Villa Linari – The scented house

Villa Linari – The scented house

Who: Rainer Diersche – Entrepreneur & Product Designer
Where: Villa Linari, Hamburg, Germany

The Linari residence in Hamburg’s district Groß Flottbek

When I turned into the calm side street in the chic Hamburg district Groß Flottbek I immediately knew: this must be the place! The minimalistic cube midst …

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Skykitchen: Heaven above Berlin

Skykitchen: Heaven above Berlin

What: Skykitchen, Restaurant
Where: Berlin-Lichtenberg

Room with a view: The Skykitchen in Berlin

This cannot be the place, I’m thinking whilst driving into the underground car park of Andel’s Hotel. An unspectacular new building located on Landsberger Allee in Berlin-Lichtenberg in a likewise unspectacular neighbourhood next to Velodrom …

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Anna’s Blue

Anna’s Blue

Who: Anna von Mangoldt – Color Designer
Where: Nieheim-Holzhausen, Westphalia, Germany

Anna of Mangoldts home in Nieheim-Holzhausen in Eastern Westphalia

So what are you currently doing, am I asking Anna von Mangoldt, when we first sit together. “I’m doing colors” she says and laughs. Colors? I’m spontaneously thinking …

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At home with Germany’s Burlesque Queen

At home with Germany’s Burlesque Queen

Who: Marlene von Steenvag – Burlesque Artist
Where: Berlin – Prenzlauer Berg

“I do not feel naked on stage. On the beach, people are more naked. My costume and the makeup are my protective shields. “*

How does a well-educated literary scholar decide to become a burlesque dancer? …

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Visiting Annabelle Countess of Oeynhausen-Sierstorpff

Visiting Annabelle Countess of Oeynhausen-Sierstorpff

Who: Annabelle Countess of Oeynhausen-Sierstorpff
Where: Gräflicher Park Hotel & Spa, Bad Driburg, Germany

When Caspar Heinrich Count of Sierstorpff acquired the mineral springs in the Westphalian Driburg in 1782, he did so with the intention “to create a place of rural pleasure”.

The fountain arcades – built …

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Austrian delicacies in Hamburg’s Hafencity

Austrian delicacies in Hamburg’s Hafencity

What: Coffeehouse Klein und Kaiserlich
Where: Hamburg – Hafencity

The gallery upstairs offers more seats on additional 25 square meters*

I expected everything on my exploration tour through the Hamburg Hafencity, thick steamers in front of fish stands and herring rolls with sellers in sailor shirts. …

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