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A local’s guide to Düsseldorf, by music writer Rudi Esch
Home of electro pioneers Kraftwerk and groundbreaking artists like Andreas Gursky, the city on the Rhine is still a melting pot for art, design and music
With Bach to the Baltic: a hike through German history
In 1705, JS Bach walked 250 miles from Arnstadt to Lübeck in search of inspiration. Follow in his footsteps now and there are mountains, beech woods and curious relics of the cold war to discover
The best city breaks in Germany
Riesling and Romans, baroque and bratwurst … our tipsters point to alluring cities from Bavaria to the Hanseatic northern ports – but sidestepping Berlin – taking in great food, museums, spas and bars
On the slide in Germany: sledging in the Bavarian Alps
Fancy swooping down snowy Alpine slopes, but not the hassle of ski school and pricey equipment? It’s easy: all you need is a simple sledge. Sarcastic teenage daughter optional
Ad-free art on the underground: Düsseldorf’s ‘pure’ new metro line
Germany’s first art on the underground project
Train wrecked: take the (non) sleeper to Germany’s Melt! festival
Drink and dance the night away, but hold tight as the carriage lurches to Germany’s Melt! electronic music festival. Will Coldwell gets things going when he boards the wild party train the evening before
Berlin’s flat-roofed Hufeisensiedlung – a history of cities in 50 buildings
This horseshoe crescent and its ‘un-German’ roof epitomised modernist values – in opposition to the folkish pitched-roof fantasies loved by the Nazis
Julian Worker Travel - A few ideas for your next trip in every direction 