There’s even a Bertha Benz Memorial Route you can follow, tracing her pioneering journey through the German countryside. The city is now dotted with bike lanes, e-mobility hubs, and a gleaming ...

This pioneering trip is honoured today, with people travelling what is known as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route. When you’re driving in the rain or snow and are relying on your windscreen wipers to see ...

Bertha Benz's journey: the outward journey in red and the return in blue. Credits: Bertha Benz Memorial Route. Among those who saw her arrive aboard that strange carriage there were even those who ...

Mayflies have been hatching along the Susquehanna River, and the lights on the Route 462 bridge have been ... officials had to close the Veterans Memorial Bridge because swarms of mayflies caused ...

Bertha sent Karl Benz a telegram when she got to her parents' house. The route she took to make history was also named after her as Bertha Benz Memorial Route.

In honour of International Women's Day 2023, we revisit a pioneering story of a woman who was at the forefront of the automotive industry in its infancy. Story originally published 4 January, 2021.

She drove back to Mannheim the next day. In 2008, the Bertha Benz Memorial Route, following her original journey, was officially approved as a route of the industrial heritage of mankind.