VW-Bus in Creme-White
Once again a 70s design classic: a beautiful old VW bus “Bulli” in Berlin.
Stolpersteine Fam. Epstein, Chroriner Straße
See also – information about the family that lived here on stolpersteine-berlin.de: Leopold Epstein Helene Epstein geb. Herschendörfer Martha...
Berlin-Mitte skyline: Art on the building
Art on building in Berlin-Mitte: A sculpture stands on a roof and waves or greets passers-by. Two-story houses, green facades, yellow...
View of the Baltic Sea
Calm wind on the Baltic Sea in southern Sweden: a mirror-like water surface – hardly a breath of wind to be felt. Picturesque Baltic...
Øresund Bridge: Pylons and Sky
View upwards during the crossing of the Öresund Bridge: the mighty pylons of the Öresund Bridge and an ‘interesting’ sky full of clouds.
Copenhagen > Malmö – Öresund Bridge and Sky
Dramatic sky between Denmark and Sweden Once again a trip to Sweden – and once again we cross the bridge. On the way we get a first...
Find: Keyboard to go
Such found objects always make me wonder a bit: Who puts an old, used keyboard on the sidewalk? Does the person possibly really hope that someone will take...
Ackerstraße, Berlin-Mitte – green yard
Ackerstrasse, between Torstrasse and Invalidenstrasse – The trees belong to a small park, which is actually not a park, but rather a playground and...
Graffiti in S-Bahn tunnel
The other night in the underground: ‘my’ S-Bahn passes a S-Bahn depot – in the window of a parked S-Bahn you can see the...
Escalator in S-Bahn station: neon light reflections
At S-Bahnhof Nordbahnhof, Berlin-Mitte
A TV Message: “Kill Your TV! Ⓐ”
Message “Kill Your TV! Ⓐ ” on a parked TV at the roadside Schwedter Strasse, Berlin Prenzlauer Berg / Mitte
Summer fields – Gusborn tower
Summer in Lüchow-Dannenberg: View of the so-called Torii tower near Gusborn, a farmer blasting his fields, blue sky, green forests.
Stars Night Sky
A small spontaneous weekend experiment shows once again: it is not so easy to photograph a night sky / a starry sky by long time exposure....
Circles of Confusion
The other day while washing dishes found these beautiful circles of confusion and immediately times made a photo. The term “circles of confusion” or the English term “Circles of...
Solar Eclipse SoFi 2015
View of the solar eclipse SoFi 2015 at Zionskirchplatz, Berlin Prenzlauer Berg. The sun was of course also despite eclipse so bright that on...
Hanover main station – travelers from below
The floors of the platforms at Hannover Central Station are partially made of frosted glass in some places. On...
Hanover: streetcar and woman and child
Hannover’s Bahnhofstrasse is a pedestrian zone as it is written in the picture book. And also the station square (forecourt?)...
Hannover: Bahnhofstraße
The city center of Hannover on an unfriendly February day – it doesn’t get much grayer. View down Bahnhofstrasse in the direction of the main station....
Hanover: Marktkirche (‘Market Church’) with pentagram
The Hanover Market Church “Marktkirche St. Georgii et Jacobi” has a pentagram on the steeple – and not only that....
Hanover: Neues Rathaus
View of the impressive Neues Rathaus (‘New City Hall’) at Maschplatz.
Ex Hex at Magnet Club Berlin
20.02.2015 Ex Hex live on stage at Magnet Club Berlin Kreuzberg Thank you very much! You rock!! Big time!!! 🙂 www.exhexband.com
Kreuzberg yard by night
It’s not really a typical Berlin backyard – but somehow it is a yard. And I was somehow taken with the colorful mix: a ping-pong table, benches,...
Winter night at Weinbergspark
A quiet Berlin winter night: lightly sugared trees in Weinbergspark at night.
And a little more snow
You have to search if you want to discover a little snow in Berlin this winter. Not beautiful, but rare. Here a little –...
Blue sky over Berlin
After half an eternity of typical Berlin winter weather (gray-grey-grey sauce) is worth me today’s sunshine times a separate blog entry. The sun is supposed...
