picture of the day

24.12.2011 - Christmas Eve

2012-01-03T21:08:00.001+01:00

... the only 3 snowflakes I have seen this evening...
Merry Christmas, Frohe Weihnacht, Joyeux Noel...

24.09.2011 - heavy metal

2012-01-03T21:04:00.000+01:00

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22.09.2011 - airplane crossing

2012-01-03T20:59:00.000+01:00

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21.09.2011 - punk on bike

2012-01-03T20:56:00.000+01:00

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04.09.2011 - good luck

2012-01-03T20:54:00.000+01:00

...Miss World wishes you good luck - for which project ever ;-)

13.08.2011 - nightclub

2012-01-03T20:49:00.009+01:00

...two girls - happy having found a parking space directly in front of the nightclub - didn't care (or had no choice) changing their clothes in front of me... ;-)

07.08.2011 - fairy-tale cottage

2012-01-03T20:47:00.007+01:00

...magical atmoshere at the fairy-tale cottage close to Monbijou-Park...

06.08.2011 - Limbo

2012-01-03T20:46:00.003+01:00

...amazing Limbo Dancers at festival "Berlin lacht" show impressively what Coke bottels can be used for...

05.08.2011 - Humboldt-Box

2012-01-03T20:45:00.000+01:00

...presented daily - up to date and entertaining: What's happening on the Schlossplatz in Berlin? Come in and find out...

17.07.2011 - nice music and a....

2011-12-28T19:40:00.002+01:00

"...good book" ;-)

16.07.2011 - big wheel

2011-12-28T19:36:00.001+01:00

...appletree idyll at fair at Greifswald...

15.07.2011 - Ostsee

2011-12-28T19:29:00.000+01:00

...the Ostsee (eastern Sea) better known as Baltic Sea is one of the most visited holiday destinations for Berliners...

13.06.2011 - Karneval der Kulturen

2011-12-28T19:08:00.004+01:00

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12.06.2011 - Karneval der Kulturen

2011-11-22T01:55:00.000+01:00

...at the street parade of the "Karneval der Kulturen" Berliners from all over the world present their dances, costumes and other cultural goods...

04.06.2011 - Schützenfest II

2011-11-22T01:27:00.002+01:00

....procession to the king-of-marksmen's house to mount the target of the shooting competition - and to have the next 2-3 beers...

03.06.2011 - Schützenfest I

2011-11-22T01:16:00.004+01:00

...these guys can really hold their drink! At the traditional german marksmen's festivals you do not only have to survive the beer drinking but also the target shooting competition!!!...

29.05.2011 - home alone

2011-11-22T00:52:00.001+01:00

...warning for all would-be burglars who haven't seen "home alone" or "Kevin -Allein zu Haus": A series of booby traps will welcome you...

28.05.2011 - anniversary

2011-11-22T00:33:00.000+01:00

...Adler Phäton Limousine (of 1925) at car parade on Ku'damm to the 125. anniversary of this main shopping boulevard in western Berlin...

22.05.2011 - send me an angel

2011-11-22T00:19:00.002+01:00

...reopening: "Goldelse" with a brand new coat...
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21.05.2011 - Schalke 04

2011-11-21T23:28:00.003+01:00

DFB-Cup-Final in Berlin: Fans find some relief from the sun's heat at a water fountain.
The match Schalke 04 - MSV Duisburg ended 5:0!

20.05.2011 - after work party

2011-11-21T23:26:00.003+01:00

...no boss, no colleagues, no telephone - just waiting for no one...

19.05.2011 - Bamboo

2011-11-21T23:25:00.001+01:00

...have you ever been in a bamboo forest when it's raining? Irrespective of the rain you ought to know that these plants are no bamboo... ;-)

17.05.2011 - Greenwich

2011-10-31T20:03:00.003+01:00

Are these really London tourists? ...ask the Sherlock Holmes in you, how he would unravel that mystery, ...hint: have a look at the handset...

15.05.2011 - shaky

2011-10-31T19:32:00.002+01:00

...how does boarding without hand rails look like...

16.05.2011 - Strawberry Fields

2011-10-31T19:13:00.001+01:00

15.05.2011 - confirmation

2011-09-07T23:10:00.002+02:00

14.05.2011 - 28. Berliner Frauenlauf

2011-09-07T23:00:00.000+02:00

13.05.2011 - The Candyman

2011-09-07T22:37:00.004+02:00

...would you trust that candyman...?!?
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12.05.2011 - Tiramisu

2011-07-24T14:23:00.006+02:00

Latte macchiato e tiramisu! ...but don’t mix up this pick-me-up on this close-up with the pin-up Tyra Misoux…

11.05.2011 - Tango argentino

2011-07-24T14:02:00.009+02:00

...if you love Tango argentino, you have to go to the Rio de la Plata or... Berlin - after Buenos Aires it's the most important place in the world to tango, ...claim the organisers of the "Tangonale" in Berlin... ;-)

09.05.2011 - Blaue Stunde

2011-07-24T13:51:00.019+02:00

...just enjoying the deep blue sky on a warm summer evening in a café...nothing else...

