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Cuxhaven - Brunsbüttel: New Elbe ferry starts in March

From March 2021 there will be a ferry connection between Cuxhaven and Brunsbüttel again. The ferry “Greenferry I” with its home port in Cuxhaven then starts its journeys on the Elbe. For Cuxhaven vacationers this is another day's destination [...]
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"Polarstern" expedition flies with Lufthansa to the Falkland Islands

The Alfred Wegener Institute accepts the challenge of carrying out a research expedition in the Antarctic Weddell Sea under pandemic conditions. In this way, the participants of the “Polarstern” expedition can continue the long-term data measurements in the Southern Ocean, which are the basis for our understanding [...]
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Where the "black sun" shines

Sometimes they call it the black sun, our Danish neighbors. It is an extremely remarkable natural spectacle that darkens the sky almost every day from mid-September to October. Thousands of starlings lay in the [...]
People

How I learned to love Denmark

It was July or August 1971. That was the first time I went on vacation to Denmark with my parents and siblings. In a pretty holiday home in Bøtø By on the beautiful island of Falster. 16 years [...]
Research

Takeover: New research ship "Atair"

The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) accepted the survey, wreck search and research vessel (VWFS) "Atair" on September 14, 2020 and took it over from the Fassmer shipyard. As the largest and most modern ship, it becomes the flagship [...]
Culinary

Hoi An: A Vietnamese Discovery

As an ambitious hobby chef, I occasionally watch a cooking program on TV, because further training is always important. But only two different series are possible. On the one hand, “Tim Mälzer cooks”, my absolute role model in the kitchen [...]
Research

Climate protection and innovation: Europe is a laboratory for the future of shipping

On September 8, 2020, the EU transport ministers discussed concrete measures for climate-friendly and innovative shipping in Hamburg as part of the German EU Council Presidency. Federal Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer was able to host the high-profile meeting alongside [...]

Unfriendly takeover in Schacht-Audorf: Mayor wants to manage RV parking

by Wolfgang Henze in on land 6

Schacht-Audorf (whe) - The local council feels loaded by the mayor, the parking lot operators are slandered and the mobile tourists rub their eyes in disbelief: Schacht-Audorf's mayor Eckard Reese has a contract termination in his desk drawer, is already looking for a new one [...]