Germany Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/germany/ Mechanically-minded travel Fri, 01 May 2026 10:17:12 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 German Gamification for Online Tourists https://mechtraveller.com/2025/11/german-gamification-for-online-tourists/ https://mechtraveller.com/2025/11/german-gamification-for-online-tourists/#respond Mon, 17 Nov 2025 16:35:38 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=12448 The German National Tourist Office (GNTB) and Nuremberg Municipal Museums are turning their minds to apps in a bid to reach younger audiences. The GNTB has recently entered two of its latest digital projects, the game app Grimm’s Quest and the mixed reality app UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Germany, in various digital awards competitions. […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2023/05/review-hamelin-automobile-history-museum/feed/ 2 Shore-side power is the key to sustainable cruising says the Port of Kiel https://mechtraveller.com/2023/04/shore-side-power-is-the-key-to-sustainable-cruising-says-the-port-of-kiel/ https://mechtraveller.com/2023/04/shore-side-power-is-the-key-to-sustainable-cruising-says-the-port-of-kiel/#respond Fri, 14 Apr 2023 09:49:07 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=8886 The Port of Kiel in northern Germany has a packed programme of 221 cruise ship visits for this 2023 cruise season*, starting today (14 Apr) with Fred. Olsen Lines’ Balmoral. The port says that being a pioneer in sustainability means it continues to enjoy high popularity among international cruise lines. It has already become an […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2023/04/shore-side-power-is-the-key-to-sustainable-cruising-says-the-port-of-kiel/feed/ 0 The Last Hill – Possible Material for a Movie? https://mechtraveller.com/2023/02/the-last-hill-possible-material-for-a-movie/ https://mechtraveller.com/2023/02/the-last-hill-possible-material-for-a-movie/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2023 14:42:53 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=8680 The Last Hill is a new book by Robert Drury and Tom Clavin about a little-known fierce battle fought in December 1944 to capture a strategic hill in the Hürtgen Forest on Germany’s border. The 400 metre (1,315ft) steep-sided ‘Hill 400‘ lies 5 kilometres inside the German border with Belgium. The US 1st Army had […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2023/02/the-last-hill-possible-material-for-a-movie/feed/ 1 How an Enigma Machine works https://mechtraveller.com/2021/12/how-an-enigma-machine-works/ https://mechtraveller.com/2021/12/how-an-enigma-machine-works/#respond Thu, 16 Dec 2021 18:24:01 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=7223 Next time you go to Bletchley Park, you might want to take a look beforehand at this really clear and simple explanation of how the WW2 German Enigma machine worked. It’s the latest video in Jared Owen’s series of 3D animations explaining how things work, and it caught my eye because back in the late […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2021/12/how-an-enigma-machine-works/feed/ 0 Tall Ship ‘Peking’ returns to Hamburg https://mechtraveller.com/2020/09/tall-ship-peking-returns-to-hamburg/ https://mechtraveller.com/2020/09/tall-ship-peking-returns-to-hamburg/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2020 16:41:21 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=6346 Yesterday, the historic ‘tall ship’ Peking was welcomed back to her home port of Hamburg, where she is due to become a permanent highlight on the waterfront, and the primary exhibit of the new German Port Museum. “With the Peking, Hamburg is gaining a new landmark,” Hamburg Mayor Peter Tschenscher said. “During a history of […]

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