Memories and hints of a travelling IT professional.
The Strandbahnhof in Travemünde, belonging to Lübeck, Germany is the last stop on the track from Lübeck Hauptbahnhof to Travemünde. It dates back to the year 1912, consists of red bricks and has a tower with a clock showing the departure of the next train to Lübeck.
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The main railway station of Lübeck, Germany was opened in 1908. 31000 passengers get here every day and make it to the most frequented railway station of Schleswig-Holstein. The roof is 130 meters wide and spans ten tracks.
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The railway station of Uelzen, Germany is a special one: it was built in 1847 but massively redesigned as an EXPO2000 project. The building was changed according to the ideas of the Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser. You can’t find a straight line within the building after this change.
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The Restauracja Kummerówka is a traditional Polish restaurant close to the the botanical garden of Bydgoszcz, Poland. I came here for the wedding party of a Polish friend and learned here that you can survive a night with Vodka and Fanta without any hangover.
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The cathedral św. Marcina i Mikołaja (St. Martin and Nicholas) is the oldest church of Bydgoszcz, Poland. I came here for the wedding of a Polish colleague and enjoyed the atmosphere in the colorful Roman-Catholic church.
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When we went to Bydgoszcz, Poland we needed a cheap hotel to simply have a bed during the short nights. A friend from Poland checked us in at the hotel and restaurant Zatoka in the center of the city, close to the river Brda.
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When I had to book a hotel for a group of guys going to a bachelor party in Amsterdam, the Netherlands I was a bit worried: it should be priceworthy, it should have enough rooms and it should be close to the city center. I was pretty happy when I found the Eden Hotel.
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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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