The Walking Man walks in Munich alongside the Leopoldstraße. I have to add non-square photos of the sculpture by Jonathan Borofsky to do it justice, though.
The photos were taken on the same day but taken from different sides excluding or including the greenery which makes for a completely different perspective.
My Square Perspective no. 8 is linked to The life of B.
Living near the Odenwald – said to be the mountain range furthest from any sea in Europe – surf is kind of difficult to come by. But I visited Munich a few years ago and came across an unusual phenomenon: inner city surfing.
The river Isar runs through Munich and is part of the famous Englische Garten, a huge urban public park. At one point the Isar is split and the section known as the Eisbach (icy creek) has an artificial permanent wave, just before the Prinzregentenstraße bridges over it. In summer, particularly during lunch time, there is a permanent crowd gathered – the surfers on the banks, the spectators among the trees and on the bridge.
It’s no easy surf and a beginner wouldn’t dare to go in. But even for experienced surfers it is no mean feat to pass before such a crowd – the uninitiated tourist and the skilled fellow surfers.
Linked to Friday Fun: Surf.
Clouds – rain – spring – river – sea – evaporation – clouds – rain – – – the circle of life.
Can you see the newborn Lion King?
Clouds over hills and dales –
Clouds over the empty festival grounds which are home to the world largest beer festival once a year, the Münchner Oktoberfest.
And one big thick cloud and not nothing else.
A host of clouds behind a silhouette of trees.
And again stretching over hills
offering a peephole into the sky.
For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Clouds.
This is a fountain in Munich, the Spitzweg-Brunnen on the Stephansplatz. It was created by Konstantin Frick in 1979 and takes its name from the romantic artist Carl Spitzweg, whose tomb is in a cemetery close by. Apparently, he often painted fountains although I wonder if he would have painted this one.
I’ve had it in my archive for a while, I just didn’t know what to do with this odd blob. But lines it has.
Linked to Lines&Squares: #19 in October.
For One Word Sunday: Volume. Other loud photos can be found here.
During lunchtime surfers queue up and wait their turn to surf on the standing wave in the Eisbach, a man made side arm of the river Isar in the middle of the city of Munich.
Linked to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: water.
For more watery photos, click here.
I don’t know what was better – the individual attention to each garment (for those that could afford it) or our mass produced wares (but available for the masses). In any case, a lot of our fashion of yesterday ends up here:
It is probably the better option compared to simply throwing used clothes and shoes in the garbage although there are issues with this kind of recycling, too. If I can I rather pass on my no longer used fashion items to an organisation where I know they will be worn in Germany and don’t end up destroying indigenous industries in third world countries. Or I wear them until they fall apart and end up as cleaning rags.
This is linked to One Word Sunday: fashion.
This unusual view of the part of München called Schwanthalerhöhe is taken from the area which during two weeks in September (sic!) houses the world famous Oktoberfest. The rest of the year most of the Wiesn is a flat, barren expanse packed with gravel. It is situated close to the city centre with buildings on all four sides. A few smaller events use part of the area throughout the year but when nothing is going on it’s just empty space which accentuates the urban surroundings all the more.
For A Photo a Week: urban.
I went literal today for One Word Sunday: Power. Power translates as “Kraft” in German and the bust shows Adam Kraft, a sculptor who lived in Nürnberg in the second half of the 15th century.
It is displayed amongst many others at the Ruhmeshalle (hall of fame) in Munich, a colonade where busts of important people from Bavaria are displayed. It is situated right on top of the “Wiesn”, the place were the Oktoberfest in Munich takes place every year.
For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Places People Live. These are examples from all over Germany. For more places from all over, click here.
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