18 September 2017

The E1|R1 Blog Summit from Sven’s Perspective

18.September 2017|

The E1|R1 Blog Summit from Sven's Perspective At the beginning of September, the first E1|R1 Blog Summit took place in Detmold. It was a great opportunity for me to get to know the beautiful region around the "Hermann" even better, to exchange ideas with travel bloggers and be on the road [...]

14 September 2017

Photography with the Happy Factor

14.September 2017|

Photography with the “Happy Factor” – Thomas explores the most beautiful photo locations in the area around the Arminius Monument and the Externsteine You can find a German-language version of this blog on Thomas’s website, together with the photos that he captured. The voice of Bobby McFerrin rings out from my [...]

07 September 2017

Travel bloggers search for imagery in the homeland of Arminius

07.September 2017|

Travel bloggers search for imagery in the homeland of Arminius – The September sun is shining with full force this morning; yet in the middle of the Hermann Monument, it’s dark. The little light that does make its way inside, through the nostrils of the colossus, fails to penetrate the base [...]

23 August 2017

A delightful stroll through the harbour city of Hamburg on the E1

23.August 2017|

Taking a delightful walk along the E1 through Hamburg – Did you know? Three stages of the E1 European Long-Distance Hiking Trail are within the city of Hamburg – and in fact, pass right through the city centre. Health and fitness blogger, Tanja Klindworth, has explored this part of the [...]

22 August 2017

How to use the background for photography

22.August 2017|

Photo tips: Understanding backgrounds – how location shapes the shot – Blur, bokeh, and colours. The third part of this series photo tips focuses on choosing a background. As an animal photographer who mainly works outdoors, Valentina Goeck is fully aware of the extent to which the choice of location influences [...]

12 August 2017

5 questions for nature photographer Philipp Daweke

12.August 2017|

“5 questions” for nature photographer Philipp Daweke The word is out! Dear photo lovers, hiking enthusiasts and professionals, wherever you are out and about throughout Europe, always hunting for new challenges, that particular milestone, a unique photo and meeting new contacts, living out exciting stories and taking breath-taking photos along the [...]

04 August 2017

The E1 from Kautokeino to the North Cape

04.August 2017|

“Experiences that a long-distance hiker can only wish for” – A conversation with outdoor writer Sara Danielsson. She loves “outdoorsy stuff”. Whether hiking, skiing, surfing, camping or fishing, just being out in nature makes Sara feel at home. Already as a teenager, nature was drawing the trained literary scholar to distant [...]