How many forests must a man walk down before you can call him a hiker? I have no idea. But here is something I do know. Long before you have reached even half that figure, you will have experienced a case of “hikers’ dejà vu”: the feeling that you have walked down the same forest-dash-coast…
The north German city of Lübeck was very much built “on the waterfront”. But which water would that be? This is far from clear because there is a confusing variety of rivers, canals and natural waterways that all serve to connect the city to the Baltic Sea as well as to other sea ports. If…
Thomas Mann was the world’s last great pre-modern novelist (with works such as Death in Venice and The Magic Mountain). He is also the perfect guide through the streets of his hometown of Lübeck, perhaps the most beautiful and historically important European city that you have never heard of. What makes Lübeck such a rewarding…