Viktoriapark, Kreuzberg – In A Berlin Minute (Week 125)
Viktoriapark is an urban park, which opened in the Kreuzberg neighborhood in 1894. Its significant sights are the monument (designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel) on top of the hill commemorating the liberation war during…
Prinzessinnengarten – In A Berlin Minute (Week 60)
Prinzessinnengarten (Princesses Garden) is an urban garden right at the Moritzplatz roundabout in Kreuzberg. It was started in 2009 by the non-profit Nomadisch Grün (Nomadic Green). The idea behind Nomadisch Grün is to create…
Prospect Park – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 73)
Prospect Park, the 585-acre Brooklyn park designed by Central Park creators Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, is my sanctuary. It’s one of my favorite places in New York and happens to be…
Vedauwoo, Wyoming – In Another Minute (Week 210)
Vedauwoo is a very impressive park full of Sherman Granite rocks, piles of rocks and mountains of rocks in south-eastern Wyoming, between Cheyenne and Laramie – just a 1-hour drive north-west of Fort…
Volkspark Friedrichshain (People’s Park) – In A Berlin Minute (Week 159)
Volkspark Friedrichshain (People’s Park Friedrichshain) is on the border of the neighborhoods Prenzlauer Berg and Friedrichshain and conveniently located along the M10 tram line. It’s the oldest park in Berlin and one of…
Gärten der Welt (Gardens of the World) – In A Berlin Minute (Week 56)
Gärten der Welt (Gardens of the World) is a park in Marzahn, a neighborhood in the former East Berlin. It originally opened in 1987 as a kind of showcase for gardeners – and as a present…
