A large modern resort that opened in 2023 on Lake Dummer. A wide variety of accommodation options are available. At Easter 2024 the prices were quite affordable and adequate, perhaps due to the newness of the resort. For Easter 2025, the prices were exactly doubled (booking.com) read more...

If you traveled by train or car between Hannover and Göttingen, you most likely saw a tall white tower on ... read more...

From late November to early December, Bückeburg Palace hosts a Christmas market. Check the official website for the exact schedule, the tickets is better to buy online. The market is large and beautiful, but is overcrowded due to the short period read more...

This is not an amusement park with rides, but a park with various sculptures and installations geared towards young children. Our three-year-old daughter found it interesting read more...

The 21-meter-high tower on top of the castle hill, together with the tourist restaurant, was built in 1897/1898 by the bricklayer Krull from Gehrden. In 1898 Gehrden also got a tram line to Hannover. Because of this, until World War I, the restaurant was a popular spot for residents of nearby cities read more...

A rather unusual option for a weekend trip with children. Even the name itself is unusual, Utkiek Bassum translates as “Bassum Lookout” and it's Lower German, a dialect spoken by several million people in Northern Germany and the Netherlands read more...

Annaturm Tower stands at the highest point of Mount Bröhn (405 m), which is part of the Deister Massif. The construction was initiated in 1820 by one of the greatest mathematicians in history, Friedrich Gauss. From the top of the tower, he performed trigonometric measurements read more...

An unusual and tragic place that you can see if you are on the way. Perhaps everyone heard about magnetic levitation trains (maglev), they were developed in many countries. But there is only one commercial line so far, we used it from Shanghai Airport to the city. The train there accelerates to 420 km/h read more...

In Roman times, rulers travelled extensively around their country and stayed overnight in special palaces, the Pfalz, which were located about 30 km away from each other. The most famous and preserved such palace is in Goslar. In Werla, it has hardly been preserved, but nevertheless we stopped here, as it is a good place to just walk in nature read more...