The Valentin memorial preserves the remains of a concrete bunker from the Second World War for building submarines on the river Weser near Bremen. In just twenty months – from summer 1943 to spring 1945 [...] Atlantic convoys. Up to 10,000 civilian forced labourers worked on the construction. Approximately 2,000 died as a result of the physically strenuous work, inadequate care and inhumane living conditions

opened the first of them in Burg Altena in 1912. After serving in the German army during the First World War he founded the German national organisation of hostels in 1919, and became involved in the international

opened. The textile museum is on the most important museum of this kind in Italy. Covering an area of 2,400 square metres, the Textile Museum displays an extensive range of textiles, historic machinery and [...] cloths from other Italian and European cities as well as traditional costumes from all over the world illustrate the worldwide influence of the local textile industry. A special highlight is the continuously

of a military air base in Charlais Park, served as a workshop for making balloons in the First World War, and for many years was an outpost of the air museum at le Bourget airport. It is designated as [...] (1847-1905) and Arthur Constantin Krebs (1850-1935), and is reckoned the first of its kind in the world. Its metal doors were designed by Henri de Dion (1828-78) for the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1878 [...] an historical monument, and was inscribed on the French tentative list for designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2002. After falling into disrepair it is now well-maintained. The restoration work

voyage” in a historic train. And don’t miss the “Caves of the Steel Animals” which is the name of two World War II bomb shelters. Children take the mini-train to go around the site. The roundhouse of 1924 offers [...] locomotives given as loans from the European nations, thus adopting the role of ambassadors. The “World of Steam Locomotives” addresses a conglomeration of technology including a “Transparent Workshop for

like those of other Scandinavian countries, in the period of Romantic nationalism before the First World War, at a time when Finland formed part of the Russian Empire. It was founded in 1909 on Seurasaari

Skansen, was re-located to its present site around the old Fredriksberg School House after the Second World War. It consists of a collection of cottages, cabins and other rural buildings removed from their original [...] displayed in reconstructed interiors of rural dwellings, including some showing life during the Second World War. There are also reconstructions of shops from the 1920s and 30s, and a working smithy and a dairy

mechanic. He rescued many old aircraft and vehicles. He died in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, but his mother Dorothy Shuttleworth continued to develop the collection. All the aircraft are kept [...] aircraft through the first half of the 20th century. The museum’s Blériot XI biplane from 1909 is the world's oldest aeroplane that still flies. Among other aircraft are an Avro 504K from 1918 and a 1941 Spitfire

translated melodiously for the world market as “Saxon Lace”, “Plauen Lace” and “Dentelles de Saxe”. Embroidery had its heyday in the Belle Époque, the forty years before World War I, but there are still around [...] As early as 1810, commercial hand embroidery in Plauen was well-known, and in 1828 more than 2,000 people were employed in whitework embroidery. The industrialization of the craft proceeded just as quickly

de south of Berlin was the home of the Daimler-Benz aircraft engine factory. During the Second World War, the plant made engines for Luftwaffe aircraft using forced labour. The plant was bombed and after

The islands of Malta and Gozo suffered badly from a long siege during the Second World War. As part of Cold War defences, the British Government built seven underground corn mills on the islands in 1955

and a rare Portuguese Alba of 1952. Working vehicles include a fire-engine of 1913 and a Second World War Autocar M3 Half Track. After João died in an accident at only 36, a foundation was established to

the neoclassical architect Denis Antoine on the Quai de Conti. It is part of the Banks of the Seine World Heritage site. The 177-metre building that faces the quay contained the offices, while courtyards [...] still made. A museum explains the process of making coins and medals and their significance. Around 2,000 pieces are on show from collections of 170,000 objects. Beautifully designed exhibitions give visitors

existence in part to the English sea blockade during the First World War. This forced the German Kaiserreich to replace hitherto imported wares with domestically manufactured products. These even included [...] subsequently completely modernised in accordance with monument preservation standards – partly for the world exhibition in Hanover in 2000 - and traffic-calming measures were introduced. Nowadays Piesteritz

were established. The factory building was expanded in several stages over the decades. During World War II, the factory's production was reserved for the Finnish Defense Forces.In the 1970s Friitala expanded [...] Scandinavia. Quality leather outfits became Friitala’s trademark, and the products were sold all over the world. Friitala also produced leather for the Finnish shoe, bag, and furniture industry. At the beginning

is situated in the same building with the Maritime Museum of Finland . After World War II Kymenlaakso was among the world’s leading paper producers. Nowadays South-Eastern Finland has one of the biggest

Another display shows the development of the Spitfire fighter plane in Birmingham during the Second World War. There is also an outdoor ‘science garden’ and a planetarium. [...] and examines environmental issues. One reason for the city’s reputation as the ‘workshop of the world’ was the innovative Boulton and Watt engineering company. The museum features many items made by Boulton [...] and Watt, including the Smethwick pumping engine of 1779 - the oldest working steam engine in the world. Key objects include other stationary steam engines, William Murdock’s model for his steam carriage

of Nuremburg. The collection was stored in an underground production facility during the Second World War, but returned to No 12 Carl-Zeiss-Platz in 1976-77. In 1988 the museum acquired the Zeiss workshop

sector and in 1917 founded the Compañía Siderúrgica del Mediterráneo, which after the Spanish Civil War became part of its competitor, Altos Hornos de Vizcaya. In 1971 Altos Hornos del Mediterráneo was [...] working-class neighbourhoods remain. Of the old factory, the General Workshop Warehouse, Blast Furnace No. 2 and the Spare Parts Warehouse have been preserved, which will become the future Museum of Industrial

and the oil was pumped out. The city experienced a rapid boom, which continued until the First World War, when the production facilities were severely damaged. Oil is still being produced in the city today [...] century, the Carpathian foothills of Galicia developed into the third largest petroleum region in the world. Several centuries earlier, manually dug pits had already been laid out to collect the seeping so-called