Osnabrück, the City of Peace

12 March 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Heger Gate © Quasitim/cc-by-sa-3.0

Heger Gate © Quasitim/cc-by-sa-3.0

Osnabrück is a city in Lower Saxony, some 80 km NNE of Dortmund, 45 km NE of Münster, and some 100 km due west of Hanover. It lies in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest. Its population is at 165,000, making it the third-largest city in Lower Saxony, after Hanover and Brunswick.   read more…

Bielefeld in the Teutoburg Forest

3 July 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  9 minutes

Old Market Square © Hullie

Old Market Square © Hullie

Bielefeld is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 323,000, it is also the most populous city in the county of Detmold. Its current mayor is Pit Clausen. The satirical Bielefeld Conspiracy gave the city some international attention.   read more…

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