Coordinates. A Serious Case of Travelling (English version)

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Worldshop, Marc Bielefeld & Jens Görlich

12 episodes

1 month ago

Coordinates are much more than just numbers that mark a specific point on earth. They are code for wanderlust and adventure and stand for fascinating places, captivating stories and magical moments. Explore the world over the next twelve months with “Coordinates. A Serious Case of Travelling”– a blog dedicated to intriguing travel stories. And always at your side – no destination too remote, hotel too high, wind too blustery – a case from the Lufthansa Aluminium Collection. Immerse yourself in other worlds: Enjoy our exciting stories and adventures uncut in full length. Read by our author Marc Bielefeld! All stories and spectacular pictures can be found on the blog at: https://worldshop.eu/en/blog

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Coordinates. A Serious Case of Travelling (English version)

USA – Showdown in the desert

Rumbling engines, hot desert, endless stretches of road. Nowhere is the American Dream as big and American as here. The Southwest is the queen of backdrops, the mother of all clichés. A drive through Earth’s most film-worthy landscape where the boundaries between reality and illusion blur.

1 month ago

44 minutes

Coordinates. A Serious Case of Travelling (English version)

London – The world is a sphere

The explorers departed from the River Thames, traversed oceans and made their way to India and Africa. London became known as the capital of travel. What remains to this day is the city’s enthusiasm for the world and a knack for manufacturing exquisite globes.

2 months ago

46 minutes

Coordinates. A Serious Case of Travelling (English version)

India – Queen Coconut

The coconut conjures visions of distant shores, snow-white beaches and blue lagoons. It’s also an economic resource and tastes incredibly good. Sometimes, though, Queen Coconut just lets herself drop, rolls into the water and embarks on a voyage across the sea.

3 months ago

40 minutes

Coordinates. A Serious Case of Travelling (English version)

Sardinia – An ancient American and the wind

Open sea, alabaster beaches, blue grottos. What could be more beautiful than the Mediterranean? But a visit to Sardinia on an old, well-travelled sailing yacht is a next-level experience. Amidst the crooning of the lines and the thrumming of the shrouds, you’ll discover beauty where you never thought to look.

4 months ago

23 minutes

Coordinates. A Serious Case of Travelling (English version)

Namibia – Oscar Lima India: An airman named Oli

A man, a flying machine and a manoeuvre you won’t read about in any book. One day, Oliver Braun packed up his things in Germany and started a new life. The print salesman from Bad Homburg became an African bush

5 months ago

37 minutes

Coordinates. A Serious Case of Travelling (English version)

Switzerland – Way out there

The Swiss aren’t only good at making cheese, cowbells and expensive watches. From Bern to Geneva, they’re developing instruments that search for life on distant moons. But that’s not all: high up in the Swiss Alps, astronomers are peering into the universe to discover the origins of space and time.

6 months ago

39 minutes

Coordinates. A Serious Case of Travelling (English version)

Thailand – A Deafening Plea for Rain

Shortly before the monsoon starts, people in Isan turn their eyes to the sky, hoping the heavens will send rain to northern Thailand. To increase the odds and ensure a good harvest, they fire rockets up to the gods.

7 months ago

31 minutes

Coordinates. A Serious Case of Travelling (English version)

Svalbard – Turn of the Tide in the Arctic Ocean

The realm of polar bears and whales begins north of the 66th parallel. From Svalbard, early explorers set off into the icy wilderness. But this remote corner of the world is changing. Researchers, free thinkers and nonconformists converge on a territory being shaped by a new way of thinking.

8 months ago

31 minutes

Coordinates. A Serious Case of Travelling (English version)

Kenya – The mzungu from East Frisia

A boy grows up on a remote farm, goes to sea, becomes a pilot and flies around the world. Fleet manager Fokko Doyen builds his own story. It takes us to Africa, has to do with travel and the wonderful things that seeing the world can achieve.

9 months ago

33 minutes

Coordinates. A Serious Case of Travelling (English version)

Isola di San Pietro – Italy’s most captivating island

There it lies in the sea, south-west of Sardinia. An island off an island – ancient, authentic and just a little bit old-fashioned. Famous people sometimes stop here, but that doesn’t matter, they don’t play an important role. What matters on Isola di San Pietro are the marinai, the tuna and the taste of the sea.

10 months ago

27 minutes

Coordinates. A Serious Case of Travelling (English version)

Rio de Janeiro – The Sound of Brazil

Bossa nova – the sweetest temptation since the invention of music – was born in the centre of Rio. Emanating from three small pubs, the velvety tunes, among them the immortal ‘Girl from Ipanema’, took the world by storm. A return to the roots in Copacabana, where the guitars never sleep.

11 months ago

27 minutes

Coordinates. A Serious Case of Travelling (English version)

Alps – Crossing the Mountains in a Basket

The hot-air balloon takes off in Austria and doesn’t land until it reaches Italy. A journey across the snow-capped Alps and into unimaginable bliss. Sailing through the sky in the oldest craft in aviation history you’ll see the world through different eyes – from a height of more than 5,000 metres!

11 months ago

28 minutes