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http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com Travel Guides of the Major Cities of the World Copyright 2005 Fri, 22 Apr 2005 16:54:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.2.2 http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/461/museum-fur-kommunikation-berlin-museum-for-communication-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/461/museum-fur-kommunikation-berlin-museum-for-communication-berlin/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2005 12:22:26 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/461/museum-fur-kommunikation-berlin-museum-for-communication-berlin/ Museum fùr Kommunikation Berlin (Museum for Communication) This magnificent building in Leipziger Straße has been extensively renovated and has re-opened in 2000. It contains the united collections from east and west. In the basement you can admire the Blue Mauritius and Bell’s first telephone. The architecture of this builing is worth ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/461/museum-fur-kommunikation-berlin-museum-for-communication-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/460/museum-fur-naturkunde-der-humbolt-universitat-humboldt-university-natural-history-museum-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/460/museum-fur-naturkunde-der-humbolt-universitat-humboldt-university-natural-history-museum-berlin/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2005 12:20:23 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/460/museum-fur-naturkunde-der-humbolt-universitat-humboldt-university-natural-history-museum-berlin/ Museum für Naturkunde der Humbolt-Universitat (Humboldt University Natural History Museum) The building of the culture-historical museum accommodates also the museum for natural history, which could 1945 ago its own building at the cathedral place 5 use and to it to its final completion again return would like. The constant exhibitions of ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/460/museum-fur-naturkunde-der-humbolt-universitat-humboldt-university-natural-history-museum-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/459/museum-fur-ostasiatische-kunst-museum-of-east-asian-art-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/459/museum-fur-ostasiatische-kunst-museum-of-east-asian-art-berlin/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2005 12:15:22 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/459/museum-fur-ostasiatische-kunst-museum-of-east-asian-art-berlin/ Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst (Museum of East Asian Art) The museum for East Asian art owes its emergence to the collecting tank married couple Adolf (1856-1914) and Frieda Fischer (1874 - 1945). 1901 donated professor Adolf Fischer its first collection, which he had gathered on a Japan journey, to the citizen ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/459/museum-fur-ostasiatische-kunst-museum-of-east-asian-art-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/458/museum-fur-vor-und-fruhgeschichte-museum-of-prehistory-and-early-history-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/458/museum-fur-vor-und-fruhgeschichte-museum-of-prehistory-and-early-history-berlin/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2005 12:01:18 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/458/museum-fur-vor-und-fruhgeschichte-museum-of-prehistory-and-early-history-berlin/ Museum für Vor - und Frühgeschichte (Museum of Prehistory and Early History) : Berlin The museum possesses one of the largest supraregional collections for the pre and early history of the old persons world. In five exhibition halls certifications of the prähistorischen cultures of Europe are shown by their beginnings, the ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/458/museum-fur-vor-und-fruhgeschichte-museum-of-prehistory-and-early-history-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/457/museum-im-wasserwerk-museum-in-the-waterworks-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/457/museum-im-wasserwerk-museum-in-the-waterworks-berlin/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:51:01 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/457/museum-im-wasserwerk-museum-in-the-waterworks-berlin/ The museum in the water company Friedrichshagen is because of the north bank of the Müggelsees between the local parts Friedrichshagen and Rahnsdorf. It shows the history of the water supply and waste water disposal of Berlin. A group piston steam engine from the year 1893 can be demonstrated the ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/457/museum-im-wasserwerk-museum-in-the-waterworks-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/456/museumsdorf-duppel-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/456/museumsdorf-duppel-berlin/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:46:27 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/456/museumsdorf-duppel-berlin/ Would you like to carry yourselves back once into the time of our ancestors? Then you visit the museum village chaff. They can enter many huts there and make themselves from their building with simplest tools a picture. It is a reconstructed village as an open-air museum and centre for ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/456/museumsdorf-duppel-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/455/museumsinsel-museum-island-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/455/museumsinsel-museum-island-berlin/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:44:25 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/455/museumsinsel-museum-island-berlin/ Museum Island (or, in German, Museumsinsel) in Berlin, Germany, is the name of the northern half of an island in the Spree river, in the center of the city. The island received its name for several internationally renowned museums that are now occupying all of the island's northern half (originally a ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/455/museumsinsel-museum-island-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/454/musikinstrumentenmuseum-museum-of-musical-instruments-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/454/musikinstrumentenmuseum-museum-of-musical-instruments-berlin/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:42:59 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/454/musikinstrumentenmuseum-museum-of-musical-instruments-berlin/ Museum of Musical Instruments A museum of musical instruments is a museum in that music instruments to be issued. Here mostly distinctive between collections with non-European exhibits and such, which are concerned with the history of the classical-European instruments. In addition, many institutes accommodate exhibitions of both areas. However sometimes many ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/454/musikinstrumentenmuseum-museum-of-musical-instruments-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/453/neue-nationalgalerie-new-national-gallery-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/453/neue-nationalgalerie-new-national-gallery-berlin/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:39:31 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/453/neue-nationalgalerie-new-national-gallery-berlin/ Neue Nationalgalerie is a museum in for classical modern art in Berlin, with main focus on early the 20th century. The museum building was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The 8.50 metre high hall which was built below the largest free-spanning steel panel in the world (with two ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/453/neue-nationalgalerie-new-national-gallery-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/452/neue-synagoge-centrum-judaicum-new-synagogue-centrum-judaicum-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/452/neue-synagoge-centrum-judaicum-new-synagogue-centrum-judaicum-berlin/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:36:07 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/452/neue-synagoge-centrum-judaicum-new-synagogue-centrum-judaicum-berlin/ The New Synagogue on Oranienburger Straße which houses the Centrum Judaicum, is one of the most important locations for Jewish life in Berlin. It functions as a synagogue with egalitarian worship.To the Jewish New Year celebration 1866 the new synagog was solemnly inaugurated in the Oranienburgerstrasse. In May 1859 the ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/452/neue-synagoge-centrum-judaicum-new-synagogue-centrum-judaicum-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/451/neue-wache-new-royal-guardhouse-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/451/neue-wache-new-royal-guardhouse-berlin/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:35:41 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/451/neue-wache-new-royal-guardhouse-berlin/ Built in 1818, the Neue Wache on Unter den Linden is a fittingly simple memorial to the catastrophies of German