08.05.2011 - Muppet Show

2011-07-24T13:50:00.001+02:00

...a dream for every musician: together on the stage with his idol...

07.05.2011 - Werder

2011-07-24T13:44:00.000+02:00

...it's certainly not just the fruit wine what makes this g..y feeling like a bunny...

06.05.2011 - forecast: sunny

2011-07-24T13:40:00.002+02:00

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04.05.2011 - Here's lookin' at you, kid

2011-07-24T13:37:00.001+02:00

...it’s hard for the girl loosing her contact lense, but it’s harder for this guy looking only into her eyes...

07.05.2011 - Werder

2011-07-07T16:15:00.009+02:00

...but don't ask for beer, the sweet and "tasty" fruit wine has a better effect... ;-)

02.05.2011 - Oktoberfest in May

2011-06-23T23:18:00.012+02:00

...no leather trousers and beer, but fruit wine in spring time...

01.05.2011 - Absinthe

2011-06-20T23:51:00.009+02:00

...instead of Absinthe usually "Maibowle" is the traditional drink for the traditional "Tanz in den Mai" (May Dance) - unless you celebrate with the association for glamorous amusement "Boheme Sauvage"...

30.04.2011 - Red Eagle

2011-06-20T23:49:00.008+02:00

...the heraldic animal of Brandenburg welcomes his guests to the 132. Baumblütenfest...

25.04.2011 - Gartenparty

2011-06-13T23:07:00.000+02:00

...got no fork for my Bratwurst...

24.04.2011 - hunted & slain

2011-06-13T22:57:00.002+02:00

...one won - 126 couples did not...

39th International Open Latin Competition "Blaues Band der Spree" (Blue Band of the River Spree)..

23.04.2011 - Let's dance

2011-06-13T22:53:00.005+02:00

...although it doesn't look like that, but - believe it or not - that's dancing on highest level...

39th International Open Latin Competition: "Blaues Band der Spree"

22.04.2011 - From Russia with Love

2011-06-08T23:12:00.004+02:00

From Russia with Love:
Beautiful russian girl from Moscow is touching her grandfathers tank at the Sovjet memorial in Berlin-Tiergarten.
"But there must be another Sovjet memorial", she told me - much later I realised she was right, you can find it at Treptower Parc..., but that didn't matter , I showed her other things... ;-)

21.04.2011 - polar bear

2011-06-08T23:03:00.003+02:00

sei eisbär (be ice bear)
sei meister (be champion)
sei Berlin (be Berlin)

Nice background for a souvenir photo, although I doubt that these tourists know
- what's written down there
- that two days ago the Berlin Icebears won the championchip of the German Ice Hockey League

Apropos Eisbär...,
the well beloved Berlin polar bear "Knut the cute" died one month ago ;-(

20.04.2011 - Middle of the Road

2011-06-06T18:06:00.002+02:00

...did you expect other photos when you read „Middle of the Road“? - That confirms the fact that the medial strip is always totally neglected..., imagine what you could do on that strip...

17.04.2011 - Cherry Blossom Festival

2011-05-26T21:18:00.007+02:00

...during the traditional Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival the Asian Garden in Berlin-Marzahn is the perfect location for cosplayers to present their latest creations and exchange recent trends...

09.04.2011 - screaming

2011-05-26T19:03:00.001+02:00

...screaming as always: The Beez busking on Winterfeldplatz...

08.04.2011 - Is this love

2011-05-26T18:55:00.000+02:00

...don't be stupid, man - "Ich freue mich" does not mean "I love you", but you may be on the right track...

10.07.1877 - Pankow (Prinzenallee)

2011-05-26T16:41:00.002+02:00

...waiting on some friends for a bicycle tour I wondered how this small insignificant but beautiful S-Bahn train station - in 1937 renamed to "Wollankstraße" - might have looked like when it had been designed nowadays... :-\

It's absolutely worth it to discover more of the beauteous architecture of the S-Bahn train stations...

