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Luxembourg - cheap fuel, petrol, diesel, gasoline in Northern Europe

Cheap fuel petrol diesel gasoline Aire de Berchem LuxembourgLuxembourg is the place in Northern Europe to fill your tank with cheaper fuel. With an average price difference of 10 eurocents / liter with surrounding countries, Luxembourg highway petrol stations are very popular. Have a look at Berghem Petrol station, the most popular  in Luxembourg;
 

Location

Highway petrol station - Aire de Berchem - Luxembourg
Luxembourg
49° 32' 30.5304" N, 6° 7' 5.0808" E

Oldtimer IFA MZ motorcycle

Oldtimer IFA-MZ motorcycle

A rare IFA – MZ border patrol motorcycle can be found at the iron curtain border museum at former checkpoint Alpha. The brand was once the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world – its still there with a battered history. Have a look.
 

Location

Checkpoint alpha border museum. 52° 12' 53.298" N, 11° 5' 0.564" E

Monster machine in Gorlitz, Germany

Monster machine in Gorlitz, Germany

The biggest earth moving machines made by mankind – called bucket wheel excavators used in open-cast mines. In the former DDR near Gorlitz – Germany there’s one open to the public. Have a look at this humongous piece of machinery.

 

Location

Huge machine near Görlitz - Germany. 51° 4' 2.7732" N, 14° 57' 27.8784" E

Historic hospital in Beelitz - Germany

Historic hospital in Beelitz - Germany

In the former DDR region near Berlin – Germany, the ruins of a hospital dating back to 1898 hides in the woods. It’s called Beelitz – Heilstätten, a former sanatorium with a tattered history. Have a look at this remarkable place.

Location

Early 20th century hospital in Beelitz - Heilstätten 52° 15' 53.064" N, 12° 55' 19.632" E

Amazing abbey in Lubiaz - Poland

Amazing abbey in Lubiaz – Poland

In a small village north-east of Legnica in Poland a huge baroque building emerges from the rural landscape. It’s the largest Cistercian abbey in Europe located in Lubiaz – with work in progress to reverse the decay over the past centuries. 

 

Location

Cistercian abbey in Poland. 51° 15' 42.228" N, 16° 28' 8.652" E

Coalmine lakes in former DDR - Germany

Coalmine lakes in former DDR - Germany

The former East German DDR operated a vast amount of open-cast coalmines for fueling electricity plants. Nowadays most coalmines are shutdown and converted into man made lakes - many are now recreation areas. An impression of Gräbendorfer See – in the south-east near the Polish border.




 

Location

Gräbendorf Lake - near Cottbus - Germany. 51° 41' 24.378" N, 14° 6' 1.2852" E

Airship hangar in East Germany

Airship hangar in East Germany

Located near a runway in the former DDR - East Germany, a huge airship hangar rises above the trees.

Location

Airship hangar near Krausnick - East Germany 52° 2' 3.912" N, 13° 45' 8.64" E

Fire in the hole - fire fighting mania

Fire in the hole - fire fighting mania

Camping the wild can easily result in sudden strange experiences. Here's what happens when being near to the Firefighting technical center in the Berlin area in Germany.

 

Location

Firefighting technical center in Beelitz - Germany 52° 15' 51.174" N, 12° 55' 28.452" E
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