history. As a memorial for those who fell in the Napoleonic wars. From 1818 to 1918, the royal guard was housed in this building. In 1931, Heinrich Tessenow created a ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/451/neue-wache-new-royal-guardhouse-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/450/nikolaikirche-st-nicholas-church-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/450/nikolaikirche-st-nicholas-church-berlin/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:35:22 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/450/nikolaikirche-st-nicholas-church-berlin/ Berlins oldest church building from the 13th century, ideally situated in Nikolai Quarter, which was rebuilt in 1987 with concrete slab pre-fab housing. The church contains a permanent exhibition on the history of Berlin. The original church dates from approximately 1230, but only the base of the facade survives from ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/450/nikolaikirche-st-nicholas-church-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/449/nikolaiviertel-nicholas-quarter-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/449/nikolaiviertel-nicholas-quarter-berlin/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:34:32 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/449/nikolaiviertel-nicholas-quarter-berlin/ The Nikolaiviertel (German for "Nicholas Quarter") is the reconstructed historical core of Berlin, Germany, founded in the 13th century. It is located 5 minutes away from Alexanderplatz. The Nikolai church is in the center of the district. The area is located around the city's oldest church, from which is taken ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/449/nikolaiviertel-nicholas-quarter-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/448/olympiastadion-olympic-stadium-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/448/olympiastadion-olympic-stadium-berlin/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:34:10 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/448/olympiastadion-olympic-stadium-berlin/ The Olympic Stadium (German: Olympiastadion) in Berlin, designed by German architect Werner March, was constructed between 1934 and 1936 for the 1936 Summer Olympics. It replaced the German Stadium designed by Werner's father Otto March. It was being refurbished for the Football World Cup 2006 until mid-2004. It is currently ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/448/olympiastadion-olympic-stadium-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/447/palast-der-republik-palace-of-the-republic-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/447/palast-der-republik-palace-of-the-republic-berlin/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:47:30 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/447/palast-der-republik-palace-of-the-republic-berlin/ The Palast der Republik (Palace of the Republic) is a building in Berlin, on the bank of the River Spree, and on Schlossplatz (called Marx-Engels-Platz from 1951 to 1994). It served as the parliament building for the German Democratic Republic (GDR). It was constructed in the 1970s in the prevailing style ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/447/palast-der-republik-palace-of-the-republic-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/446/pfaueninsel-peacock-island-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/446/pfaueninsel-peacock-island-berlin/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:47:04 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/446/pfaueninsel-peacock-island-berlin/ The Pfaueninsel is a synthesis of the arts. 1793 acquired king Friedrich William II. it as a trip goal and made it an exotic world. It and its successor Friedrich William III. She was arranged as a beautiful English landscape garden. Note that cars and bicycles are not permitted on ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/446/pfaueninsel-peacock-island-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/445/preussischer-landtag-the-prussian-federal-state-parliament-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/445/preussischer-landtag-the-prussian-federal-state-parliament-berlin/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:46:36 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/445/preussischer-landtag-the-prussian-federal-state-parliament-berlin/ This magnificent building in the Roman High Renaissance style has an eventful history. In communist East Germany it was the minister president's office for a while. Since the reunification of Germany it's been the seat of Berlin's parliament. Here you can see the permanent exhibition "100 years of Prussian Parliament" ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/445/preussischer-landtag-the-prussian-federal-state-parliament-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/444/rathaus-schoneberg-schoneberg-town-hall-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/444/rathaus-schoneberg-schoneberg-town-hall-berlin/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:46:14 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/444/rathaus-schoneberg-schoneberg-town-hall-berlin/ The Rathaus Schöneberg is the city hall for the Borough of Schöneberg in Berlin. It was constructed between 1911-1914 for Schöneberg, at that time an independent city not yet incorporated into Berlin. After World War II, with Berlin divided, the Rote Rathaus (Red City Hall), the traditional seat of the ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/444/rathaus-schoneberg-schoneberg-town-hall-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/443/reichsbank-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/443/reichsbank-berlin/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:45:25 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/443/reichsbank-berlin/ The Reichsbank was one of the central banks of Germany. It was founded on 1st January 1876 - shortly after the initial unification of Germany in 1871. The Reichsbank was founded by the take over of the central bank of Prussia. Its first president was Herrmann von Dechend. Before the unification in ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/443/reichsbank-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/442/reichsluftfahrtministerium-the-reich-air-ministry-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/442/reichsluftfahrtministerium-the-reich-air-ministry-berlin/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:44:53 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/442/reichsluftfahrtministerium-the-reich-air-ministry-berlin/ (Reichsluftfahrtministerium or RLM), was a German civil service organization in charge of development and production of aircraft, primarily for the Luftwaffe, from 1933 to 1945. They were the German counterpart of the British Air Ministry. In typical Third Reich fashion, the RLM was personality driven and formal procedure often ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/442/reichsluftfahrtministerium-the-reich-air-ministry-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/441/reichstagsgebaude-the-reichstag-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/441/reichstagsgebaude-the-reichstag-berlin/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:44:08 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/441/reichstagsgebaude-the-reichstag-berlin/ The Reichstag building in Berlin was constructed as the place where the Reichstag, the parliament of the German Empire, would convene. It was opened in 1894 and housed the Reichstag until 1933. It again became the seat of the German parliament in 1999 after a reconstruction led by master architect ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/441/reichstagsgebaude-the-reichstag-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/440/royal-porcelain-factory-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/440/royal-porcelain-factory-berlin/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:42:41 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/440/royal-porcelain-factory-berlin/ This historical firm has been making its famous porcelain in Berlin since 1763. Along with contemporary works you can see magnificent showpieces from the past 300 years. Guided tours for individuals every first Thursday of the month, group tours by appointment. Admission: 5DM Connections: S Tiergarten, bus 123. Address: Wegelystr. 