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		<title>The world at home in Hamburg</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Silke Noll</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sightseeing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hamburg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miniatur Wunderland]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hamburg, winter, freezing cold, snow everywhere. Time to book a short-term world trip in the world&#8217;s largest model railway in Hamburg: Miniatur Wunderland. I started in Switzerland with amazing, six meters high Matterhorn and the world&#8217;s highest ski lift, a railway &#8230; <a href="http://www.silky-way.de/2009/02/the-world-at-home-in-hamburg/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hamburg, winter, freezing cold, snow everywhere. Time to book a short-term world trip in the world&#8217;s largest model railway in Hamburg: <a title="Miniatur Wunderland" href="http://www.miniatur-wunderland.com/visit/" target="_blank">Miniatur Wunderland</a>.</p>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-540" href="http://www.silky-way.de/2009/02/the-world-at-home-in-hamburg/p1000542/"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-540" title="Matterhorn" src="http://www.silky-way.de/http://www.silky-way.de/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/p1000542-200x112.jpg" alt="Matterhorn" width="200" height="113" /></a>I started in Switzerland with amazing, six meters high <a title="Matterhorn" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matterhorn" target="_blank">Matterhorn</a> and the world&#8217;s highest ski lift, a railway station in the middle of the mountain and cute little villages. Then attended a medieval show with fire-breather in &#8220;Castello di Montebello&#8221;, collected some chocolate at a Lindt manufactory and watched DJ Bobo during a life concert in front of an audience of more than 20.000 mini people.</p>
<p>In some parts of Austria, there was even more snow than in Hamburg at the time, in another part, I activated an alarm because a prisoner tried to escape from jail. In Knuffingen, an Austrian fantasy village, not only trains are driving all over the country, but a world-wide-unique car system allows true road traffic. The fair with its huge Ferris wheel and around 30.000 lights in the Harz is especially charming during night  - a day in Miniatur Wunderland lasts 15 minutes.</p>
<p>Back in indoor snow-less Hamburg, I cheered for <a title="HSV" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC625CgKI58" target="_blank">HSV</a> playing in the <a title="HSH Nordbank Arena" href="http://www.hsv-hshnordbank-arena.de/" target="_blank">HSH Nordbank Arena</a>, of course supported by Lotto King Karl, which is also most amazing during night:</p>
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<p>After a sightseeing tour around Hamburg including <a title="Hamburg Hauptbahnhof" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg_Hauptbahnhof" target="_blank">historic main station</a>, <a title="Michel Hamburg" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Michaelis_Church,_Hamburg" target="_blank">Michel</a>, <a title="Köhlbrandbrücke Hamburg" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6hlbrandbr%C3%BCcke" target="_blank">Köhlbrandbrücke</a>, <a title="Landungsbrücken Hamburg" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landungsbr%C3%BCcken" target="_blank">Landungsbrücken </a>and <a title="Hagenbecks Tierpark" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tierpark_Hagenbeck" target="_blank">Hagenbecks Tierpark</a>, I jumped over to the US.</p>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-547" href="http://www.silky-way.de/2009/02/the-world-at-home-in-hamburg/l-640-480-75b28ebb-780b-4280-ae42-0c38acb07470-300x225/"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-547" title="Las Vegas" src="http://www.silky-way.de/http://www.silky-way.de/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/l-640-480-75b28ebb-780b-4280-ae42-0c38acb07470-300x225-200x150.jpg" alt="Las Vegas" width="200" height="150" /></a>I discovered the <a title="Half Dome Yosemite National Park" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_Dome" target="_blank">Half Dome in Yosemite National Park</a>, <a title="Redwood trees" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoiadendron" target="_blank">Redwood Mammoth Trees</a>, <a title="Mount Rushmore" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rushmore" target="_blank">Mount Rushmore </a>to drive by genuine American truck on another huge car system highway or train to dusty red <a title="Grand Canyon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canyon" target="_blank">Grand Canyon</a> with <a title="Bryce Canyon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryce_Canyon" target="_blank">Bryce Canyon</a> and have lunch with the cowboys. As this is pure nature and pitch-dark in the night, I preferred to stay in <a title="Las Vegas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas,_Nevada" target="_blank">Las Vegas </a>or the <a title="art deco Miami" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Beach,_Florida" target="_blank">art deco district </a>of <a title="Miami" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami" target="_blank">Miami</a> (beach) for some nights, or even underground in <a title="Area 51" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_51" target="_blank">Area 51,</a> coming back to <a title="Grand Canyon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canyon" target="_blank">Grand Canyon </a>or the peaceful diver&#8217;s paradise <a title="Key West" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West" target="_blank">Key West </a>during next day a couple of minutes later.</p>
<p>I beamed myself from America back to Hamburg via the Wunderländer Eurotunnel heading further North to Scandinavia through peaceful Norwegian landscapes, along scenic dune-rich beaches (including beach love) on the North Sea coast with high tide and low tide, huge container ships, the <a title="Flying Dutchman" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Dutchman" target="_blank">Flying Dutchman</a> and an <a title="Atlantis" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis" target="_blank">Atlantis</a>-like underwater town. Travelled through ever-snowy Sweden, visited Kiruna, a finish ore mine featuring explosions and excavations, and even personally met some <a title="Pixies" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixy" target="_blank">pixies</a>.</p>
<p>My world-trip lasted 3 hours, but I&#8217;m sure I haven&#8217;t seen all the little details that surprised me and made me laugh ever and ever again. You can easily spend a whole day in Miniatur Wunderland, the creative ideas and technique are stunning.</p>
<p>I will surely come back because an airport, Africa, Italy and France are in process.</p>
<p>For more information have a look at the following video:</p>
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