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Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office recorded 107,720 pickpocketing cases in 2024. The clearance rate? 6.9 percent. That means 93 out of 100 thieves get away clean. And those are just the German numbers. In Rome, according to a Euronews analysis, about 110 pickpocketing incidents happen every...
Tobias Weßling
Guides
I used to be the person who just threw clothes into a suitcase and hoped for the best. Shirts mixed with underwear, socks jammed into shoes, and that one damp swimsuit touching everything. It worked, kind of. Then a friend handed me a set of packing cubes before a two-week trip to Portugal, and I...
Tobias Weßling
News
5.95 million Germans flew to Greece in 2025. That was 10.2% more than the year before. And 2026 is shaping up to be even bigger.
Tobias Weßling
4 billion euros. 10 years of construction. And then you're standing there, just past ten in the morning, staring at a glass facade that shoots maybe 18 meters into the sky, surrounded by thousands of people all wearing the same expression — half amazement, half disbelief. That's Frankfurt...
Lena Brandt
News
Five weekly flights to Cape Town, nearly daily service to Rio, and Nairobi becoming a daily destination. Lufthansa just made a serious push on its Frankfurt long-haul network for summer 2026. If you've been eyeing a trip to South Africa, Brazil, or Kenya, your options got a lot better.
Miriam Kohl
Guides
33.4 million bags. That's how many pieces of luggage were mishandled globally in 2024, according to the SITA Baggage IT Insights 2025 report. Works out to 6.3 per 1,000 passengers. Doesn't sound like much until it's your suitcase spinning on a carousel somewhere in a different country.
Miriam Kohl
News
Pay €6 online or €70 at the gate. That's not a typo. The Ryanair hand luggage gate fee has become one of the most talked-about travel costs of 2026. And honestly, they're not even the worst offender.
Miriam Kohl
Tips
On an 11-hour flight in economy, plenty of passengers manage only a few disconnected naps while the person next to them by the window sleeps for hours. Same plane, same food, same noise — and yet whether you have a system or just figure exhaustion will handle things makes a huge difference to how...
Tobias Weßling
News
665 million euros. 95,000 square meters. 360 meters long. Munich Airport opened a brand new pier at Terminal 1 in April 2026, and I think most travelers haven't really grasped what that changes. It's not just about extra gates. The new pier has CT scanners that let you keep your laptop in your...
Lena Brandt
Guides
You bought a nice soft carrier, perfect for flying Lufthansa. Then you booked a spontaneous Condor flight to Palma. And now you're stuck at the gate. Because Condor sets its own pet-carrier rules.
Tobias Weßling
News
3.7 million passengers at Memmingen. Over 2.2 million at Weeze. Both airports smashed their own records in 2025 and are now flying above pre-COVID levels. Frankfurt, Germany's biggest hub? Still stuck at roughly 95% of where it was in 2019.
Miriam Kohl
A typical scenario at the check-in desk: a family of four lines up with just one suitcase and a couple of backpacks – two adults, two kids, ten days on Mallorca. The woman at the counter next to them looks over like they'd left half their luggage in the taxi. Her face says it all. *You cannot be...
Lena Brandt
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