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Shikumen - the typical, traditional Shanghai house
"Shikumen" means something like stone camp gate. Ultimately, this means a traditional row house in an alley or a small street, a...
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Dec 5, 20212 min read


Art Deco and Art Nouveau
There are some remarkable buildings in Shanghai that impressively represent the 1930s with the finest Art Deco and Art Nouveau. If you...
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Nov 30, 20213 min read


M50 Art District
Moganshan Road 50 - M50 for short - is an art district with around 140 galleries for contemporary art, which is located in an old factory...
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Nov 30, 20211 min read


Shanghai History Museum
Historische Abbildung des Race Horse Clubs mit Zuschauertribünen, die heutzutage nicht mehr vorhanden sind. In the middle of the city,...
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Nov 26, 20213 min read


Meeting of Europe and China at the beginning of modern times
China's fleet under Emperor Zhu Di The first Western Europeans to sail the world in their ships were the Portuguese, followed by the...
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Nov 26, 20214 min read


As a tourist in Shanghai ...
You can find helpful apps at the end of the article, if you don't feel like reading my descriptions, just scroll down. What can happen...
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Nov 12, 20216 min read


It's autumn in Shanghai
The days are getting noticeably shorter and it has been really cold since the weekend. The first snow fell in Beijing, which is too early...
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Nov 11, 20213 min read


Electric cars, super express trains, eco-conversion and the Great Green Wall
Green license plates instead of blue ones - the distinguishing feature of electric cars in China German cars are popular in China, you...
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Nov 6, 20214 min read


Food in China
The food in China is definitely worth a contribution as the Chinese cuisine is one of the best in the world. If you want to achieve a...
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Oct 29, 20215 min read


Nanjing Road - from Jing'an-Tempel to People's Square
Shanghai has a superlative consumer street - Nanjing Road. It is divided into Nanjing Road West and East. In the middle is People's...
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Oct 29, 20216 min read


The Bund
When you think of Shanghai, one thinks of the Pudong skyline, which can be seen below. But across from this sight is the Bund, which is...
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Oct 29, 20212 min read


French Consession
Shanghai has three districts that were laid out by the French, British and Americans. However, China was not a colony, but these three...
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Oct 29, 20214 min read


Cheongsam - the Shanghai style and women's fashion of the 20s
The Cheongsam is a tight-fitting, waist- and figure-hugging, side slit dress with a stand-up collar and short sleeves, which is closed by...
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Oct 29, 20212 min read


Promenade at Wuangpu-Fluss
The Nanpu Bridge is very close to my accommodation, I can always see its filigree towering pylons in the distance and they are...
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Oct 29, 20213 min read


Buddhist temple in Longhua
Visiting the Buddhist temple in Longhua on the holiday was quite touching to me. I always thought there were no monasteries in China, but...
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Oct 29, 20212 min read


September 25th - the end of the quarantine in Qingdao - off to Shanghai
We drove to the airport which was a ghost scenario on arrival. Now it turned out why - we had landed in the part where maybe two / three...
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Oct 29, 20215 min read


About breakfast and learning Chinese
My quarantine is coming to an end. Today is the last day here at the hotel in Qingdao. I'll be picked up at ten tomorrow and taken to the...
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Oct 29, 20213 min read


Quarantine in Qingdao
There are three meals a day, which are plentiful, you could expect to be fattened here. To compensate, I do sports, the room is so big...
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Oct 29, 20213 min read


Departure, arrival, quarantine
Three days before departure, I went to Frankfurt to carry out the necessary tests, two PCR tests, a serum test, plus the usual procedure...
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Oct 29, 20213 min read


Next flight
After the unexpected cancellation of the first flight, which took me on July 31st. should bring to Shanghai, the next attempt followed. ...
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Oct 29, 20212 min read


Flight cancelled
I am sitting on packed suitcases, fully ready to drive to Frankfurt in a few hours, when I receive the message that my flight has been...
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Oct 29, 20211 min read


CHINA - my new station in life
Nothing is written here yet, but it will start in a few weeks when I move my work to China. At the moment I am still busy with all the...
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Oct 29, 20211 min read
