Tag: Germany

  • Berlin

    berlin, germany, travel, autumn, rain, city, photos and the cityBerlin, the greatest cultural extravaganza that one could imagine. 

    David Bowie

     

    It was about time to visit Berlin again – it´s been way to long! Two photoshoots brought me to the city, but there was enough time left to explore, visit old favourites and getting wet!

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    I stayed in the district of Neukölln and just had to take a walk at the lovely Landwehrkanal besides trying to check out all the little cafés – which would be a neverending task!

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    A day in Pankow – an area I didn´t know at all, but as we mostly photographed inside I didn´t see that much, I´ll just have to come back. That foggy early morning view to the sunny evening at the Bürgerpark was very promising!

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    The first time I was here the old “Palast der Republik” was still standing and over the years I saw the deconstruction to the empty space to the start of the new building, the Humboldt Forum. According to this view, it should be finished soon – even so thinking of the new Berlin Airport “soon” sometimes may take longer.berlin, germany, travel, autumn, rain, city, photos and the cityberlin, germany, travel, autumn, rain, city, photos and the cityberlin, germany, travel, autumn, rain, city, photos and the city

    From the Tiergarten (and the lovely Café am Neuen See) to the Brandenburger Tor and Gendarmenmarkt, I was frozen and wet enough for some hot chocolate at Rausch.

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    Always a must (at least in my book), c/o Berlin and the Helmut Newton Foundation.

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    My Window view

     

  • A weekend in Dresden

    Last Friday I boarded one of the brandnew Hellö-buses on to Dresden. Who had though that about 7 hours on a bus aren´t as bad as imagined, even without a working wlan most of the time – or maybe because of that? As this trip has been a quite spontanious one, going by bus was the cheapest way and it brought me safe and sound to a sunny Dresden.

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    As the only thing I had on my to-do-list for Dresden was visiting the Zwinger, I just wandered around old town and Neustadt, had a picknick on the Elbwiesen and enjoyed some music on the ongoing city-celebrations. Whenever I´m in a former communist town, I´m quite fascinated by the contrast of the really old monuments/buildings and the ones from the 60ies/70ies/80ies – baroque meets Plattenbau.

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    I probably spent most of my time walking on the terraces of the Zwinger – looking at all the different statues and all these beautiful details. From cheeky little angels and trolls to a more secret “garden” with some even more cheeky ladies…

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    And back outside to the Semperopera making bold statements!

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    Fullmoon over Dresden.

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