1, Charlottenburg Tel: ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/440/royal-porcelain-factory-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/439/sammlung-berggruen-picasso-and-seine-zeit-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/439/sammlung-berggruen-picasso-and-seine-zeit-berlin/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:42:01 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/439/sammlung-berggruen-picasso-and-seine-zeit-berlin/ Heinz Berggruen’s art collection of classic modern times was given on loan to Berlin twenty years ago. Works by Picasso (70 works of art) and his contemporaries such as Paul Klee, Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Cézanne. (The Berggruen Collection - Picasso and his Times) SMPK - Heinz Bergruens collection ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/439/sammlung-berggruen-picasso-and-seine-zeit-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/438/sammlung-hoffmann-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/438/sammlung-hoffmann-berlin/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:41:25 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/438/sammlung-hoffmann-berlin/ The Berlin exhibition of a larger collection owned by Mr. and Ms. Hoffmann, housed here since 1998 in its own specially restored building complex. The main focus is on West European and American art in various media. The exhibition covers Western European and North American works of art in the ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/438/sammlung-hoffmann-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/437/schloss-bellevue-bellevue-palace-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/437/schloss-bellevue-bellevue-palace-berlin/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:40:41 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/437/schloss-bellevue-bellevue-palace-berlin/ Bellevue Palace (German: Schloss Bellevue) is a château north of the Tiergarten park in Berlin. It is the residence of the German President, currently Horst Köhler. Bellevue Palace currently undergoes reconstruction works until end of 2005. The president uses Schloss Charlottenburg for representative purposes during this period. The two-story main ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/437/schloss-bellevue-bellevue-palace-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/436/schloss-charlottenburg-charlottenburg-palace-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/436/schloss-charlottenburg-charlottenburg-palace-berlin/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:40:09 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/436/schloss-charlottenburg-charlottenburg-palace-berlin/ The Charlottenburg palace is the largest palace in Berlin. It was built in several stages. The original, central part was constructed between 1695 and 1699. It was intended as the summer home for Sophie Charlotte, Elector Frederick III's wife. The palace was expanded after Frederick became the first Prussian King, ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/436/schloss-charlottenburg-charlottenburg-palace-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/435/schloss-tegel-tegel-place-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/435/schloss-tegel-tegel-place-berlin/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:39:35 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/435/schloss-tegel-tegel-place-berlin/ Tegel is a local part in the district Reinickendorf of Berlin at 52°35' N, 13°21' E. Tegel is home to the largest airport of the capital, Tegel International Airport. Tegel is also has a lake, which is a very popular tourist attraction. Beyond that Tegel offers a lock as well ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/435/schloss-tegel-tegel-place-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/434/schwules-museum-homosexual-museum-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/434/schwules-museum-homosexual-museum-berlin/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:38:57 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/434/schwules-museum-homosexual-museum-berlin/ Berlin's Schwules Museum, established in the late 1980s, is a private institution dedicated to preserving, exhibiting, and discovering homosexual history, art, and culture. Located in the Kreuzberg district of former West Berlin, long the center of gay life in the city, the museum is composed of three main divisions: archives, ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/434/schwules-museum-homosexual-museum-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/433/siegessaule-victory-column-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/433/siegessaule-victory-column-berlin/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:38:16 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/433/siegessaule-victory-column-berlin/ The victory column (in German: Siegessäule) is one of the more famous sights of Berlin. Originally designed by Heinrich Strack after 1864 to commemorate the victory of Prussia in the Danish-Prussian war, by the time it was inaugurated on 2 September 1873, Prussia had also defeated Austria in the Austro-Prussian ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/433/siegessaule-victory-column-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/432/skulpturensammlung-und-museum-fur-byzantinische-kunst-sculpture-collection-and-museum-of-byzantine-art-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/432/skulpturensammlung-und-museum-fur-byzantinische-kunst-sculpture-collection-and-museum-of-byzantine-art-berlin/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:37:43 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/432/skulpturensammlung-und-museum-fur-byzantinische-kunst-sculpture-collection-and-museum-of-byzantine-art-berlin/ Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst (Sculpture Collection and Museum of Byzantine Art) : Berlin The museum for Byzantine art, in the year 2000 united with the sculpture collection to a museum, possesses a first-rate collection of spaetantiker and Byzantine art and is the none of its kind in Germany. It ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/432/skulpturensammlung-und-museum-fur-byzantinische-kunst-sculpture-collection-and-museum-of-byzantine-art-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/431/sony-center-am-potsdamer-platz-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/431/sony-center-am-potsdamer-platz-berlin/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:36:52 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/431/sony-center-am-potsdamer-platz-berlin/ Potsdamer Platz is an important square and traffic intersection in central Berlin, Germany. It is named after the nearby city of Potsdam. In the 1920s and '30s, it was one of the busiest traffic centers in all of Europe. Most of the buildings were destroyed by the heavy bombardment of Berlin ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/431/sony-center-am-potsdamer-platz-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/430/sowjetisches-ehrenmal-soviet-war-memorial-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/430/sowjetisches-ehrenmal-soviet-war-memorial-berlin/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:36:21 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/430/sowjetisches-ehrenmal-soviet-war-memorial-berlin/ The Soviet honour mark (The Soviet War Memorial) was established 1945 from marble stones of the former Reichskanzlei and is to remind of the Soviet soldiers pleased in the war against Nazi Germany. On the center of the semi-circle stands a statue from bronze, which represents a Soviet soldier in ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/430/sowjetisches-ehrenmal-soviet-war-memorial-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/429/spreepark-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/429/spreepark-berlin/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:35:46 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/429/spreepark-berlin/ This amusement park is located not far from the city centre in the harmonious surroundings of Plänterwald leisure area. In 1992, it was taken over in the meantime the area carried by the citizen of Berlin senate by a private operator company and resumed under the name Spreepark.It offers 30 ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/429/spreepark-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/428/staatsratgebaude-former-council-of-state-building-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/428/staatsratgebaude-former-council-of-state-building-berlin/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:35:01 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/428/staatsratgebaude-former-council-of-state-building-berlin/ At the moment His Eminence the Chancellor is based in the former Council of State building with his retinue and is controlling the destiny of German politics. Everybody's looking forward to the day when the new Federal Chancellor's Office at Spreebogen in Tiergarten will be ready. The government officials are ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/428/staatsratgebaude-former-council-of-state-building-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/427/tierpark-friedrichsfelde-zoo-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/427/tierpark-friedrichsfelde-zoo-berlin/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:34:19 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/427/tierpark-friedrichsfelde-zoo-berlin/ The tierpark is the largest landscape zoo of Europe. On 160 