04.04.2011 - Best Fashion & Bratwurst

2011-05-25T15:31:00.005+02:00

...having their "First Bratwurst of Summer" these young models act really professional by pretending to be in real life as all their older professional colleagues always do when posing exaggerated unnatural for the new fashion catalogue.. ;-)

03.04.2011 - camouflage

2011-05-25T14:21:00.004+02:00

...you might think: "Come on, what's the problem to discover the frog...", but what about the second picture!? Come on...

02.04.2011 - sniped

2011-05-25T13:43:00.007+02:00

I just came across when suddenly a hidden reporter pulled out.... a camera!

Hans Peter Hallwach on his way to the Jupiter Award

22.03.2011 - with a little help

2011-05-25T00:40:00.003+02:00

...it's always good to have a helping hand... or 4...

21.03.2011 - thiefproof

2011-05-25T00:37:00.002+02:00

20.03.2011 - Fukushima

2011-05-24T16:35:00.003+02:00

...singing for Japan: Joe Hatchibans legendary Mauerpark-Open-Air-Bearpit-Karaoke on a brand new floor...

19.03.2011 - Fukushima

2011-05-24T16:16:00.003+02:00

...singing for Japan: Japanese Folk with a dash of african rhythm...

13.03.2011 - Little Woodstock II

2011-05-24T16:08:00.002+02:00

...there is more than only consuming Karaoke in "Little Woodstock" Mauerpark...

12.03.2011 - kind of virus?

2011-05-24T15:56:00.001+02:00

...I don't know what is was that killed my Laptop recently... :-(

27.02.2011 - Fasching

2011-05-24T15:38:00.006+02:00

...learning to fly...

17.02.2011 - Winter Wonderland

2011-03-15T00:21:00.008+01:00

...picture postcard landscapes are always a little bit tacky, ...unless you are there...

(foto: Czech part of Riesengebirge)

06.02.2011 - Green Aliens

2011-03-15T00:15:00.014+01:00

...what are you doing if you see a space man?

Hurry - park your car in it! (Got it finally?)

05.02.2011 - Disco Fever

2011-03-15T00:13:00.011+01:00

...one night with Anke Fiedler and "Uptown Saturday Night" and you know: The 70s are back!

22.01.2011 - Grüne Woche

2011-02-27T03:22:00.012+01:00

...the three little pigs having BBQ..., the world's biggest fair for food, agriculture and horticulture started yesterday:

The "International Green Week"

16.01.2011 - Japan Festival

2011-01-23T02:37:00.010+01:00

Japan Festival Berlin 2011:
J-pop among Ikebana, Origami and Cosplay:
Moccabura rocks the house...

01.01.2011 - Happy New Year

2011-01-17T22:28:00.015+01:00

...italien ristorante tries to lure exhausted party people with a pot-pourri of pasta...

30.12.2010 - Mietskaserne

2011-01-03T00:06:00.012+01:00

...typical architecture of old Berlin around 1900: Mietskaserne mit Berliner Zimmer...

26.12.2010 - heavy load

2011-01-03T00:05:00.009+01:00

...convoy to the chute...

23.12.2010 - slippery when wet

2011-01-03T00:04:00.003+01:00

06.12.2010 - Nikolaus

2011-01-03T00:03:00.008+01:00

...no comment necessary - and nobody will read these lines anyway... ;-)

11.11.2010 - River Spree

2011-01-02T23:13:00.017+01:00

...sundown over Berlin at Charlottenburg lock...

04.11.2010 - worldly wisdoms

2010-11-27T11:58:00.000+01:00

...that might be one reason why woman need and sometimes earn less money than men in the same job... ;-)

03.11.2010 - Evolution

2010-11-27T01:52:00.000+01:00

...certainly not your grandparents but one of your ancestors might have looked like this mudskipper, a fish who is able to leave water, breath air and even climb on trees...

(Seen at Wetland Park - HongKong)

02.11.2010 - fruity footboy

2010-11-27T00:41:00.025+01:00

...what a gooorgeous uniform - but I 'm sure this fruity footboy is just the hotels fruitboy... ;-)

01.11.2010 - Number 4

2010-11-22T22:55:00.002+01:00

...No.4 of current Top Ten Highest Buildings in the World: The International Commerce Center Hong Kong...

31.10.2010 - Hongkong Halloween VII

2010-11-21T22:50:00.003+01:00

"It's close to midnight,

and something evil's lurking in the dark..."

(Thriller - Michael Jackson)

31.10.2010 - Kosupure

2010-11-21T13:23:00.001+01:00

"It's close to midnight,
and something evil's lurking in the dark..."

Kosupure = Cosplay

31.10.2010 - Hongkong Halloween V

2010-11-19T19:15:00.021+01:00

"It's close to midnight,

and something evil's lurking in the dark..."

