Liège Germany Blown up bridge near a German exclave Railway line 47, the section of the Vennbahn between Sankt Vith and Troisvierges, was commissioned in late 1889 and crossed the Our River via a brick viaduct near the German village of Hemmeres.
Northern Ireland The Troubles in Northern Ireland For years, Catholics and Protestants faced each other with drawn swords in the Northern Irish city of Belfast.
Berlin Pop art along the highway In the early 1970s, Berlin architect Rainer Rümmler designed the colorful Dreilinden gas station. Anyone who had braved the East German border control in Drewitz-Dreilinden could fill up their tank and have a bite to eat.
Germany The most important border post of the GDR During Germany's division, the Helmstedt-Marienborn border post was the most crucial crossing along the German internal border.
Germany GDR border in the Harz Until 1989, the five-hundred-meter-wide GDR border split the German Harz Mountains in half.
Germany Iron Curtain across Germany The German-German border, the 1,378-kilometer-long border that cut straight through Germany during the Cold War, was part of the Iron Curtain.
Germany Border guard towers at Dassow You should not only be in Berlin for some of the finest abandoned watchtowers and barriers. The border zone also left its mark in the most northwestern city of the former GDR, Dassow, Germany.
Belgium Germany Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Exploring the historical Vennbahn railway Coal trains, military transports and steam locomotives across the High Fens have made way for cyclists on the historic Vennbahn—a report of the route between the German city Aachen and Waismes, in Belgium.
Germany Remains of the German West Wall Where the Vennbahn cuts through Lammersdorf, Germany, you collide with a row of concrete dragon's teeth.
Berlin Forgotten stretches of the Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall has still not revealed all its secrets: only in 2018 were two forgotten sections of the Wall (re)discovered.
6 remnants of the Battle of Berlin The fierce Battle of Berlin was the final fight at the end of World War II. The bloody confrontation, from mid-April to early May 1945, brought the Nazi regime to its knees and ended World War II.