Munich is the capital of Bavaria and Germany’s third-largest city, set on the Isar River an hour north of the Alps. Its compact centre gathers most of the city’s landmarks within walking distance of one square, and its rhythm runs noticeably slower than Berlin’s: a city of beer gardens, opera, and royal architecture that wears […]
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hidden gems The Travel Photography Guide Last updated: 14 May 2026 written by Daria Trinkhaus, photography by Nico Trinkhaus A guide to 7 underrated European cities, hidden gems. In an age when algorithms decide which cities we visit and what we consider beautiful, it is hard to find hidden gems that haven’t been photographed a million […]
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Frankfurt am Main is Germany‘s financial capital, sitting on the river Main in Hessen and home to the European Central Bank, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and one of the busiest international airports in Europe. The skyline locals call “Mainhattan” rises a short walk from the medieval Römerberg square and the reconstructed Old Town. Goethe was […]
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Dresden is the capital of Saxony, set on the Elbe river in eastern Germany, and it carries the nickname “Florence on the Elbe” for the baroque and rococo ensemble at its core. The Old Town was destroyed in the Allied bombing of 13 to 15 February 1945, with roughly 25,000 deaths, and the rebuilding stretched […]
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Bavaria is Germany‘s largest state by area, in the country’s southeast, bordering Austria and the Czech Republic. Munich is the capital. The land covers Alpine peaks in the south, the Danube valley in the middle, and the Franconian hills in the north, with a Catholic Baroque tradition visible in pilgrimage churches, abbeys, and the castles […]
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Leipzig is the largest city in Saxony, sitting about 190 kilometres southwest of Berlin and 110 kilometres northwest of Dresden. The historic centre is compact, anchored by the Markt at one end and the Hauptbahnhof at the other, with Augustusplatz, the Thomaskirche, and the Nikolaikirche all inside a 15 minute walk of each other. The […]
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Berlin is the capital of Germany, a city of about 3.7 million spread across the Spree and Havel rivers. The historic centre sits in the Mitte district, where the Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag, Berlin Cathedral, and Museum Island cluster within a 30 minute walk of each other. The TV Tower on Alexanderplatz, at 368 metres, is […]
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Germany The Travel Photography Guide Last updated: 23 October 2025written by Nico Trinkhaus From Berlin’s buzzing cityscapes to Bavaria’s fairytale nature, Germany unfolds as a country of history and renewal perfect for travel photography. For me, the country embodies the essence of Europe. Germany is both somewhat unified and extremely diverse. I often had to […]
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