This blog post describes the content of the video, which you can see below:
Lüneburger Heide
We start our video on the Lüneburger Heide, a part of middle Germany full of heather. Though we missed the time in September when this area colours purple, the heather was still very beautiful and quiet.
Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp
On our way to our next destination, we drove through Bergen and then through Belsen. We realised we were near the infamous concentration camp Bergen-Belsen where amongst others, Anne Frank died.
Bergen-Belsen was both a prisoner of war camp and a concentration camp. There isn’t a lot left of the camps, but there is an impressive exhibition. That shares a lot of the often gruesome stories but gives a face to the people that have been in the camp too.
There is a memorial on site, as well as plaques showing the camp’s size. There are also several mass graves where thousands of people who died at the end of the war are buried.
Celle
The cute Fachwerk village Celle is known not only for these half-timbered houses but also for buildings in the Bauhaus style.
There are a lot of medieval houses in Celle. Some even date back to the 15th century. They are beautifully decorated, and many have slogans on the lower area. It’s a weird combination that the ground floor of a lot of these buildings house very modern shops. At the same time, these buildings have never been altered, as they are part of the Unesco world heritage.
The idea behind Bauhaus was that it would make buildings more affordable to the public, but that did not work out. The Director Residence is one of the well-known Bauhaus buildings in Celle.
In Celle, you will also find Celle castle with the Residenzmuseum. The rooms date back to different periods of history and show a lot of it’s original renaissance architecture.
There is also a very modern museum in Celle called Kunstmuseum Celle. Here you will find more modern art installations and paintings.
Hildesheim
Last but not least, we visit Hildesheim before… We will talk about that later.
This village is also full of Fachwerk buildings. The centre was rebuilt after a lot of bombings in World War 2.
There are also a lot of pretty churches in Hildesheim: St. Andreas, St. Michaelis, Mariendom.
The end of our trip
Since we left Norway, we had trouble getting back into the travel flow. Partially because wild camping was harder, but also because we know the end of the trip is near. We had a lovely time in Germany but we feel that we are just stalling going home and so we decide that even though we have some time left, we are going home.