Oderberger Street in fog
Berlin winter weather: Oderberger Straße in thick fog. You can barely see from Kastanienalle to Mauerpark.
Berlin Winter: First Snow
First snow in the backyard – the chestnut tree is powdered and sugared, the light somehow ‘pink’. Somehow the mood...
Helsinki Port / Ferry Terminals
View of the harbour in the centre of Helsinki. The Silja Line ferry terminal is on the right.
Helsinki Skyline by Day
A winter panoramic view of the Finnish capital.
Helsinki Skyline Panorama by Night
Panoramic View over Helsinki’s Skyline on a winter night. Helsinki in December 2014. All the roofs and all the streets are covered with...
Winter Landscape with Transmission Mast and Moon
The fir trees are thickly padded with snow – a view you might recognise from many Nordic or Lapland photos.
Northern Lights in the Woods
What luck: suddenly there were Northern Lights to marvel at!
Ruka Tunturi
View of snow-covered Ruka Tunturi from state road 5 “Viitostie”. The ski area is brightly lit, a few low-hanging clouds glow...
Christmas tree in Ruka
Christmas in Ruka, Finland: in principle, you are surrounded by potential Christmas trees – but of course not all trees are decorated...
Tracks in the snow
These tracks in the snow are literally form a polar circles – but not the Polar Circle.
Snow and ice and lake and forest and daylight
In this winter picture it is difficult to tell where the fog is actually a cloud – and where...
Kiutaköngäs National Park
Kiutaköngäs National Park near Ruka, Finland, with its impressive rapids, some of which are frozen here.
Winter forest in the rear view mirror
A drive on a snow-covered road – the picturesque winter forest near Ruka, Finland, in the rear-view mirror.
View of Rukahovi
A snowmobile on the way to Rukahovi
Gas station with snowmobile
Even snowmobiles have to refuel from time to time – since all roads are snow-covered in winter anyway, this is not a technical problem. You simply...
Ski jumping hill in Ruka / Kuusamo, Finland
This photo was taken late in the evening at Rukatunturi. The ski jump is out of action, but on the other side of Rukatunturi the ski...
Forest walk in the Snow
In the background the brightly lit Ruka Tunturi
Santa Claus with reindeer in Ruka, Finland
Every year again… Now I just had to re-publish this photo of Santa Claus with reindeer – simply because...
Neighbouring cottage ‘Mökki’ in the forest
View from the kitchen window to the neighbouring wooden hut – ‘Mökki’.
Ruka Tunturi in the mist
Around 12 noon – it doesn’t get much brighter – unless the sun comes through…
Viitostie – Country Road No.5
Driving on the Viitostie – road no.5. View out of the car window – trees or forest or woods pass by.
Finnair Aircraft Wing
On the flight to Helsinki, Finland: looking out of the window at the wing with the Finnair logo.
Baker Street 221B, London
Due to a recent event, I have finally uploaded a few London pictures. I wanted to finally have a picture of 221B Baker Street on the...
London Underground
Action shot in the London Underground: a train of the London Underground, also called “Tube”, enters the station.
London Skyline: Big Ben and Westminster silhouette
The London skyline: the silhouette of Big Ben and Westminster Palace, sunset, River Thames
London Carspotting: Aston Martin DB5
Carspotting in London: Bond-Car Austin Martin DB5
London: St James’s Roman Catholic Church
A “dragon” on the portal of St James’s Roman Catholic Church in George Street
St James’s Roman Catholic Church George Street London
View of St James’s Roman Catholic Church from George Street
London Bus in the Sunshine
Blue sky and sunshine – crowds and double-decker bus on Oxford Street near Hyde Park / Speakers’ Corner
Tower Bridge from above
Landing approach to London Heathrow with a clear view of London. In the foreground the Thames and Tower Bridge – everything else...
Berlin Prenzlauer Berg, second backyard in black and white
Window to the courtyard, half past two in the morning – the building site on the neighbouring property also illuminates our courtyard and makes the...
West Berlin style icon: the radio tower
Like a small Eiffel Tower: the West Berlin Radio Tower at the exhibition grounds. Drive-by shooting in West Berlin: some photos can...
