Berlin is currently one of the most exciting cities in the world. Evidence of its tumultuous history is everywhere.
Berlin's most atmospheric venues for contemporary art are the Sammlung Boros, housed in a bunker, and Hamburger Bahnhof, a former train station.
Berlin has served as the setting for countless films, and in the early years of moviemaking, its studios rivaled those in Hollywood.
On this recent visit to Berlin, Germany, I discovered three restaurants that serve exquisite food in spaces with a strong sense of place.
In Potsdam, outside Berlin, Frederick the Great built Prussia's answer to Versailles: Sanssouci, or "Without a Care." The main palace stands atop vineyards.
On this trip to Berlin, Germany, I sought out smaller boutiques and quirkier shopping streets in hopes of finding some unique gifts to bring home.
During our stay at the Schlosshotel im Grunewald, we took advantage of its proximity to three small museums we'd never found the time to visit.
A guided tour of a decommissioned airport doesn't sound likely to quicken the pulse, but Tempelhof Airport is no ordinary ex-airport.
At the Berlin Wall, we arranged to meet guide, taxi driver and native Berliner Thomas-Dietrich Lehmann, who grew up on the west side of the Wall.
The idea of vacationing in Dresden may sound slightly ridiculous, but slowly and quietly, Dresden has rebuilt itself.
Andrew Harper shares photos from a recent trip to Dresden, Germany.
Andrew Harper recommends taking a tour and exploring the workshops of Meissen Porcelain, Europe's first fine porcelain factory.
Originally an armory, one of Germany’s most important military history museums opened in 2011 as the Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr in Dresden.
The era of bland communist fare is now history. Today, Dresden draws its culinary inspiration from the region’s seasonal produce and fine wines.
Andrew Harper points to vineyards and wines grown along the Elbe outside of Dresden, which are difficult to find outside of Germany and even Saxony.
"Before the Storm, Memories of My Youth in Old Prussia" is Countess Marion Dönhoff's memoir, and takes place in East Prussia before it became part of Russia.
A landed aristocracy once owned large estates in Mecklenburg, as evidenced by the dozens of castles, palaces and manor houses scattered across the region.
Andrew Harper shares photos from a recent trip to the Mecklenburg area of Germany.
Beyond Schloss Schwerin, Andrew Harper explores prominent castles of Schloss Basedow and Schloss Güstrow within an easy sightseeing of Mecklenburg, Germany.
Germany has a venerable tradition of making Obstbrand, or fruit brandy, which often is a fruit-flavored grain spirit.
One day during our visit to Mecklenburg, Germany, we followed winding country roads and reached the grizzled, yet majestic 1,000-year-old oaks of Ivenack.
Some of my most memorable travel experiences in recent years have been on cruises. Here is what you need to know about cruising in 2016.
Andrew Harper shares notable luxury travel news in this monthly piece, like a renovation at Bernardus Lodge & Spa and a new chapter for The Ivy in London.
Over the years, I have derived great pleasure from the knowledge that subscribers take my travels as a blueprint for adventures of their own.
Andrew Harper adds two new hotels to the Harper Collection: a countryside hideaway set within romantic forested grounds and a stately city hotel in Berlin.
Andrew Harper reflects over the August 2015 Hideaway Report which features an itinerary through Dresden, Mecklenburg and Berlin and cruises news.
A video of our stay at the Hotel Taschenbergpalais in Dresden, Germany, as reviewed in the August 2015 issue of the Hideaway Report.
A video of our stay at the Schlosshotel Burg Schlitz in pastoral Mecklenburg, Germany, as reviewed in the August 2015 issue of the Hideaway Report.
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