Dr. Stefan Christmann

February 12, 2022March 29, 2022

Applied arts

Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am Main

The Museum Angewandte Kunst (MAK) of Frankfurt am Main is located at the riverside in the city center and is part of the Museumsufer. It resides in a modern building from 1985 but also extends to the ancient Villa Metzler from 1803. The MAK displays applied arts, which means applying design to everyday objects (in contrast to the fine arts, producing objects without practical use). Within the museum you can especially find items concerning interior design, industrial design, and crafts.

December 30, 2021March 28, 2022

Wildlife

Güstrow is a small town south of Rostock, Germany. The region doesn’t have many touristic highlights, but there is one place you shouldn’t leave out: the Wildpark MV (the MV refers to the federal state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern). The wildlife park started after World War II with just local wild boars and deer, but it was extended continuously over time.

December 11, 2021March 4, 2024

Traces of Jewish life

What do Theodor Adorno, Paul Ehrlich, Anne Frank, Erich Fromm and Mayer Amschel Rothschild have in common? They were Jews living at Frankfurt am Main. The city has a long Jewish history dating back to the year 1150 and the traces are still visible today – especially at the riverside of the Main with beautiful houses and at the Börneplatz, the place where the main synagogue was burned down on the 9th of November, 1938. Two impressive museums commemorate the Jewish heritage of the city.

November 27, 2021April 13, 2022

Three islands

Malta is a set of islands in the Mediterranean Sea between Italy and Northern Africa. Once connected to Sicily it developed a rich cultural heritage. Because of its strategic position it saw many rulers come and go, including the Knights Hospitaller and the British leaving their visible traces on the islands. As an important base during the Crusades or as an unsinkable air-carrier during World War II, war has always shaped the past of the islands.

November 26, 2021April 13, 2022

Lost Azure Window

The Rocky Bay of Gozo is an often-visited area on the island. Tourists get to this place to walk through a moonlike landscape with many small ponds engraved into the rocks by the sea. Often you can observe a rough sea here with high waves spreading their water when crushing against the rocks. It’s a magnificent place and there is also a small grotto.

November 26, 2021February 20, 2022

Wied il-Għasri

The Wied il-Għasri gorge is a wonderful natural phenomenon at Żebbuġ on the island Gozo. You can walk down in steps and enjoy swimming at this very secluded beach, or you can hike above it and find cart ruts in the rocks with unknown origin. The gorge is 250 meters long and up to thirty meters wide.

November 26, 2021February 20, 2022

Cittadella

High above the city of Victoria on Gozo you can see a strong fortification, the Cittadella. It was created in medieval times and later became a home to the Knights Hospitaller. Over time the fortification lost its importance and was replaced by castles at the sea. Today you can walk on the remparts and enjoy good views on the island, visit the cathedral Santa Marija and explore three museums (natural history museum, ethnological museum, archaeological museum).

November 26, 2021April 22, 2022

Ġgantija

The most important megalithic temple site on the island of Gozo is Ġgantija, located at Xagħra. It’s part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site ‘Megalithic temples of Malta’ and has good infrastructure with an exhibition at the entrance and a small shop at the exit. It was built from 3600 BC on and it received its name because people believed that a giant has built it. In fact, it must have been really hard work to move these giant stones around.

November 26, 2021April 13, 2022

Fun with ferries

When you’re visiting Malta, you shouldn’t leave at the two smaller islands: Comino and Gozo. Comino is free of cars and has the wonderful blue lagoon as its main site. Gozo is much larger, offers amazing flat-top mountains, rocky beaches, and lots of history. If you want to get there you need to take ferry boats, all starting in Cirkewwa at the northern end of the main island.

November 25, 2021April 22, 2022

Ta’ Ħaġrat & Skorba

Visiting the two temples Ta’ Ħaġrat and Skorba belonging to the UNESCO World Heritage Site ‘Megalithic temples of Malta’ is like searching for treasures. Both are rather small megalithic temples hidden in villages belonging to Mġarr. Ta’ Ħaġrat is one of the oldest temple sites on Malta created from 3600 BC on and the bigger one of the two.