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Walking Tours: ‘Baden-Baden’ In Southwestern Germany (Video – 2020)

Baden-Baden is a wealthy spa town at the edge of the Black Forest in Baden Württemberg. The town is located south west Germany, near the border with France – around 1 hour by car from Strasbourg.

Baden-Baden is famous for thermal bath and the Kurhaus complex (built in 1824) with the Spielbank (casino) where also Dostoevsky gambled during his 5 week stay which makes it a popular destination also for Russian tourists. We see the centre and the spa area on this walk among some shopping streets as well as the main sights like the Spielbank and Trinkhalle on this short walk.

Timeline: 0:00 Evangelische Stadtkirche 2:00 Augustaplatz 4:00 Lichtentaler Straße 5:00 Leopoldplatz 6:00 Sophienstraße 7:00 Kurpark 10:00 Trinkhalle 12:45 Lange Straße 13:45 Around the Town Hall (Rathaus) 16:30 Marktplatz 21:00 Bäderviertel 25:00 Gernsbacher Straße 28:30 Lange Straße (Shopping Street) 30:00 Luisenstraße 32:00 Leopoldplatz

Filmed in October 2020

Travel & Wellness Books: “Be Well” By Kari Molvar

Be Well - Gestalten BookBe Well delves into one of life’s greatest pleasures; a day spent rejuvenating the body and nourishing the spirit. Humans have practiced self-care for centuries—in the sweat lodges of the American Southwest, Roman baths, the hammams of the Ottoman Empire, Japanese onsens, and Finnish saunas. Today, a new interest in self-care is redefining how we accomplish wellness, and there have never been more options.

 

In our increasingly switched-on lives, a growing industry of highly choreographed experiences is geared to help us switch off. Be Well is a journey around the world’s most extraordinary spaces for achieving this, looking at the innovative practices they offer and how to carry them into everyday life.

Be Well - Gestalten Book

Kari Molvar is a writer and editor focusing on wellness as seen through the lens of design, culture, and style. She is an online contributor to T: The New York Times Style Magazine and the founder of Rutine Matters. Her work appears in Vogue and The Wall Street Journal, among other titles.

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