Tiger cubs

Four healthy Siberian tiger cubs were born in May 2025, to mother Stormi at Zoo Magdeburg: Henry, Ronja, Koshka and Speedy.

Tag: Offer tag
Date: Jan 18

Quedlinburg

Quedlinburg is a northern German town known for its medieval streets lined with half-timbered houses. Overlooking the city is Quedlinburg Castle. The castle complex includes Romanesque-style Church of St. Servatius, which houses the tomb of 10th-century German king Henry I. The Schlossmuseum displays thousand-year-old artifacts. From the town, the Selke Valley Railway travels along cliffs, meadows and vast forests.

Unesco: Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg
RR: November alternative RR
Date: Nov 26

Zoo Magdeburg

Magdeburg Zoo is a zoological garden in Magdeburg in Saxony-Anhalt. The approximately 16-hectare zoo features a park landscape and a large playground for children. In 2016, the zoo housed around 1,400 animals belonging to over 210 species. Four Siberian tiger cubs were born to Siberian tiger Stormi in May 2025. Father Kratz moved to Sóstó Zoo in Hungary.

RR: 10 Countries RR (20)
Date: Oct 21

Zoo Magdeburg

Ring-tailed lemur from Magdeburg Zoo, a zoo located in a park-like setting in the area of Neue Neustadt. The Zoo was founded in 1950, and covers 16 hectares. Up to 176 animal species can currently be marvelled at. Among them are many endangered species, such as the Siberian tiger and the black rhinoceros.

RR: 10 Countries RR (20)
DAte: June 15

Wernigerode

Wernigerode is a town in the Harz district of central Germany. It is picturesquely situated on the Holtemme river, on the northern slopes of the Harz Mountains. Its old town contains several interesting Gothic buildings and is characterized by its half-timbered houses, including the medieval Town Hall and the leaning Crooked House. Some of the quaint old houses which have escaped the numerous fires through the years are elaborately adorned with wood-carving.

Distance: 625 km

Travel time: 15 days

Halle Mountain Zoo

The Monkeys of Halle Mountain Zoo: Chimpanzee, squirrel monkey and white-faced saki. Two senior chimpanzees Banghi and Sebastian are living here and Belize and his partner Maxi are the white-faced sakis of the zoo.

Tag: Zoo Tag
Date: June 21

Masters' Houses

The Masters' Houses, commissioned by the city of Dessau, were built in 1925/26 in a pine grove not far from the Bauhaus Building. Three identical semi-detached houses and one detached house were to be built according to Walter Gropius' ideas. In 1996, the Bauhaus including the Masters’ Houses was declared an UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Masters' houses are considered a prime example of white modernism and were intended to demonstrate a new way of living. As in the Bauhaus building itself, the individual parts of the Masters' Houses were designed according to their function.

Unesco: Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau
RR: Unesco RR
Date: June 10

Wittenberg

Wittenberg is situated on the River Elbe, 60 kilometers north of Leipzig and 90 kilometers south-west of Berlin. It is famous for its close connection with Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. Wittenberg is best known for its intact historic centre and various memorial sites dedicated to Martin Luther and Philip Melanchthon. These Memorials include Melanchthon's house in Wittenberg, the houses in Eisleben where Luther was born in 1483 and died in 1546, his room in Wittenberg, the local church and the castle church where, on 31 October 1517, Luther posted his famous 95 Theses, which launched the Reformation and a new era in the religious and political history of the Western world.

Unesco: Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg
RR: 10x10 RR
Date: April 21

Halle Mountain Zoo

Halle Mountain Zoo was built in 1901 on the 130 meter high Reilsberg in the north of Halle (Saale) in the Giebichenstein district. With a total area of nine hectares, it is one of the smaller zoos. A traditional focus of the zoo is the keeping of mountain animals, particularly South American animals from the Andean region.

The Brazilian porcupine is a porcupine found in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Bolivia and Trinidad, with a single record from Ecuador. It inhabits tropical forests at elevations up to 1500 m. This shy, nocturnal porcupine is solitary or lives in pairs in the branches of trees. During the day it rests in a cavity in a hollow tree or in a well-shaded area of the canopy, 6 to 10 meters above the ground.

Tag: Zoo tag
Date: Feb 2

Halberstadt

Halberstadt, a town in the northern foothills of the Harz Mountains of central Germany, is known as The Gateway to the Harz Mountains and retains many important historic buildings. The town was severely damaged in World War II, but retains many important historic buildings and much of its ancient townscape.

RR: North America meets the World RR
Date: April 11

Naumburg Cathedral

The Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul in Naumburg is one of Europe’s most important cultural monuments from the high middle ages and is a major visitor attraction on the Romanesque Route. The star attraction is the West Choir with its twelve statues of the cathedral’s donors. The noblewoman known as Uta, in particular, is considered by many to be the most beautiful woman of the middle ages.
The two high-medieval choir screens separating the choirs from the nave are also highly impressive. It is the only church in the world to contain two choir screens from the high medieval period.

Unesco: Naumburg Cathedral
RR: Unesco RR
Date: Feb 21

The Town Church

The St. Mary's Church, the town and parish church, is the oldest building in town and is now listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site 'Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg'.  Martin Luther used to preach in this church.

Unesco: Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg
RR: Many Themes RR - Unesco
Date: Feb 16