I, too, was once a Germany sceptic. Who, after all, would want to travel to a country just as rainy as Britain, dotted with bleak, industrial cities, apparently possessing no mountains or beaches ...

Home to Schalke 04 FC, it also offers historic sights such as the baroque Berge Castle, with its lovely French-style gardens ... namely a wealth of renaissance, art nouveau and neoclassical ...

Home to Schalke 04 FC, it also offers historic sights such as the baroque Berge Castle, with its lovely French-style gardens ... namely a wealth of renaissance, art nouveau and neoclassical ...

(07/4844) Vehicles parked in the courtyard of Burlington House. (07/4846) Mounted police escort for works of art leaving the depot at Commercial Road. (07/4847) Some members of the exhibition ...