Belfast was one of the major centres of shipbuilding in Europe from the 18th to the early 20th century. Among…
Author: Uli
Hello and welcome!
Originating from Germany, my family and I have a second home in Ireland, where we operated a motorbike rental business for several years. During that time, I started this blog, initially with articles about Ireland only.
Since then, it has continued to grow: Wales, Scotland, England, France - and other European countries will follow.
What is particularly important to me is real information and experiences from real people who have actually been to the place.
With ChatGPT, Perplexity or Google AI, you can get lists of sights and must-see places – which is fine at first. The information usually comes from the websites of the tourism providers in the respective locations.
However, in reality, many of these places are actually completely overrun, crowded or otherwise annoying. Other, truly beautiful places, are not even mentioned at all. One AI copies from another and the same content gets repeated over and over.
We do things differently here: I tell you where we've actually been, which lesser-known places are beautiful (even without a lot of marketing) and which super-famous places are really amazing (despite a lot of marketing).
Here you can expect true experiences, from real people with no AI involved.
With that in mind, enjoy reading!
Yours, Ulrich Knüppel-Gertberg
Malin Head is the northernmost point of the island of Ireland and therefore a popular destination for travellers. However, the…
Mount Stewart is a little way east of Belfast and is a stunningly beautiful old manor house with incredible gardens…
In the far north of Ireland, you’ll find an extremely good-looking photo motif on a cliff right by the sea.…
They are nestled in the rugged, unspoilt landscapes of the Irish northwest, they are among the highest cliffs in Europe…
If you’re interested in the history of ordinary people in a fishing village at the end of the island, then…
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We’ve probably all been on holiday in one of these typical mass destinations at some point: Flight to the south,…
Ireland has some amazingly beautiful mountains. How do you find the most interesting mountain passes, gaps and mountain roads? Keep…
Wicklow is known as the garden of Ireland. Nowhere else in Ireland are there more beautiful manor houses with magnificent…
Even if you’re not normally interested in monasteries – you have to have been here! And if you are interested…
No, the title is no exaggeration: here, on the south-east coast of Ireland, a massive lighthouse has been defying the…