hectares surface is led the visitor by the animal world of the 6 continents. Salient high points are the Alfred Brehm house with the valuable groups of breeds of large cats, the Dickhaeuterhaus with elephants, sea-cows and Nashoernern, the ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/427/tierpark-friedrichsfelde-zoo-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/426/topographie-des-terrors-topography-of-terror-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/426/topographie-des-terrors-topography-of-terror-berlin/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:33:28 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/426/topographie-des-terrors-topography-of-terror-berlin/ On the area of the "topography of the terror" the most important centers of National Socialist repression and crime politics were between 1933 and 1945. The topography of the terror documents the frights of the Nazi period in all their facets, often directly at the historical place - a concept ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/426/topographie-des-terrors-topography-of-terror-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/425/viktoria-park-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/425/viktoria-park-berlin/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:32:45 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/425/viktoria-park-berlin/ On a clear day you get a fantastic view of Kreuzberg from up here. A big city oasis with a waterfall, a beergarden in Golgatha, a zoo for small animals and lawns for lazing or sports. The multicultural festival in summer offers music and stage acts in the open air. ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/425/viktoria-park-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/424/friedrichshain-volkspark-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/424/friedrichshain-volkspark-berlin/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:32:14 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/424/friedrichshain-volkspark-berlin/ Volkspark Friedrichshain is perfect for relaxing after work or for chilling out at the weekend. The park offers variety at leisure and recovery possibilities. There are numerous liegewiesen, various playgrounds, e.g. the children's playground "Indian village", three tennis places, a basketball place and a Halfpipe for Skater. At the swan ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/424/friedrichshain-volkspark-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/423/hasenheide-park-volkspark-hasenheide-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/423/hasenheide-park-volkspark-hasenheide-berlin/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:31:52 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/423/hasenheide-park-volkspark-hasenheide-berlin/ A broad park located between the districts of Kreuzberg, Neukölln and Tempelhof, Hasenheide offers a host of attractions for all the family: Wildlife enclosures, rose gardens, children's playgrounds, a mini-golf course and an open-air cinema. The name Hasenheide ("hare heath") says it all -the parks was once a royal hare ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/423/hasenheide-park-volkspark-hasenheide-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/422/pergamon-museum-vorderasiatische-museum-im-pergamonmuseum-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/422/pergamon-museum-vorderasiatische-museum-im-pergamonmuseum-berlin/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:31:26 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/422/pergamon-museum-vorderasiatische-museum-im-pergamonmuseum-berlin/ The Pergamon Museum (in German, Pergamonmuseum) is one of the museums on the Museum Island in Berlin. It was planned by Alfred Messel and Ludwig Hoffmann and was built over a period from 1910 to 1930. It houses original-sized, reconstructed monumental buildings such as the Pergamon Altar, the Market Gate ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/422/pergamon-museum-vorderasiatische-museum-im-pergamonmuseum-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/421/spandau-citadel-zitadelle-spandau-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/421/spandau-citadel-zitadelle-spandau-berlin/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:30:31 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/421/spandau-citadel-zitadelle-spandau-berlin/ The Spandau Citadel is the oldest remaining structure in Berlin. The fortress was built in the 16th century, but the main tower dates back to about the 12th century. In spite of damage and additions, the Spandau citadel is one of the best preserved Renaissance fortresses in Germany and still ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/421/spandau-citadel-zitadelle-spandau-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/420/zoologischer-garten-zoological-garden-berlin/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/420/zoologischer-garten-zoological-garden-berlin/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:29:33 +0000 Berlin Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/420/zoologischer-garten-zoological-garden-berlin/ The Zoologischer Garten Berlin (zoological garden Berlin) is one of the biggest zoos in Germany and the one with the largest number of species of the world. It is located in Berlin Tiergarten near the homonymous S-Bahn and railway station in the city center. One of the Germany's first zoos, ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/420/zoologischer-garten-zoological-garden-berlin/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/419/bank-of-england-museum-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/419/bank-of-england-museum-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 17:52:49 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/419/bank-of-england-museum-london/ Bank of England Museum at London Known affectionately by Londoners as "the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street", the Bank of England is one of Britain's most famous and august institutions. The Museum is housed within the Bank of England itself, right at the heart of the City of London. It traces ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/419/bank-of-england-museum-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/418/banqueting-house-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/418/banqueting-house-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 17:49:37 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/418/banqueting-house-london/ Banqueting House at London Commissioned by James I and built by Inigo Jones, london banqueting house was part of Whitehall Palace. Completed in 1622, it was embellished by Charles I, who had the famous ceiling painted by Rubens (the artist was rewarded with £3,000 and a knighthood). This is not the ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/418/banqueting-house-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/417/british-airways-london-eye-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/417/british-airways-london-eye-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 17:46:58 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/417/british-airways-london-eye-london/ British Airways London Eye at London The British Airways London Eye. From this, view huge swathes of London whilst rotating at a stately few inches every second. The world's highest observation wheel, it provides a 30 minute slow moving flight over the capital. Undoubtedly London's highest view point you will get ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/417/british-airways-london-eye-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/416/british-museum-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/416/british-museum-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 17:41:26 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/416/british-museum-london/ British Museum : London The British Museum is one of the world's largest and most important museums of ancient history. It was established in 1753 and was based largely on the collections of the physician and scientist Sir Hans Sloane. Its first home was Montagu House which was purchased by the ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/416/british-museum-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/415/buckingham-palace-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/415/buckingham-palace-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 17:38:14 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/415/buckingham-palace-london/ Buckingham Palace at London Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of The Queen. It has been the official residence of Britain’s sovereigns since 1837 and evolved from a town house that was owned, from the beginning of the eighteenth century, by the Dukes of Buckingham. The palace was acquired by ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/415/buckingham-palace-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/414/churchill-museum-and-cabinet-war-rooms-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/414/churchill-museum-and-cabinet-war-rooms-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 17:34:27 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/414/churchill-museum-and-cabinet-war-rooms-london/ Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms at London This is where Winston Churchill and his cabinet took refuge during the second World War. All the rooms are laid out as they were when the war ended and include living quarters, a soundproof Cabinet Room and the Map Room. The nerve-centre of ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/414/churchill-museum-and-cabinet-war-rooms-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/413/changing-of-the-guard-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/413/changing-of-the-guard-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 17:31:10 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/413/changing-of-the-guard-london/ Changing of the Guard at London Guard Mounting, popularly known as the Changing of the Guard is performed daily in spring and summer, and every other day in autumn and winter, at Buckingham Palace. The ceremony consists, very literally, of the changing of the guard. Guards are present 24 hours a ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/413/changing-of-the-guard-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/412/clarence-house-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/412/clarence-house-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 17:28:27 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/412/clarence-house-london/ Clarence House at London Clarence House, which stands beside St James's Palace, was built between 1825 and 1827 to the designs of John Nash for Prince William Henry, Duke of Clarence, who resided there as King William IV from 1830 until 1837. It was the London home of Her Majesty Queen ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/412/clarence-house-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/411/cutty-sark-clipper-ship-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/411/cutty-sark-clipper-ship-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 17:26:05 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/411/cutty-sark-clipper-ship-london/ Cutty Sark Clipper Ship at London Cutty Sark was built for John Willis to be the fastest clipper on the China tea route. Designed by Hercules Linton and built by Scott & Linton at Dumbarton in 1869 as a composite built extreme clipper ship for "Old White Hat" Jock Willis of ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/411/cutty-sark-clipper-ship-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/410/dickens-house-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/410/dickens-house-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 17:23:02 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/410/dickens-house-london/ Dickens House at London London's Charles Dickens Museum is in Doughty Street in the district of Bloomsbury. It occupies a typical Georgian terraced house which was Charles Dickens' home from 1837 to 1839. Dickens moved on to grander homes as his wealth increased and his family grew, but this is the ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/410/dickens-house-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/409/euston-road-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/409/euston-road-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 17:19:33 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/409/euston-road-london/ Euston Road at London Euston Road is an important thoroughfare in central London. It is part of the New Road from Paddington to Islington, which was constructed as a bypass through the fields to the north of London in the 1740s, but it is now generally regarded as being in central ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/409/euston-road-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/408/freud-museum-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/408/freud-museum-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 17:18:04 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/408/freud-museum-london/ Freud Museum in London 20 Maresfield Gardens in Hampstead was the home of Sigmund Freud and his family when they escaped the Nazi annexation of Austria in 1938. The centrepiece of the museum is Freud's library and study, preserved as it was in his lifetime. It contains his working library, his ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/408/freud-museum-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/407/gutenberg-bible-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/407/gutenberg-bible-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 17:11:14 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/407/gutenberg-bible-london/ Gutenberg Bible at London The Gutenberg Bible (also known as the 42-line Bible) is a print of the Latin Vulgate translation of the Bible that was printed by its namesake, Johann Gutenberg, in Mainz, Germany using moveable type, mass-produced starting on February 23, 1455. This Bible is the most famous incunabulum ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/407/gutenberg-bible-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/406/hampton-court-palace-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/406/hampton-court-palace-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 17:08:42 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/406/hampton-court-palace-london/ Hampton Court Palace at London Hampton Court Palace is a former royal place on the north bank of the River Thames in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames about 12 miles (19 km) southwest and upstream of Central London, nowadays open to the public and a major tourist attraction for ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/406/hampton-court-palace-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/405/handels-messiah-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/405/handels-messiah-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 17:04:58 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/405/handels-messiah-london/ Handel’s Messiah, London In the words of Dr. Charles Burney, 18th century music historian, Messiah "has fed the hungry and clothed the naked, fostered the orphan, and enriched succeeding managers of Oratories more than any single musical production in this or any other country." For more than 250 years, this great ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/405/handels-messiah-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/404/highgate-cemetery-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/404/highgate-cemetery-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 17:01:52 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/404/highgate-cemetery-london/ Highgate Cemetery at London Highgate Cemetery, opened in 1839, is London's most famous and exotic burial ground. The magnificent graves and tombs perfectly reflect high Victorian taste. Highgate was founded in 1839 as an alternative to London's central graveyards, which included over-crowding, grave-robbing, and even body-snatching by medical ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/404/highgate-cemetery-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/403/jewish-military-museum-memorial-room-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/403/jewish-military-museum-memorial-room-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:58:40 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/403/jewish-military-museum-memorial-room-london/ Jewish Military Museum & Memorial Room at London The museum commemorates the contribution to the Armed Forces of the Crown made by British Jews who have loyally served their country for over two centuries. There are over 1000 items on display ,consisting of memorabilia, pictures, medals, uniforms and letters. The museum ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/403/jewish-military-museum-memorial-room-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/402/jewish-museum-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/402/jewish-museum-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:55:58 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/402/jewish-museum-london/ Jewish Museum at London The Jewish Museum in the Camden Town district on the northern fringes of central London, England is one of two Jewish museums in London. It was originally founded in 1932 with aim of showing the history and religion of the Jewish community in Britain as well as ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/402/jewish-museum-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/401/kensington-palace-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/401/kensington-palace-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:50:35 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/401/kensington-palace-london/ Kensington Palace at London Kensington Palace was the home of the late Princess Diana after her divorce from Prince Charles in 1996. This beautiful and spacious palace in central London is open to the public. It was here that Queen Victoria was born and lived until she became ruler of ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/401/kensington-palace-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/400/kenwood-house-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/400/kenwood-house-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:43:55 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/400/kenwood-house-london/ Kenwood House at London Kenwood House is a classical style mansion set in 24 acres of parkland beside Hampstead Heath. Its a small friendly bed and breakfast hotel in a charming *adam* style town house situated in the heart of london. Located in a prime area Of london within walking ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/400/kenwood-house-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/399/london-aquarium-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/399/london-aquarium-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:35:32 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/399/london-aquarium-london/ London Aquarium The London Aquarium, housed within County Hall on the bank of the Thames, comprises three levels of exciting and educational exhibits featuring hundreds of varieties of fish and marine life, many of which have not been seen before on these shores. Three hundred and fifty species are displayed within ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/399/london-aquarium-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/398/london-dungeon/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/398/london-dungeon/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:27:32 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/398/london-dungeon/ London Dungeon The London Dungeon is best known for its depiction of medieval torture and executions. Even adults have been known to scream when a frightening image lurks at you in the dark. It has won the Best Unusual Venue tourism award several times in the past. Wander through rooms ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/398/london-dungeon/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/397/the-london-pass/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/397/the-london-pass/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:13:12 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/397/the-london-pass/ The London Pass The London Pass is your passport to London! It gives you FREE entry to over 50 favorite London attractions as well as travel on public transport on buses, tubes and trains. The London Pass offers not only great value and convenience, but also enables you to beat the queues ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/397/the-london-pass/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/396/london-zoo-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/396/london-zoo-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:09:48 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/396/london-zoo-london/ London Zoo London Zoo was the world's first scientific zoo. Opened in 1828, and originally intended as a collection for scientific study, it was eventually made open to the public in 1847. Today it houses a collection of more than 650 different species of animals. There is a wide range of ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/396/london-zoo-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/395/madame-tussauds-wax-museum-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/395/madame-tussauds-wax-museum-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 15:55:30 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/395/madame-tussauds-wax-museum-london/ Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in London Madame Tussauds is a wax museum in London, with branches in Amsterdam, Hong Kong (Victoria Peak), Las Vegas, Copenhagen and New York City. It was setup by Marie Tussaud who was a wax sculptor. Madame Tussaud's is one of the most visited attractions in London. ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/395/madame-tussauds-wax-museum-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/394/museum-in-docklands-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/394/museum-in-docklands-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 15:52:02 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/394/museum-in-docklands-london/ Museum in Docklands in London The Museum in Docklands, which is an offshoot of the Museum of London tells the story of London's Docklands. It opened in 2003 and is located in a group of early 19th century dock-side sugar warehouses on the Isle of Dogs, a couple of minutes walk ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/394/museum-in-docklands-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/393/museum-of-london-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/393/museum-of-london-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 15:47:20 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/393/museum-of-london-london/ Museum of London he Museum of London documents the history of London from the Palaeolithic to the present day. The museum is located in a 1970s building approximately 10 minutes walk north of St Paul's Cathedral and admission is free. It is operated by the Corporation of London and was opened ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/393/museum-of-london-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/392/natural-history-museum-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/392/natural-history-museum-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 15:45:13 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/392/natural-history-museum-london/ Natural History Museum of London Explore the natural history of the planet Earth from the prehistoric era to the present day at one of London's most visited museums. The Natural History Museum is dedicated to furthering the understanding of the natural world through its unrivalled collections, its world class exhibitions and ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/392/natural-history-museum-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/391/parliament-of-the-united-kingdom-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/391/parliament-of-the-united-kingdom-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 15:38:51 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/391/parliament-of-the-united-kingdom-london/ Parliament of the United Kingdom in London The Palace of Westminster is better known as the Houses of Parliament and is one of London's best known monuments and also one of the city's finest Victorian buildings. It is best viewed from the south side of the river, where it has been ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/391/parliament-of-the-united-kingdom-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/390/ragged-school-museum-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/390/ragged-school-museum-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 12:48:19 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/390/ragged-school-museum-london/ Ragged School Museum at London This Award winning Museum of East End Life is housed in three Victorian canalside warehouses. Visitors to the Museum today can take a journey through the history of the region as well as experience what it was like to be taught over one hundred years ago ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/390/ragged-school-museum-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/389/kew-royal-botanic-gardens-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/389/kew-royal-botanic-gardens-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 12:38:13 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/389/kew-royal-botanic-gardens-london/ Kew Royal Botanic Gardens at London The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, frequently referred to simply as "Kew Gardens", are extensive gardens and botanical glasshouses between Richmond upon Thames and Kew in southwest London. The gardens house botanic collections (conserved plants, living plants and documents) that have been considerably enriched through ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/389/kew-royal-botanic-gardens-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/388/royal-courts-of-justice-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/388/royal-courts-of-justice-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 12:16:28 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/388/royal-courts-of-justice-london/ Royal Courts of Justice at London Housed within a magnificent Gothic building, the courts handle many of the nation's most serious civil, libel and appeals cases. The building was the last Gothic revival building to be built in London and