Are you looking for the perfect day trip from Berlin? Visit Potsdam! You’ll find plenty of things to do, historical sights, museums, palaces and the best cheesecake in Germany, all a 30 minute S-Bahn ride from central Berlin! I’ve always hated stereotypes and statements like ‘X city doesn’t feel like X country’ – after all, … Read more
Our experience at Cologne Carnival, one of the craziest parties of our lives! Kolle Alaaf Alaaf, Kolle Alaaf! (Curious what that means? Just keep reading!) Super Mario and Luigi, holding hands, sat next to us on the train from Hamburg. We briefly alighted at Messe Deutz. I looked outside the window and saw Scooby Doo’s family (complete … Read more
And here we are again! Our third visit to Berlin and our third tour with Context Travel in Berlin! Today we’ll tell you about West Berlin, another awesome experience after our Walking the Wall and Divided City tours. A journey across a section of the city that’s been in the spotlight for forty years – … Read more
If you know me, you’ll know I love trains. I may be an endless romantic, but there’s no mode of transport I love best. And Europe is the perfect place for a train holiday – trains are (usually) cheap, convenient and well-organized, and sitting by a train window watching the Old Continent go by is … Read more
Our experience at CSD Cologne, our second stop with the #mygaypride crowd after CSD Berlin. Are you curious to know what city we liked better, and what we learnt during the weekend? We got to Cologne after a long, sweaty train ride across Germany, after having left Dresden early in the morning. We were in … Read more
Welcome to our alternative Berlin guide! After visiting the city over 10 times in the past five years, we’ve collected the best alternative Berlin insider tips from our local friends here. Keep checking this space, we’ll be adding to this list! Looking for more inspiration? Check our post with 12 UNMISSABLE day trips from Berlin! … Read more