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The Pfahlbaumuseum Unteruhldingen is a museum in the town of Unterhuldingen. The town is famous for its historically lake dwelling museum. In the German language called “Pfahlbaumuseum”. The town situates on the north bank at Bodensee in south Germany. The lake is also named “Lake Constance” in English. The museum is a collection of dwellings. All were collected from the Lake Constance region. Today, the houses are rebuilt as a museum. The houses were raised on piles right on the waterfront. All houses […]
The River Rhine is one of the longest and biggest rivers in Europe. The river crosses Europe from southeast Switzerland to the northwest of the Netherland. It’s a very important river for Germany. In other words, the Rhine is one of the most used waterways in the world. The Rhine is the biggest river in Germany and very important for the economy and for tourism. Actually, the Rhine has two sources. The first source, the Hinterrhine locates in canton Graubuenden in […]
Lake Constance is the English name of a lake in south Germany. The German name is Bodensee. The English name is associated with the city of Konstanz is situated on the lake’s west end. However, the German name Bodensee derives from early German history. The name is in association with the town Bodman. Three countries border the lake. Germany borders the lake from the north. While Switzerland borders in the south and Austria in the east. The lake locates northbound of […]
Khartoum is the capital of Sudan. The country shapes the Northeast part of the African continent. In the West and North is desert. But in the East, has Sudan a long coastline on the Red Sea. Here join the West African, Central African and Arabic cultures together. Compared with other cities in this region Khartoum is a very young city. Since its founding in 1821, the city grows very quick from a local military outpost to the capital of Sudan […]
An annular solar eclipse on 2010 January, 15 occurred in Africa. However, the eclipse is visible only as a partial eclipse from Khartoum the capital of Sudan. The eclipse starts early morning and ends at noon. It is the longest annular solar eclipse of the millennium and the longest until December 23, 3043. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon covers the Sun’s centre but leaves the Sun’s outer edges visible. The result is a “ring of fire” or […]
The confluence of the River Nile is one of the most interesting things to know about Khartoum. Actually, the River Nile merged from the White Nile and from the Blue Nile. The source of the White Nile locates in Uganda. While the source of the Blue Nile is in Ethiopia. The confluence of the White Nile and the Blue Nile to the River Nile locates in Khartoum. From this point in Khartoum, the river called River Nile or Great Nile.. and flows […]
The Kingdom of Bahrain and Manama as its capital is a small island state in the western Persian Gulf. The islands are situated close to the east coast of Saudi Arabia and Qatar. All in all, the island state consists of around 33 islands. While in the north of the island the capital Manama with the city centre situates. In the south, exist largely desert and salt lakes only. Bahrain has an arid climate. The “King Fahd Causeway” is a […]
Desert and car racing are two things that could hardly be more opposite. But in Bahrain that is reality. While the north of the island is characterized by the capital as an urban centre, most of the southern part consists of desert. What makes the island famous is, of course, the Formula 1 racing course. The racing course locates in the southwest of the main island. Some of 30 km from the capital Manama away. This area is surrounded by […]
The triplets Dammam, Dhahran and Al Khobar are three major cities in Saudi Arabia. All three belong to the Eastern Province. The province borders in the east the Persian Gulf. However, southeast Qatar and the United Arabic Emirates are not far from Dammam. From Al Khobar starts the 26 km long “King Fahd Causeway”. The highway connects Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. That is the only connection between both countries. The three cities of Dammam, Dhahran and Al Khobar are linked together […]