Hamburg
This is the Rathaus in all its excessive neo-renaissance German splendour ... |
whereas this is the so-called Chilehaus, built in the 1920 and designed by its architect Fritz Höger to look like one of the ocean going ships out of Hamburg's large port, ... |
where there is still a thriving shipbuilding industry. |
The Speicherstadt (storage town) is basically a nineteenth century bonded warehouse complex, still used for storage of goods. |
A boat trip also gives a good view of Hamburg's symbol, St Michaelis Kirche, with its with its copper plated tower, on which is a viewing platform from which you can see over all the town and the port. |
There's plenty of water in the town as well. This is the prosperous area round the Außeralster lake, across which you can see the Hamburg skyline. |
Needless to say, there's plenty of culture in Hamburg, and this is the Kunsthalle. It's easy to get confused at galleries, but I'm sure the bikers are not installation art, as this is not the modern gallery (which is alongside).
The picture on the right is more the sort of thing you see here, a fine piece of teutonic romanticism from Caspar David Friedrich, "Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer". (Wanderer above the Sea of Fog) |
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In mediaeval times, Lübeck was one of Europe's most important cities and ports, ruling over the Baltic. On the left is the Holstentor, the ancient entrance to the city.
The view below is from the tower of the Petrikirche, which Tommy bashed about a bit in 1942 and is now used as an art gallery.
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Travemünde is a short bus ride from Lübeck, and its beach boasts a whole army of Strandkörbe (beach baskets), in which, in warmer weather, the North Germans can sit in regimented lines and toast themselves!
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This is the equivalent of a gay pride march in Hamburg, in fact celebrating the anniversary of the Stonewall riots.
The sun certainly shone on the festivities, although these two seem to be arguing about something ... |
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This little boy obviously couldn't believe that blue Lurex and gold lamé would stretch this far, ...
But the evidence is captured by Otto's telephoto!
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