was designed by G E Street, it is thought that ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/388/royal-courts-of-justice-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/387/science-museum-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/387/science-museum-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 12:10:45 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/387/science-museum-london/ Science Museum at London The Science Museum on Exhibition Road, Kensington, London, is part of the National Museum of Science and Industry. The museum is a major London tourist attraction. The Science Museum, London is one of three museums which, together with the National Railway Museum, York and the National Museum ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/387/science-museum-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/386/spencer-house-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/386/spencer-house-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 11:53:59 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/386/spencer-house-london/ Spencer House, London Located in St. James park, near Buckingham Palace, Spencer house was built for John, First Earl Spencer. If you are a reader of Amanda Foreman's Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire or any of the other books centering on the Cavendish or Spencer families that have been highlighted in ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/386/spencer-house-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/385/tate-britain-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/385/tate-britain-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 11:51:08 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/385/tate-britain-london/ Tate Britain, London Tate Britain holds the greatest collection of British art in the world, including works by Blake, Constable, Epstein, Gainsborough, Gilbert and George, Hatoum, Hirst, Hockney, Hodgkin, Hogarth, Moore, Rossetti, Sickert, Spencer, Stubbs and Turner. The Tate archive, established 1969, is making a selection of over 4,000 objects from ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/385/tate-britain-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/384/tate-modern-art-gallery-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/384/tate-modern-art-gallery-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 11:42:49 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/384/tate-modern-art-gallery-london/ Tate Modern, London Located in Sir Giles Gilbert Scott's amazingly atmospheric Bankside Power Station, the Tate Modern proved a hit almost instantly with the public, offering three floors of galleries dedicated to modern art. The building itself, particularly the vast space of the turbine hall, is worth going to see in ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/384/tate-modern-art-gallery-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/383/the-british-library-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/383/the-british-library-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 11:35:13 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/383/the-british-library-london/ The British Library at London The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and one of the world's largest research libraries, holding over 150 million items and adding some 3 million every year. As of March 2004 the library holds 11.2 million monographs and receives more than 41,500 ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/383/the-british-library-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/382/the-national-gallery-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/382/the-national-gallery-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 11:17:28 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/382/the-national-gallery-london/ The National Gallery at London TheNational Gallery houses the national collection of Western European painting. It has around 2,300 pictures, including many recognisable masterpieces, and covers every European school of paintingfrom1260 to1900. The national collection of 20th-century art is held at the Tate Gallery, as is the national collection of British ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/382/the-national-gallery-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/381/the-national-portrait-gallery-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/381/the-national-portrait-gallery-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 10:56:16 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/381/the-national-portrait-gallery-london/ The National Portrait Gallery : London The National Portrait Gallery was founded in 1856 to collect the likenesses of famous British men and women. The National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery in central London which was opened in 1856. It houses portraits of historically important and famous British people, ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/381/the-national-portrait-gallery-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/380/tower-of-london-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/380/tower-of-london-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 10:49:52 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/380/tower-of-london-london/ Tower of London The Tower of London was begun in 1078 by William the Conqueror. Successive monarches added towers, walls and a huge moat over the centuries. It was here that traitors were brought to be executed, via the traitors gate by boat from the Thames, before being beheaded. Tower of ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/380/tower-of-london-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/379/victoria-and-albert-museum-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/379/victoria-and-albert-museum-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 10:44:31 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/379/victoria-and-albert-museum-london/ Victoria and Albert Museum in London Established in 1852, the Victoria and Albert Museum showcases 2000 years of decorative art from around the world. It also features: metalwork, furniture, textiles, paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture and much more. The building has a impressive facade and main entrance. As the museum ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/379/victoria-and-albert-museum-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/378/waterloo-station-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/378/waterloo-station-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 10:39:53 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/378/waterloo-station-london/ Waterloo Station in London Waterloo is a major railway station and transport interchange complex located in the Waterloo district of London, which was itself named after the Battle of Waterloo in which Napoleon was defeated near Brussels. Somewhat ironically, it is now London's gateway for train passengers from France and Belgium. The ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/378/waterloo-station-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/377/westminster-abbey-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/377/westminster-abbey-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 10:28:54 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/377/westminster-abbey-london/ Westminster Abbey in London Westminster is the most beautiful of the Gothic churches in London and was founded by Edward the Confessor in the 11th century. It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English monarchs. It is located in Westminster, London, just to the west of ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/377/westminster-abbey-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/376/westminster-cathedral-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/376/westminster-cathedral-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 10:22:25 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/376/westminster-cathedral-london/ Westminster Cathedral in London Westminster Cathedral is the Roman Catholic seat of the Archbishop of Westminster. It was constructed in the Early Byzantine style at the end of the 19th century. The Byzantine architecture of Westminster Cathedral marks it in stark contrast to the more conventionally British architecture of England's ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/376/westminster-cathedral-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/375/windsor-castle-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/375/windsor-castle-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 10:15:42 +0000 London Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/375/windsor-castle-london/ Windsor Castle in London The largest fully occupied Castle in the world and is the occasional home of Her Majesty the Queen. There is time to explore the precincts and see the Changing of the Guard. Over 900 years