Memories and hints of a travelling IT professional.
If you walk across the city center of Duderstadt, Germany you cannot omit seeing the Westerturm – the last visible part of the city fortifications. It is a gate first mentioned in 1343 and it has a specialty: the tower on top is twisted because of a construction mistake.
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The church St. Cyriakus is the Roman-Catholic cathedral of Duderstadt, Germany. It dates back to the year 950, the current building with its two towers was built in 1240. It was destroyed by a large fire in 1852 but fastly restored.
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Duderstadt, Germany is the main city of a Catholic diaspora in Protestant south Lower Saxony. It is part of the Eichsfeld, a region separated during the times of the GDR and now part of two federal states within Germany.
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The Weserstadion is a soccer stadium on the Peterswerder in Bremen, Germany. It his home to the SV Werder Bremen and one of the last stadiums not having a sponsored name in the first German league. The stadium was opened in 1947 and nowadays has 42.500 seats. Fans of the home team gather at the stands in the eastern part of the stadium, the “Ostkurve“.
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A little bit outside of the city center of Wien, Austria you can find the beautiful Schloß Schönbrunn, a town’s landmark of the city. It’s name goes back to emperor Matthias who was hunting here and found a nice well (“schöner Brunnen“).
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The Prater in Wien, Austria is a well-known are in the capital city that also contains a famous amusement park (the Wurstelprater or Volksprater). It can be seen from far because of the giant wheel that became a town’s landmark of Wien.
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The Karlskirche in Wien, Austria is a famous Roman-catholic church built in baroque style and a town’s landmark of the city. It was built in the 18th century and symbolizes the connection between Roma and Byzantine (todays Istanbul).
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It has been a catalyst for my interest in art: the Albertina in Wien, Austria is an art museum that shows all important modern art styles – one room per style – and therefore enables a trip through the timeline of art.
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If you get to Wien, Austria you might want to taste the original Wiener Schnitzel – a thin, breaded and fried cutlet of veal. It is typically served with a slice of lemon and warm Erdäpfel-Vogerlsalat (potatoe & lettuce salad). It is a national dish of Austria.
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One of the most important coffee bars in the world with many imitations around the global: the Café Central in Wien, Austria. It was opened in 1876 and famous guests were Sigmund Freud, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Franz Kafka, Robert Musil and Stefan Zweig.
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