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Germany: Lock Your Love in Cologne
Open your heart to me, baby I hold the lock and you hold the key Open your heart to me, darlin' I'll give you love if you, you turn the key This Valentine’s Day, let Cologne hold the lock and the Rhine hold the key. Join the Köln tradition by engraving both your names on a … Continue reading Germany: Lock Your Love in Cologne
IQ on Proud FM: Cologne, Germany
Cologne, Germany Ivan Quintanilla is the featured travel expert on Toronto’s Proud FM Radio “Your Morning With Richard & Chris.” Click on the link below to hear IQ and the boys talk about gay travel to Cologne, Germany: Ivan Quintanilla on Proud FM-Cologne (6 min.) To learn more about Germany's fourth largest city, and one … Continue reading IQ on Proud FM: Cologne, Germany
IQ in The New York Times: Soviet Architecture in Berlin
Eager to distance themselves from their imperialist past and embody the new ideals of the Soviet state, the architects of Communist Russia created avant-garde structures with a social purpose. Through July 9, the exhibition “Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-1935” at the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin combines vintage photographs, period artwork and current images … Continue reading IQ in The New York Times: Soviet Architecture in Berlin
Germany: Cologne Carnival Begins on 11/11/11
Always ready to toast with their local Kölsch beer, the people of Cologne, Germany, love a good party. At no point, however, is the city most alive than during Carnival. Coined the “fifth season,” the festivities begin on the eleventh minute of the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. As the … Continue reading Germany: Cologne Carnival Begins on 11/11/11
Buddy Bears in Berlin
Berlin once again invites you to come play with its bears. What began as an art project for the streets of Berlin ten years ago, has evolved into a worldwide, touring celebration of tolerance and cultural diversity. The United Buddy Bears are sculptures representing the various countries of the United Nations--each bear created by an … Continue reading Buddy Bears in Berlin
Germany Takeaway: Eau de Cologne
What do you get when you cross a monk, a businessman and a miraculous liquid? In Cologne, Germany, you get the Ultimate Takeaway. In 1792, a Carthusian monk gave the secret recipe of a “miracle water” as a wedding present to a young entrepreneur. Believing this formula had both fragrant and healing properties, the young … Continue reading Germany Takeaway: Eau de Cologne
Cologne, Germany: Religion & Revelry
Cologne is a city of contrasts. Germany’s most catholic city is also one of its most progressive. Founded along the Rhine River as a Roman settlement in 38 BC, Cologne has managed to stay relevant through more than 2,000 years of history, culture, and artistry. Germany’s fourth largest city celebrates its distinct “Kölsch” culture by … Continue reading Cologne, Germany: Religion & Revelry
IQ in The New York Times: “Kiefer & Rembrandt”
On invitation from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the contemporary German artist Anselm Kiefer was given full reign to create a new work of art inspired by the museum’s most famous painting, Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch.” The result, titled “La Berceuse (for Van Gogh),” unveiled today and on display in the museum’s Philips Wing through July … Continue reading IQ in The New York Times: “Kiefer & Rembrandt”
IQ in The New York Times: Love in Wartime
Nazi soldiers marched through the streets, fearful citizens were forced into hiding, and targeted groups were shipped to distant camps. Yet in spite of overwhelming conflict, a generation continued to love. Through May 22, the Dutch Resistance Museum in Amsterdam explores the different forms of love to spring from the trenches, shelters and concentration camps … Continue reading IQ in The New York Times: Love in Wartime