Lifestyle | The Guardian USDec 9
‘This is the real Santa’s workshop’: a trip to Germany’s toy village https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/dec/09/germanys-toy-village-seiffen-home-christmas #ChristmasandNewYearholidays #Germanyholidays #Europeholidays #Lifeandstyle #Travel #Toys
‘This is the real Santa’s workshop’: a trip to Germany’s toy village

You don’t have to be a child to enjoy Seiffen, the magical ‘home of Christmas’ where they’ve been making traditional wooden toys for hundreds of years

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USOct 23
A train tour of Europe’s cool northern capitals: from London to Vilnius, via Berlin and Warsaw https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/oct/23/train-tour-europe-cool-northern-capitals-london-vilnius-berlin-warsaw-amsterdam #Lithuaniaholidays #Germanyholidays #Polandholidays #Europeholidays #Lifeandstyle #Railtravel #Travel
A train tour of Europe’s cool northern capitals: from London to Vilnius, via Berlin and Warsaw

My epic rail journey to some of the continent’s most creative and edgy cities mimics a cruise – I hop on and off, eat too much and soak up the culture

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USJan 12, 2025
Dream journey: a nostalgic trip aboard the sleeper train from Amsterdam to Berlin https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/jan/12/sleeper-train-from-amsterdam-to-berlin #Netherlandsholidays #Germanyholidays #Europeholidays #Lifeandstyle #Railtravel #Travel
Dream journey: a nostalgic trip aboard the sleeper train from Amsterdam to Berlin

Taking the overnight train from Amsterdam to Berlin and on to Dresden is all about slow travel and the romance of life on the track

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USAug 1, 2024
Scaling the fairytale peaks of Saxon Switzerland in Germany https://www.theguardian.com/travel/article/2024/aug/01/scaling-the-fairytale-peaks-of-saxon-switzerland-in-germany #Climbingholidays #Health&wellbeing #Germanyholidays #Walkingholidays #Europeholidays #Lifeandstyle #Walking #Travel
Scaling the fairytale peaks of Saxon Switzerland in Germany

The dramatic landscape was beloved of Romantic painters and hardcore climbers. But the spa town of Bad Schandau provides a gentler introduction for skinny-calfed explorers

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USJul 12, 2024
Hamburg’s wartime bunker is reinvented as an unlikely green oasis https://www.theguardian.com/travel/article/2024/jul/12/hamburgs-wartime-bunker-is-reinvented-as-an-unlikely-green-oasis #Hamburgholidays #Germanyholidays #Europeholidays #Culturaltrips #Lifeandstyle #Greentravel #Citybreaks #Travel
Hamburg’s wartime bunker is reinvented as an unlikely green oasis

An iconic air raid shelter in the St Pauli district has been given a new lease of life with the addition of a hotel and rooftop urban park

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USApr 20, 2024
Five of Europe’s best national parks – with all the beauty but none of the crowds https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/apr/20/five-best-national-parks-in-europe-france-germany-croatia-portugal-spain #Wildlifeholidays #Portugalholidays #Walkingholidays #Croatiaholidays #Germanyholidays #Europeholidays #Franceholidays #Spainholidays #Lifeandstyle #Walking #Travel
Five of Europe’s best national parks – with all the beauty but none of the crowds

Offering exquisite scenery, rare wildlife and spectacular trails, these under-the-radar national parks are worth tracking down

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