A dozen tourists rowed past lazily in the slow-moving Nogat river. A sprawling brick structure with towers and turrets rose in front, surrounded by short, bushy trees and tall grass.
A narrow arched entrance with a wooden roof and trellis built over a deep moat overgrown with grass took me to the huge rectangular courtyard of the Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork in north Poland. Malbork Castle is the largest brick building in Europe. Covering 52 acres, it is also the largest b… (View original article)