They use to bring their cattle here from the farms surrounding Munich but today it is a beautiful square, a fountain with a pool and large stoney cattle.
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Tag: München
Long and Lanky
I saw this silver sculpture in front of a building which is part of the Technical Museum in Speyer. Size and form, yet not the stance nor the material, reminded me of a sculpture I’d seen in Munich.
Photographing Public Art Challenge
Meeting Etiquette
In the 18th century, the Bavarian regent Karl Theodor ordered a placard to be mounted on this promenade in Munich asking strollers not to annoy by permanently greeting each other. I wonder what he would have thought about our newly developed meeting and greeting rituals … Continue reading Meeting Etiquette
Cold Surfing
In Munich, the intrepid surfers had a different idea. They surf on a permanently standing wave in the Eisbach, a part of the river Isar, in the middle of town:
Three Architectural Threes
The three arches of the Carolingian gatehouse of the Imperial Abbey Lorsch from the 8th century.
The three arches of the Munich main fire station (Hauptfeuerwache) from the beginning of the 20th century.
A mixed commercial and residential building with three sets of bay windows in Heinsberg.
Is It a Country? Is It a State? No, It’s a Huge Lady in Bronze!
This is not Bavaria the country but the female personification of the country (or German state) as she looks over Munich, the Bavarian capital.
She stand over 18 metres tall and weighs almost 90 tons.
She towers over the Wiesn, officially called Theresienwiese – a large, barren place that in September each year (except when COVID is around) is covered by beer tents and amusement rides and turns into the largest and oldest Oktoberfest of the world.
To the north is St Paul’s Church with three imposing spires.
And just a bit to the right the iconic towers of the Frauenkirche, the Cathedral of Our Dear Lady, can be seen over the roofs of the nearby houses.
Viktualienmarkt in Munich
Munich has an open air food market in the middle of town which is well known, the
Originally, an early farmers’ market it developed into a meeting point for housewives, chefs, gourmets and tourists. Among the more unusual finds are statues of beloved Munich actors from times gone by.
Liesl Karlstadt 
Weiss Ferdl
Some of the stalls feature their own sculptures.
And if one is lucky, one might even find what one came for in the first place:
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Market Finds
Three Different Types of Open Space
A huge open space for most of the year in the middle of the city: the Wiesn, the place where the biggest Octoberfest in the world takes place each September.
Brandenburg is as flat as country can be and there is nothing like seemingly endless skies to feel out in the open.
At the other end of Germany, the flatness of the Upper Rhine Valley is bordered by the Odenwald on one side, the Pfälzer Wald on the other side.
It’s the sky in all three examples that purports the sense of open country.
Colour can enhance that sense of wideness.
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: In the big wide open spaces
Not the Oktoberfest
This is one from the archive – the vast empty space in the forefront is the place where each year the world’s largest beer festival, the Münchner Oktoberfest, has been held since 1810 – with the exceptions of wartimes and pandemics.
Linked to Weekend Sky #22
Travel Challenge #6
I was nominated by Teresa and by Margaret to post one travel picture a day for ten days without explanation, then to nominate someone else to participate. That’s 10 days, 10 travel images, and 10 nominations.
The photos I am going to show in this challenged are from travels around Germany and where chosen to introduce my German language students to various German sites.
Here is my sixth one:
Today I would like to nominate Agatha (you were foolish enough to like my #5 post – and with a name like “40thousandkm” – what did you expect?). There is no pressure to participate, though. But if you share some of your travel photos, have fun! I’ll definitely have a look (please send me a link).
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