Yearly Archives: 2024

Schloss Charlottenburg

Schloss Charlottenburg

View of Charlottenburg Palace on a mild summer evening at the blue hour, seen from Schloßstraße, after a visit to the Bröhan Museum. The sun has just set – the façade of Charlottenburg Palace almost blurs with the soft colors of the evening sky.

Chroriner Straße Garlands with flags in the Wind

Berlin Choriner Strasse 2024

This picture was taken during this year’s street festival. The street had just been freshly decorated with garlands of flags and we were lucky with the weather again this year. Last year we were literally standing in the rain – this year it was pretty perfect: not too warm, not too cool, a bit sunny, […]

Chestnuts on Kastanienallee

Chestnuts on Kastanienallee Berlin Prenzlberg

View of Kastanienallee in the direction of the Schönhauser Allee intersection. The viaduct of the U2 underground line can be seen in the background and a streetcar is parked at the streetcar stop. The chestnut trees are in full bloom.

Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus / Spree

Berlin Mitte Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus

View from the Jakob-Mierscheid-Steg to the Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus, which houses the library of the German Bundestag. On the right, you can see part of the Paul Löbe House, with the Reichstag building peeking out behind it. And the Spree meanders between it all.

TV Tower by Night

TV-Tower Berlin by Night

TV-Tower Berlin by Night - Photo:T.Bortels/nuberlin.com

Night view of the TV Tower from Zionskirchstraße on a cold but beautiful night in March. The trees are part of to Teutoburger Platz.

Prater Construction SIte

Prater Berlin Prenzlauer Berg

Construction work has been going on at the Prater on Kastanienallee in Prenzlauer Berg for years. And for years, it felt like things weren’t really progressing. But now the construction work seems to be coming to an end – at least that’s my impression when I occasionally take a look at the building site. I […]