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Discover Germany and Explore the Fossils & Geodiversity of Messel Pit Fossil Site in Hesse
Sip back and explore the Messel Pit fossil site in Hesse, Germany preserves an exceptional Middle Eocene ecosystem from 47–48 million years ago. Near Darmstadt and Frankfurt, this former oil shale quarry reveals exquisitely preserved plants, insects, fish, reptiles, birds, and mammals from a volcanic crater lake. As a UNESCO World Heritage Site within the Bergstraße-Odenwald Geopark, Messel offers insight into mammal evolution and climate change.
Jan 146 min read


Discover Germany and Explore the Fossils & Geodiversity of Bundenbach in the Rhein-Hunsrück
Sip back and explore the Hunsrück Slate in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, preserves one of Europe’s most complete Early Devonian marine ecosystems, with pyritised fossils capturing muscles, organs, limbs, and internal anatomy. Sites like Bundenbach and Herrenberg within the UNESCO Global Geopark Hunsrück–Nahe offer rare insights into ancient seas, Early Devonian biodiversity, and the evolution of early marine life, making it a must-visit for palaeontology, geology, and geotou
Jan 146 min read


Discover Germany and Explore the Fossils & Geodiversity of Holzmaden in Baden-Württemberg
Sip back and discover the Holzmaden Fossil Site in southern Germany, a world-famous Jurassic fossil locality in the Swabian Jura. Home to the Posidonia Shale, this UNESCO Global Geopark site preserves exquisitely detailed marine fossils from Early Jurassic seas, including ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, ammonites, and rare soft tissues, revealing life in an ancient anoxic ocean basin between Stuttgart and Ulm today.
Jan 135 min read


Discover Germany and Explore the Fossils & Geodiversity of Bergstraße-Odenwald UNESCO Global Geopark
Sip back and explore the Bergstrasse-Odenwald UNESCO Global Geopark in southern Germany. Designated in 2015 it the spans 3,778 square kilometres between the Rhine, Main and Neckar rivers, preserving over 500 million years of Earth history. From the Upper Rhine Plain to the Odenwald Mountains, visitors encounter Variscan rocks, Triassic sandstones and limestones, Ice Age landscapes, the Felsenmeer boulder field, and the Messel Pit fossil site.
Jan 126 min read
Find out more about gin, cocktail recipes, our fossil coastline, and the places
along the way that you can enjoy a jigger of Fossil Coast Gin.
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