Beer, bratwurst and lederhosen are an undeniable part of German culture. But so too is the country’s brutal 20th century history. SPIEGEL ONLINE takes you to 10 of the country’s most unsettling sites:
The Vogelsang Fortress — Ideology Cast in Stone
Bundestrasse 266, starting at the German town of Gemünd not far from the border with Belgium, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Berlin’
27 Oct
A Guide to Germany’s Darkest Places
16 Oct
Neues Museum finally opens in Berlin!
For seven decades Berlin’s Neues Museum was a derelict, bomb-scarred shell — but finally it is back, boasting a star-studded cast including the 3,400-year-old bust of the Egyptian queen Nefertiti. German Chancellor Angela Merkel officially opens the restored museum on Friday.
It’s a day that took decades to arrive. One of the jewels of Berlin’s Museum [...]
22 Jul
BAUHAUS – World’s biggest Bauhaus retrospective in Berlin
The legendary German art school, the Bauhaus, has influenced almost a century worth of art, design and architecture. This week the largest ever Bauhaus retrospective opened in Berlin. The show includes everything from design classics to fine art to students’ party pictures and birthday cards.
Most venerable institutions usually wait until their 100th anniversary before [...]
