Feb. 26, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - Alte Nationalgalerie -…

Gustave Courtois, a French painter, gets only one painting in this series, but of course I liked it (if I hadn't you wouldn't be seeing it on PhotoBlog right…

by bjornroose

Feb. 25, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - Alte Nationalgalerie - Arnold…

Arnold Böcklin was a Swiss symbolist painter and is definitely one of my favourite artists in the Alte Nationalgalerie. I especially like his Die Toteninsel…

by bjornroose

Feb. 24, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - Alte Nationalgalerie - Carl…

In the third part of this series we encounter Carl Spitzweg, considered to be one of the most important artists of the Biedermeier era.

by bjornroose

Feb. 22, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - Alte Nationalgalerie - Adolph…

We continue our visit to the Alte Nationalgalerie with a few works by Adolph Menzel, along with Caspar David Friedrich considered one of the two most prominent…

by bjornroose

Feb. 21, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - Alte Nationalgalerie - Eduard…

As promised in this post I'll be posting some more photos from Berlin. These will probably only be interesting for the people who care for art, more…

by bjornroose

Feb. 20, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - All kinds of everything -…

Last part of this series (here's part 1, part 2 and part 3) and my last photos from Berlin ... Nah, not really, there's more to come, but those are especially…

by bjornroose

Feb. 19, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - All kinds of everything -…

After part 1 and part 2 there's, indeed, part 3. In this part (again in order of appearance): Molecule Man, a remaining part of the infamous Berlin Wall (see…

by bjornroose

Feb. 18, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - All kinds of everything -…

On with part 2 of this Berliner mixture (part 1 is here). Let's start with a detail of what you'll find in the Hackesche Höfe, move on to the former Shell…

by bjornroose

Feb. 17, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - All kinds of everything -…

As promised in the previous post here's the first one of a series of "All kinds of everything" posts on the German capital Berlin. Here's, in order of…

by bjornroose

Feb. 13, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - Wienerstrasse

A Strasse (street) in a not so classy neighbourhood, but good for my last thematic post on Berlin. After this one I'll be posting photos from all over Berlin in…

by bjornroose

Feb. 12, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - Volkspark Humboldthain

From the Tiergarten we move to another park, the Volkspark Humboldthain. The most interesting thing about this park is the Flakturm. Flak refers to…

by bjornroose

Feb. 11, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - Tiergarten - Sovietisches…

And yes, here's one more Soviet monument (the other ones are here and here). The last in this Berlin series, I promise.

by bjornroose

Feb. 10, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - Tiergarten - Otto von…

We're still in the Zoo (Tiergarten), like we were here, here, here and here, and still I'm not giving you any animal photos, nor will I. To compensate for that…

by bjornroose

Feb. 08, 2020

drawbacks

by hjgphoto

Feb. 08, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - Tiergarten - Siegessäule -…

I introduced you to the Siegessäule in the previous post. After walking through the pedestrian tunnels - built in 1941 to plans by Albert Speer - and paying a…

by bjornroose

Feb. 07, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - Tiergarten - Siegessäule -…

The Siegessäule (or Victory Column) was designed by Heinrich Strack after 1864 to commemorate the Prussian victory in the Danish-Prussian War, but by the time…

by bjornroose

Feb. 06, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - Tiergarten - Gaslaternen…

I introduced you to Tiergarten park and the Gaslaternen Freilichtmuseum in the previous post. So, here's the rest of the lanterns.

by bjornroose

Feb. 05, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - Tiergarten - Gaslaternen…

We'll be spending a whole week in Tiergarten (Zoo, like in Zoo Station, the song by U2). It is not the biggest park in Berlin (that would be Tempelhofer…

by bjornroose

Feb. 04, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - Tempelhofer Freiheit

As mentioned in the previous post Tempelhof airport is no longer in operation since 2008. The decision was made that the tarmac (and the green zones in between)…

by bjornroose

Feb. 04, 2020

"whirling"

by hjgphoto