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Peter Althaus

Favorite countries

Ukraine, Lithuania, Romania

Peter Althaus is co-founder of Wild East and a true Eastern Europe expert. He has traveled to all countries in the region and is an expert on the countries behind the former Iron Curtain. He is a journalist and has worked for dpa and several major regional newspapers. In 2011 he founded the travel blog Rooksack, which in the following years was one of the leading blogs for backpacking and individual discoveries. Since 2016, he has been living in Lviv, Ukraine, where he runs the travel company Lviv Buddy, guiding guests around the city and organizing trips across Ukraine. Since the Corona pandemic brought tourism to Ukraine to a standstill for the time being, he founded Wild East with Markus Bingel and has since been writing about his other favorite countries as well.

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All articles of Peter Althaus published at Wild East

Holocaust in Lviv ghetto monument Lviv Ukraine

Holocaust in Lviv – The Unknown Crime

The crimes of the Holocaust in Lviv are hardly known. They happened away from Auschwitz and there were only a few survivors. Time to remember them
sowjetisches-charkiw

Soviet Kharkiv – Microcosm of the Soviet Union

If you have an interest in the Soviet Union, you’ve come to the right place: Soviet Kharkiv is a microcosm of the history and architecture of the USSR.
charkiw-sehenswuerdigkeiten

The 20 best things to do in Kharkiv, Ukraine

Kharkiv is the second largest city in Ukraine and is underrated. There are dozens of things to do in Kharkiv . We present the best 20 places and activities.
East Ukraine sights

East Ukraine Sights – The 10 best places to see in the East

When most people think of Eastern Ukraine, they first think of the war. However, there are a lot of East Ukraine sights. Here are the 10 best places to visit.
Russian and Ukrainian

Russian and Ukrainian – How close are they really?

Often it is claimed that Russian and Ukrainian are virtually the same. But how similar are the languages really? In this analysis, we compare the two languages.
Kamianets-Podilskyi things to see

Kamianets-Podilskyi – Things to See and Do

Kamianets-Podilskyi is one of the oldest cities in Ukraine. And besides the fortress there are many more things to see in Kamianets-Podilskyi.
Jewish Chernivtsi Temple

Jewish Chernivtsi – Fading memories about the Jerusalem on the Prut

A large Jewish community was living in Chernivtsi until the Shoah. There are still many traces of this heritage of Jewish Chernivtsi, although some are fading.
Czernowitz Sehenswürdigkeiten

Chernivtsi – Things to see and do in Ukraine’s Little Vienna

Chernivtsi is a meeting place of cultures. There are countless things to do in Chernivtsi – many of which were built by people with very different backgrounds.
Carpathian mountains Ukraine Hoverla Petros

Carpathian Mountains Ukraine – Things to see and do

The Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine are some of the most-scenic landscapes in Europe. There are plenty of things to see and do in the Ukrainian Carpathians.

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