To Germans, there's nothing funny at all about the Wank House. The restaurant atop the majestic Wank Mountain, here in the distance, is a great stop after the scenic hike up. Daniel Vogl/dpa Few names ...

Located along the border between Germany and Austria, Zugspitze is in the southeastern German state of Bavaria, formerly the Kingdom of Bavaria. The mountain is flanked by three glaciers, two of which ...

For those missing the sensation of being above or amid the clouds, a trip to the Zugspitze mountain in southern Germany could be a refreshing summer escape. But COVID-19 restrictions also apply at ...

Germany's vast and mystifying Harz mountain region is a mecca for those interested in the dark arts. The Brocken's slopes are renowned for the sorcerers and other mythical creatures who supposedly ...

INTRO I came to the town of Thale, in north-central Germany, for one reason only. Not to admire its churches or fountains. Nor to walk its shopping street? ?whose name lets you know this was once East ...

THE GLISTENING black steam engine jolts into life, yanking its carriages along behind it. It’s 8.55am on a hazy summer morning and this is the first trip of the day up the narrow-gauge Harz railway to ...

Sign up for a wander through the spruce forests surrounding Clausthal-Zellerfeld, in North Germany’s Harz mountains, and you’ll do so to a soundtrack of mournful ...

Few names could sound more inappropriate for a natural landmark in a landscape as stunning as this. Not far from the Austrian border, above green pastures where cowbells clink, is a snow-topped ...