the gate. About 288 people were brought from Weimar to Kassel between 1943 and 1945 – many of them political prisoners.

February 17, 2019February 9, 2023

Asch

The lake Asch at Kassel, Germany is an artifical lake created on a mountain belonging to the Habichtswald high above the city. It is used to store water for the ‘Wasserkünste’ of the Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe. In local dialect ‘Asch‘ means ‘pot‘ and that is exactly what this lake is: a pot full of water surrounded by a forest on a mountain. It is a nice place, there are benches to sit down and it is supposed to be very relaxing during summer – it doesn’t get that hot up there.