ago William the Conqueror, with the help of his victorious armies commenced ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/375/windsor-castle-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/374/about-london/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/374/about-london/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 08:18:27 +0000 London Travel http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/374/about-london/ London is the coolest city on earth, according to a big crowd of fans of the city, and there is quite some truth in that. The city on the Thames has an amazing lot of things to do. One can spend several weeks in the city alone, doing something different ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/374/about-london/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/373/london-sights/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/373/london-sights/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 08:17:59 +0000 London Travel http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/373/london-sights/ London - Sights Since the 18th century England has been the cultural center of Europe. What they thought was lacking in their cultural heritage, the British imported through study travels abroad, the grand tour, or just by importing important artefacts. The London museums thus gathered an enormous wealth of artefacts both ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/373/london-sights/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/372/london-getting-around/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/372/london-getting-around/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 08:17:23 +0000 London Travel http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/372/london-getting-around/ London - Getting Around LONDON's tube (underground) is legendary but mainly because it's not that fun to use. Although the tube network is immense (13 lines) south London is not well covered. Tickets are bought from machines or from ticket booth in the station entrance hall. Minimum charge is 1.70 pound ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/372/london-getting-around/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/371/london-getting-there/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/371/london-getting-there/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 08:16:57 +0000 London Travel http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/371/london-getting-there/ London - Getting There By Bus or Train: Travelling from abroad, visitors will arrive at Victoria's train station, which serves the English channel ports, or its coach station, some hundred yards south down Buckingham Place Road or at Waterloo, whose international rail terminal serves Eurostar trains using the Channel Tunnel. If you ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/371/london-getting-there/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/370/london-shopping/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/370/london-shopping/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 08:15:10 +0000 London Travel http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/370/london-shopping/ London - Shopping Shopping is one of the main reasons people flock to London all year round. It is one of the centres of fashion, style and music of the world. A wide variety of shops are allover London, from high priced exclusive clothing and goods, to some amazing deals. Oxford and ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/370/london-shopping/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/369/london-nightlife-and-entertainment/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/369/london-nightlife-and-entertainment/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 08:09:45 +0000 London Travel http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/369/london-nightlife-and-entertainment/ London - Nightlife and Entertainment Traditional old London taverns can be found allover the city, the seventeenth-century George Inn at Borough High Street or The Crown at New Oxford Street are among the most noticeable, but in the bar section there are a lot of alternatives. Londons nightlife is concentrated in ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/369/london-nightlife-and-entertainment/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/368/london-eating-out/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/368/london-eating-out/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 07:57:45 +0000 London Travel http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/368/london-eating-out/ London - Eating Out England may not be famous for its food, but London sure does have a range of very good restaurants catering for every appetite. London has a vibrant bar and pub scene. With over 5,000 pubs and bars, the capital has everything from traditional British public houses to ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/368/london-eating-out/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/367/about-vienna/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/367/about-vienna/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2005 07:32:45 +0000 Vienna Travel http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/367/about-vienna/ About Vienna Austria’s capital Vienna spreads along both sides of the Blue Danube (which as the Viennese are certain to point out is actually muddy brown) at the very foothills of the Alps. The city is a smorgasbord of Baroque with a dash of art nouveau. Circling the old town (the ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/367/about-vienna/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/366/vienna-history/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/366/vienna-history/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2005 07:31:29 +0000 Vienna Travel http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/366/vienna-history/ Vienna - History Most visitors connect Vienna with a romantic place full of Habsburg nostalgia and musical resonances. It is, still today, but more. The first settlement of any substance was Roman. The city was called Vindobona, but was in fact never more than a garrison town. It was only with the ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/366/vienna-history/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/365/vienna-eating-out/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/365/vienna-eating-out/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2005 07:31:10 +0000 Vienna Travel http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/365/vienna-eating-out/ Vienna - Eating Out Austria's cooking is great. If you like flummeries, pastries and sweets, it is the paradise on earth. These dishes are not necessarily served as a dessert, they can also be a complete main dish. The traditional venue for eating out in Vienna is the Beisl, an intimate ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/365/vienna-eating-out/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/364/vienna-sights/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/364/vienna-sights/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2005 07:30:30 +0000 Vienna Travel http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/364/vienna-sights/ Vienna - Sights Vienna has a compact historical centre, bound to the northeast by the Danube canal and surrounded on all other sides by the majestic sweep of the Ringstrasse. From here, the main arteries of communication radiate outwards. Most of the important sights are concentrated in this tourist-clogged district and ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/364/vienna-sights/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/363/wiener-staatsoper/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/363/wiener-staatsoper/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2005 07:30:15 +0000 Vienna Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/363/wiener-staatsoper/ Wiener Staatsoper The Staatsoper is considered to be the N°1 Opera House of Central Europe. Even if you're not into that kind of culture, the impressing building itself is worth a visit. Show up there two hours before the regular start of the perfomance and you can get tickets for as ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/363/wiener-staatsoper/feed/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/362/burgtheater/ http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/362/burgtheater/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2005 07:29:45 +0000 Vienna Attractions http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/362/burgtheater/ Burgtheater The Burgtheater is the theatre where Thomas Bernhard became the top scandal playwright of the German speaking world in the 80's. They are still playing a lot of his stuff (don't miss Heldenplatz) and many other strange plays. Its certainly not the place to go, when you think theatre should ... http://major-cities.traveltoworld.com/362/burgtheater/feed/