Let’s be honest: When someone asks you where the leaning tower in the world is, the first thing that comes to mind is Pisa. But they are wrong. The leanest tower in the world is located in Suurhusen in Lower Saxony. The famous Tuscan tower (3.97 degrees) cannot keep up with the angle of inclination of the church tower of 5.19 degrees.
The journalist Cornelia Lohs, who lives in Heidelberg , presents 100 outstanding places in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in her current book “Travel Guide of Records”. On the one hand, there are spectacular destinations such as Austria’s largest waterfall in the Hohe Tauern National Park, the Dachstein Sky Walk or the longest suspension rope bridge in Germany in Saxony-Anhalt .
But things are also a little quieter when you browse through Austria’s oldest bookstore in Salzburg at 420 years old or watch the latest blockbusters in the evening in Germany’s largest cinema with 1,250 seats.
About the book:
ISBN: 978-3-95889-417-4
€ 19,95 [D]
100 record-breaking destinations in one illustrated book
Top and yet so close: Travel to 100 records in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Highest, biggest, crooked, windiest, loneliest: there are plenty of superlatives when traveling. Anyone who has previously thought of distant countries and the seven wonders of the world will now be taught better: There are also many exciting travel destinations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland that no competition can come close to anytime soon.
For example, have you ever heard of the narrowest half-timbered house or the largest cheese mite monument? Or did you know that the world’s largest ice cave and the longest railway tunnel are almost right on your doorstep?
Accompany Cornelia Lohs through the German-speaking countries to 100 impressive places that you might otherwise have missed on your travels: to Reutlingen, Zumdorf and Würchwitz, to Heede, Suurhusen and Apetlon.
- 100 travel records in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
- Interesting background information and travel tips
- Impressive photos and helpful overview maps
About the author
Journalist and author Cornelia Lohs was plagued by wanderlust even as a child. Today, she travels the world for a large part of the year, and she is particularly fond of Ireland, the Nordic countries, Canada, Latin America and the USA. Cornelia Lohs lives and writes in her hometown of Heidelberg.
