Enjoying my vanilla ice cream in eastern Berlin’s Café Sibylle, I ponder the half-mustache carved in stone that hangs overhead. My “Swedish sundae,” which comes with chocolate sprinkles and a shot of ...

Whenever I visit Berlin I can’t help remembering my spooky visit to East Berlin back in 1971. I vividly recall how, as we were about to return to West Berlin, our tour bus was stopped and emptied at a ...

Berlin, Germany's vibrant capital, is a cultural epicenter renowned for its artistic energy, cosmopolitan flair, and daunting ...

In so many ways, a visit to Berlin can be an inspirational reminder to never forget. Rick Steves (www.ricksteves.com) writes European travel guidebooks and hosts travel shows on public television and ...

Discover Rick Steves' easy solution for avoiding packed subway cars and enjoying a much more comfortable ride on European public transportation.

This story has been updated. Rick Steves is hyped. That’s not so unusual: Infectious joy is surely one key to Steves’s success as America’s kindly vacation guru. Still, when he leaves next month on a ...

If you could take a road trip with your younger self, how well do you think the two of you would get along? Would you have an admiration for each other? Would you even recognize each other? Rick ...