The Leipzig Cotton Mill
June 21, 1884: the first cotton is produced in the brand-new cotton mill in Leipzig. A good 130 years later, you can see something completely different. It is not cotton, but art which is produced here today.
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June 21, 1884: the first cotton is produced in the brand-new cotton mill in Leipzig. A good 130 years later, you can see something completely different. It is not cotton, but art which is produced here today.
We just opened our second hotel in Amsterdam We recently opened our second MEININGER Hotel in Amsterdam! 🎉 In this blog entry, we would like to give you a peek behind the …
Find out the Hidden Gems of Rome – Watch the colourful hustle, bustle on Campo de‘ Fiori, eat a panino while looking over the rooftops of Rome and more.
Your city trip to Frankfurt has been booked for weeks, and then this: with every day that your trip to “Mainhattan” draws closer, the likelihood of rain increases and the temperatures in the weather forecast drop. But you certainly shouldn’t let that spoil your excitement about your holiday because this metropolis in Hesse offers plenty of varied activities even for rainy days.
In our hotel in Hamburg we have renovated the public areas. In this blog entry, we want to give you a glimpse behind the scenes, as it looked during the remodeling work at our hotel and give a little taste of what awaits you now after the check-in.
Sizzling Soul Food: Beef brisket, spare ribs and pulled pork Juicy spare ribs, brown sizzling beef brisket, and wonderfully succulent pulled pork: in barbecue restaurants, there is a lot of …
Our newest hotel in Berlin is located directly at the East Side Gallery between Berlin Ostbahnhof and Warschauer Straße in Friedrichshain.
We would like to introduce you to the immediate surroundings and show you which must-sees are within walking distance of the hotel.
Every nutritionist will tell you: breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
A canal tour is a classic Amsterdam experience that you shouldn’t miss. Cruising through the historic canals is the best way to see all the impressive landmarks of the city. If a trip to Amsterdam is a hamburger, a canal tour is the ketchup. It’s the special ingredient that completes the whole experience.
Sightseeing can be an exhausting thing to do and for sure makes you hungry. And when it’s time to bring back the power to explore more, small and low priced dishes might do the trick. You are
lucky. In the heart of Cologne you will find endless options to grab a quick lunch or a snack to take away or eat in one of the many cool restaurants. But we’d like to help you out: here is our selection of 6 great snack bars in Cologne!