Light Border Mauerpark 9. November 2014
Light Border in Mauerpark: the balloons rise into the Berlin sky
Light Border Mauerpark 9. November 2014
The Berlin Wall came down this day 25 years ago – on 9 November 2014 around 7 p.m. –...
Dog on Skateboard
We walked along the Light Border at the Engelbecken in Berlin Kreuzberg, when a dog on a skateboard came...
Light Border at Bernauer Strasse
The light border at the Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Strasse at night. In the foreground the old cemetery wall,...
Light Border Berlin Wall Bernauer Strasse
Light Border – Berlin Wall Memorial, Bernauer Strasse, Berlin
Light Border at Mauerpark
The Light Border in Mauerpark, view of the amphitheater.
Wall painting in Fürstenberger Straße, Berlin Prenzlauer Berg
A wall painting in an abstract style that was previously unknown to me. The ‘graffito’ can be admired in Fürstenberger...
Neue Nationalgalerie: Festival of Future Nows
Jan Bünnig, Feuerstelle (‘Fireplace’) see also: www.futurenows.net www.janbuennig.com and: www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/neue-nationalgalerie-festival-of-future-nows-… Three days only: Thursday 30 October – Saturday 01 November 2014
Crane Installation with Autumn Sky
A crane is being erected on a new construction site on the corner of Invalidenstrasse and Ackerstrasse (Berlin-Mitte) with the help of...
S-Bahn carriage full of Graffiti (Top 2 Bottom)
Once you leave your S-Bahn carriage unattended (perhaps because of yesterday’s locomotive drivers’ strike, which also affected Berlin’s S-Bahn?)...
Early morning fog and floodlights at Mauerpark
Autumnal early morning fog at the beginning of October – floodlights of the stadium at Mauerpark / Bernauer Strasse
Berlin Wall Memorial in Autumn – grey-on-grey
During the autumn and winter months, Berlin can ‘shine’ in the most beautiful shades of grey. The colour grey can become so dominant in the meantime that...
Berlin TV Tower in the Sunshine
Lucky again: this year’s Berlin Marathon is again taking place in the best sunshine and summer temperatures. And again a new world record has been set: Kenyan...
Pre-Christmas in the supermarket
So – meanwhile the supermarket pre-Christmas season already starts in September?!
Advertising Space / Street Art at Schönleinstrasse U-Bahn Station
These spaces in the Schönleinstrasse underground station were presumably meant to display advertising at some point. At the moment, however, there is obviously a disorganised...
TV Tower in the Evening Light
View in the direction of the TV tower – in the foreground the glowing S-sign of the Nordbahnhof S-Bahn station. Behind it a few houses on Invalidenstraße....
Berlin Wall Memorial Bernauer Strasse (from above)
1989-2014 – this year marks the 25th anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall. I took this as an opportunity to add...
Rainbow in Wedding
Double rainbow on Saturday afternoon, Brunnenstrasse corner Voltastrasse, Berlin-Wedding. What a weather or storm: first rain, then squalls, then hail, a downright downpour – then sunshine. In the end,...
Berlin in April, Chestnut Tree in the Backyard
April in Berlin: the chestnut tree in the courtyard is wearing its greenest shirt, blue sky, white clouds, sunshine, birds chirping –...
Gap between Buildings with Robot on the Wall in Prenzlauer Berg
Between Prater and Kulturbrauerei – actually between Schönhauser Allee and Kastanienallee – there was, until recently, a car park with...
Berlin in grey-grey
Looking out of the window on a Sunday afternoon: grey-grey clouds push across the Berlin sky, a few raindrops...
Chain Carousel at Lucia Christmas Market
The Chain Carousel at the Lucia Christmas Market in Berlin Prenzlauer Berg.
Gorleben Fence
A view of the fence of the planned Gorleben nuclear waste storage facility.
Gorleben » Greenpeace Ship Beluga
The Beluga of the environmental activism group Greenpeace, parked in Gorleben between the so called Exploration Mine and the so called Interim Storage facility.