Food & Drink

When your near neighbours include France, Italy, Spain and Belgium, you can probably be forgiven for fading into the background when it comes to famous cuisine. Such is the case with Germany, whose contribution to the worlds of food and drink has bee...

Nobody does chocolate as well as Belgium, making it the perfect destination for lovers of the sweet stuff. Belgium’s two most popular cities for UK tourists are Bruges and Brussels, both of which are packed with chocolate. With over 70 chocolate sh...

The Rhineland is commonly used to refer to the area of land around the banks of the River Rhine, which borders France, Germany, Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg. The main body of the Rhineland, however, is in western Germany, and this is generally wha...

Europe is one of the most remarkably diverse areas in the world, with a huge range of different cultures, languages and lifestyles all lying side-by-side, within a short drive of each other. Travelling Europe is easy to do, as the borders of the cont...

One of Europe’s biggest and most populous countries, Germany has a truly unique culture and history which has had a huge impact on the world. In terms of arts and culture, Germany has provided us with everything from classic sonatas by Beethoven to...