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 Gemäldegalerie (Old Masters Paintings Gallery) Art Museum in Berlin

February 2, 2025April 1, 2024 by Henk Bekker

Cranach highlights in the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin

The Gemäldegalerie (Paintings Gallery) in Berlin is one of the world’s best collections of Old Master paintings — the top art museum highlight in Germany.

Visit and Buy Tickets for the Altes Museum in Berlin on Museum Island

February 2, 2025April 1, 2024 by Henk Bekker

Rotunda with Greek sculptures in the Altes Museum in Berlin

The Altes Museum has Germany’s most impressive collection of classical Greek, Etruscan, and Roman antiquities.

Visit the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin to See 19th Century Art

February 20, 2026March 30, 2024 by Henk Bekker

Caspar David Friedrich Alte Nationalgalerie Berlin

The Greek-temple-inspired Alte Nationalgalerie is home to Berlin’s vast collection of 19th century art.

2024 Berlin: Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the Alte Nationalgalerie

February 2, 2025March 30, 2024 by Henk Bekker

Caspar David Friedrich -- Infinite Landscapes (Unendliche Landschaften) is a special exhibition in the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin from 19 April to 4 August 2024.

Tickets for the Caspar David Friedrich — Infinite Landscapes (Unendliche Landschaften) in the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin are selling out fast – longer opening hours were announced.

Visit the Musical Instruments Museum in Berlin

February 2, 2025March 20, 2024 by Henk Bekker

Around 800 musical instruments are on display in the Musikinstrumenten-Museum in Berlin.

Where to See Art in Munich Museums and Galleries

February 2, 2025March 12, 2024 by Henk Bekker

The Barberini Faun (Barberinischer Faun), also Sleeping Satyr or Drunken Satyr, is the best-known sculpture in the Glyptothek in Munich

Which museum and gallery should I visit to see the best art in Munich?

Visit the German Ossuary War Cemetery at Huisnes-sur-Mer Normandy

February 2, 2025March 7, 2024 by Henk Bekker

The German war cemetery near Mont St Michel has the graves of 12,000 German soldiers who died during the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War.

A large German war cemetery near Mont St Michel — the ossuary at Huisnes-sur-mer — has the graves of 12,000 German soldiers who died during the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. The German Ossuary at Huisnes-sur-Mer near the hugely popular UNESCO World Cultural Heritage listed site of Mont St Michel in Normandy, … Read more