(Thriller - Michael Jackson)

31.10.2010 - Cosplay

2010-11-19T19:14:00.014+01:00

"It's close to midnight,
and something evil's lurking in the dark..."

31.10.2010 - Hongkong Halloween III

2010-11-19T19:12:00.030+01:00

"It's close to midnight,
and something evil's lurking in the dark..."
(Thriller - M.Jackson)

31.10.2010 - Hongkong Halloween II

2010-11-19T19:11:00.033+01:00

"It's close to midnight,
and something evil's lurking in the dark..."

31.10.2010 - Hongkong Halloween I

2010-11-17T23:31:00.043+01:00

"It's close to midnight,

and something evil's lurking in the dark.

Under the moonlight,

you see a sight that almost stops your heart..."

(Thriller - Michael Jackson)

30.10.2010 - Kowloon

2010-11-17T23:18:00.007+01:00

...Junk Boat casts off to harbour tour during the everyday "Symphony of Lights" multimedia light and sound show...

29.10.2010 - Modern China

2010-11-17T22:35:00.003+01:00

...instead of living in old urban quarters with small houses and narrow alleys the modern chinese family resides in multistorey buildings with a fantastic view over the urban district...

25.10.2010 - Shanghai

2010-11-17T21:47:00.043+01:00

..it must be the utterly unpleasant drizzeling rain that only a few people are on the streets in a city with almost 20 million inhabitants.

24.10.2010 - World Expo 2010 China

2010-11-15T23:23:00.007+01:00

...wow, that's huge, biggest Expo I've ever seen: Largest World's Fair site with largest number of participating countries and certainly the most expensive World's Fair in it's history, ...what might it cost to book an UFO flying over the China Pavillon?

By the way..., the Eidgenossen-officials of the Expo 2002 in Switzerland ordered 3 UFOs - believe it or not, I took a picture...

22.10.2010 - devil-may-care

2010-11-14T01:23:00.008+01:00

...who would not like to sup with the devil...

14.10.2010 - colors of fall

2010-11-14T01:19:00.003+01:00

10.10.10 - Blue Aliens

2010-10-22T22:27:00.013+02:00

...every year blue aliens invade the Kürbisfest in Berlin-Schöneberg to dance and pray for the orange pumpkins they are addicted to...

09.10.2010 - Pumpkin Carving

2010-10-22T22:25:00.006+02:00

...one of the most dangerous leisure activities in autumn, the well-beloved pumpkin carving...

03.10.2010 - Tag der Deutschen Einheit

2010-10-14T00:19:00.006+02:00

...sky divers: one of many events at the 20. anniversary of the German reunification...

26.09.2010 - Berlin Marathon

2010-10-14T00:11:00.015+02:00

...with his bavarian leather trousers - probably coming from the Oktoberfest - even a Bear, heraldic animal of Berlin, takes part in the citys most important event in september, the marathon race, which course is known as the fastest in the world...

...in 2008 the Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie ended up with breaking 2:04 hours by one second (2:03:59) - world record

25.09.2010 - Market Square

2010-10-04T00:54:00.020+02:00

...tristesse on a rainy day..., dismal prospects for tomorrow's big event the 37. Berlin Marathon...

23.09.2010 - viewpoint

2010-09-27T16:16:00.007+02:00

...certainly for many people the most convenient viewpoint to survey the whole Bundeskanzleramt (Federal Chancellery)...

22.09.2010 - New Friends

2010-09-27T01:56:00.006+02:00

...but don't forget your old ones, longtime friendship has it's own quality...

(...seen at Weinmeisterstraße...)

20.09.2010 - Oktoberfest

2010-09-27T01:20:00.007+02:00

...still september but already the last week of the first and tiny Felix-Oktoberfest at the Hauptbahnhof. Felix is the club restaurant of the famous No.1 Grand Hotel Adlon at the Brandenburg Gate.
Nevertheless the Oktoberfest should be celebrated in Munich whenever possible...

19.09.2010 - Live is Life

2010-09-19T23:43:00.003+02:00

18.09.2010 - nuclear accident

2010-09-19T23:34:00.006+02:00

...demonstration against nuclear waste and nuclear power plants:
German conservative government ignores the position of a whole nation and experts safety warnings by making dubious deals with the greedy industry of energy providers...

07.09.2010 - Yoga

2010-09-19T23:32:00.004+02:00

05.09.2010 - evening mood

2010-09-19T23:26:00.004+02:00

04.09.2010 - your whole life?

2010-09-19T23:25:00.001+02:00