The Technik Museum Speyer in Germany is one of Europe’s most impressive museums dedicated to aviation, space exploration, and technology. Visitors can explore a vast collection that includes the Boeing 747, the Antonov An-22, the Buran space shuttle, submarines, classic cars, locomotives, and hundreds of other exhibits. In this in-depth review, aviation photographer Kris Christiaens tells us all about this impressive museum.

For anyone who still gets goosebumps at the sight of a tail-fin or who can recite Fokker type numbers in their sleep, Aviodrome at Lelystad Airport is a museum that rewards curiosity. It’s not a sterile “glass case” collection: Aviodrome combines big-airliner spectacle (yes, there’s a real KLM Boeing 747 outside you can board), intimate classics in hangars, a reconstructed 1928 Schiphol terminal, interactive flightsims, and a surprisingly deep slice of Dutch aviation history.