Kosmos cinema, Berlin, August 2021 This attractive building was built in 1961 as one of the largest and most modern cinemas in GDR. Its smooth colour-flecked exterior really stands out […]
Countries ending with A Yesterday, as part of my countries ending with … series, I showed the city of Bender. So today I thought I’d finish that story with a […]
Countries ending with A As I mentioned last week, I’m taking a break from my Wednesday quotations and tackling geography with an alphabetic slant instead. Last week I kicked off […]
Manueline ornamentation in the cloisters of Jerónimos Monastery, Belém, Lisbon, September 2017 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 31 August 2021 Posted as part of Thursday Special
Leipzig Hauptbahnhof, Germany, August 2021 Leipzig Hauptbahnhof is a stunning building, and it is the largest railway station in Europe by floor area: 83,460 square metres. I would have taken […]
Museumsinsel station on U-Bahn line 5, Berlin, August 2021 On July 9 2021, Berlin welcomed station number 175 to the U-Bahn network. And what a sparkling station it is – […]
“Untimely contemporaries” by Bernd Göbel, Grimmaische Strasse, Leipzig, August 2021 – pedagogue, diagnostician, rationaliser, urban designer and art theorist. This bronze sculpture was created by Bernd Göbel between 1986 and […]