This walk through Wernigerode showcases one of Germany’s most charming old towns. Surrounded by the Harz Mountains, the town is known for its colorful half timbered houses, cobblestone streets, fairy ...

In the town of the same name in the Harz region stand the impressive ruins of the former Cistercian monastery Walkenried. Once one of the largest and most powerful abbeys in all of Germany, the monks ...

INTRO I came to the town of Thale, in north-central Germany, for one reason only. Not to admire its churches or fountains. Nor to walk its shopping street? ?whose name lets you know this was once East ...

Our slow travel expert explores villages and forests on a narrow gauge line that terminates at the top of the Brocken, northern Germany’s highest peak This year marks the 125th anniversary of the ...