Places

By Ines Keane Sixty-five kilometres. That is the stretch of the Rhine that UNESCO inscribed in 2002 as the Upper […]

By Isla Quinn Slate. Timber. A small river squeezed between steep houses. Monschau is mostly those three things, and they

By Ines Keane Stand on the Daniel tower and the town below you is almost a perfect circle. Beyond it,

By Ines Keane Most bridges are for crossing. The one in Erfurt is for living on. Houses stand along both

By Ines Keane Look down in Freiburg’s old town and there it is, a narrow channel of running water set

By Ines Keane Goslar sits at 255 metres on the north-western slope of the Harz, according to Wikipedia, and just

By Isla Quinn Stand on the market square and turn slowly. A giant in stone. A town hall covered in

By Ines Keane Heidelberg is a place people picture before they see it. A broken red castle, a river, a

By Rafe Calder Weimar has about 66,000 people. It has also given its name to a constitution, a republic, a

By Ines Keane Germany’s oldest city? Cologne, Kempten and Worms would like a word. Wikipedia’s article on Trier says the