Jan. 24, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - Schloss Charlottenburg - part…

Schloss Charlottenburg was built at the end of the 17th century (inaugurated in 1699) and greatly expanded during the 18th century. It was commissioned by…

by bjornroose

Jan. 18, 2020

Documentary - Views of Stuttgart

by 2lionspictures

Jan. 14, 2020

Such a beautiful day

by eiram

Dec. 30, 2019

Caernarfon Castle

Our destination today was Caernarfon Castle. Construction on the current castle started in 1283 and completed in 1330. However, there have been many battles…

by girafferacing

Dec. 29, 2019

Early evening

by eiram

Dec. 12, 2019

Zülpich (Deutschland/Germany) - part 2

A little more about Zülpich in the previous post. Now the very last post with photos from our winter holidays 2018/2019 in Germany. Coming up in the next weeks…

by bjornroose

Dec. 11, 2019

Zülpich (Deutschland/Germany) - part 1

Zülpich is a beautiful little town between Aachen and Bonn. Apparently its name in Latin was Tolbiacum and under that name it is remembered as the place where…

by bjornroose

Dec. 09, 2019

Satzvey (Deutschland/Germany)

Satzvey is a district of Mechernich, which is situated in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is best known for its castle, the Wasserburg, but…

by bjornroose

Dec. 06, 2019

Sankt Johann (Deutschland/Germany) - Bürresheim castle

Sankt Johann is in the Rhineland-Palatinate and best known for Bürresheim castle. That castle is also the reason why we were there, although we only visited the…

by bjornroose

Dec. 04, 2019

Thousand Hills

Naturpark Landseer Berge, which is situated in the southeast of Lower Austria and a small part of Burgenland, has a lot to offer. Foremost it’s a beautiful…

by strohschneider-laue

Dec. 03, 2019

Monreal (Deutschland/Germany)

Monreal is a little municipality in the Rhineland, but ... it has two castles. Well ... former castles, because now it has two ruines. Those of the Löwenburg…

by bjornroose

Dec. 03, 2019

Castle

by mrmeliska

Dec. 02, 2019

Mayen (Deutschland/Germany) - Part 2

A little more about the town in this post, now the rest of the photos. Mind the rather special - twisted - roof of the Sankt Clemens church ...

by bjornroose

Nov. 25, 2019

Summer Palace and Park

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Nov. 23, 2019

Brühl (Deutschland/Germany)

Brühl received its town privileges in 1285 and from 1567 on the city was the official residence of the Prince Bishops of Köln (which is situated some twenty…

by bjornroose

Nov. 08, 2019

Blankenheim (Deutschland/Germany) - part 1

After Altenahr (here) and Andernach (here) here's the third part of my 2018/2019 winter holidays series. Strangely enough Wikipedia has close to nothing to…

by bjornroose

Nov. 05, 2019

Hingene (Vlaanderen/Flanders) - Castle d'Ursel

I've actually taken you to this castle before, but at that occassion I went straight for the domain around the castle and showed you some "street" photography I…

by bjornroose

Oct. 20, 2019

Toledo city, Spain

The old city view from the mountain across the Tagus River. There's a restaurant and a car parking lot near the lookout.

by fgu

Oct. 17, 2019

Würzburg (Deutschland/Germany) - Marienberg - part 3

And the last part of the first part of the last series (are you still following ?) of photos of my 2018 summer holidays ... Oh, Antonio, I whispered this statue…

by bjornroose

Oct. 16, 2019

Würzburg (Deutschland/Germany) - Marienberg - part 2

I introduced you to Würzburg and the fortress Marienberg in the first part of this series. Let's walk on. Oh yeah, mind the strange perspective in the tower in…

by bjornroose