Henk Bekker

Henk Bekker is a freelance travel writer with over 20 years of experience writing online. He is particularly interested in history, art, and culture. He has lived most of his adult life in Germany, Switzerland, and Denmark. In addition to European-Traveler.com and European-Cultural-Traveler.com, Henk Bekker also owns a travel website on the Lake Geneva region of Switzerland and maintains statistical websites on car sales and classic car auction prices. He holds an MBA from Edinburgh Business School and an MSc in Development Finance from the University of London.

Visit the Albrecht Dürer House Museum in Nuremberg, Germany

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Visit the Albrecht Dürer House Museum where Germany's most famous Renaissance artist lived and worked for 20 years in Nuremberg (Nürnberg) to see his Rhinocerus of 1515 being reprinted on typical printers

Visit the Albrecht Dürer House Museum where Germany’s most famous Renaissance artist lived and worked for 20 years in Nuremberg (Nürnberg). The Nuremberg artist Albrecht Dürer brought the Renaissance to Germany and is considered amongst the most important German artists ever. The Albrecht-Dürer-Haus in Nürnberg is a museum in the house where Dürer lived and … Read more

Visit the German Railways DB Museum in Nuremberg (Nürnberg)

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Bayerische Schnellzuglokomotive S 2/6 on display in the DB Museum (German Railways) in Nuremberg (Nürnberg), Germany.

Visit the DB Museum of German Railways in Nuremberg to see historic locomotives, wagons, and items related to trains in Germany. The DB Museum in Nuremberg functions as the company museum of Deutsche Bahn (German Railways) but covers trains and railway transportation in Germany from the early 19th century to the present. The museum explains … Read more

Visit the Le Corbusier Chapel in Ronchamp, France

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Chapelle Notre Dame du Haut de Ronchamp

The iconic post-modern Chapelle Notre Dame du Haut de Ronchamp, designed by Le Corbusier, is a popular site to visit for religious pilgrims and architecture lovers. The whitewashed concrete post-modern Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, France, is one of the most instantly recognizable designs of the twentieth century. The small chapel was … Read more

Visit the UNESCO-Listed Kloster Maulbronn Abbey

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See the Best-Preserved Medieval Cistercian Monastery in Germany The UNESCO World Cultural Heritage-listed, Romanesque-Gothic Kloster Maulbronn Abbey with church and cloisters is the best-preserved medieval Cistercian monastery in Germany. photo credit: brew127 Cistercian Kloster Maulbronn is the most complete and best-preserved medieval monastery complex in Germany. This Romanesque-Gothic building estate is a great stop when … Read more

Cheap Flights to Nuremberg Christmas Market (Nürnberger Christkindlesmarkt)

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Chocolate Covered Fruit

Flying to Nuremberg Airport (NUE) on cheap and direct flights is the easiest way to travel to the Nürnberger Christkindlesmarkt, Germany’s most famous Christmas market (Weihnachtsmarkt). Cheap direct flights on British Airways or Ryanair to Nuremberg Airport (NUE) are the best way to travel non-stop from London Heathrow or Stansted to the Nürnberger Christkindlesmarkt in … Read more

Best Trains from London (UK) to Christmas Markets in Germany

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Frankfurt Christmas Market in Germany

Eurostar and ICE trains offer fast, cheap transportation from London and England to Christmas markets in Germany such as Cologne, Aachen, and Frankfurt. (The former TGV Thalys trains are now part of Eurostar.) Eurostar trains, or combined with German Railways’ Inter-City-Express (ICE) trains, are often the fastest and most convenient way to travel from London … Read more