It’s been 20 years since the Fall of the Berlin Wall… Today’s photo is dedicated to this event. It is a photo I took last year from the rest of the Berlin Wall in Mühlenstraße near Ostbahnhof, where the East Side Gallery stands.
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“… Sonne, Mond und Sterne, brenne auf mein Licht, brenne auf mein Licht, aber nur meine liebe Laterne nicht”
On St. Martin’s Day (11th November) children go through the streets with paper lanterns and candles, and sing songs about St. Martin. This photo was taken today in a school, where lanterns, that children have made for this day, were exhibited.
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Königsallee by night. The stores are closed but the lights are still on, playing beautifully with water.
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Unfortunately, my camera is on …vacations, without me though. I am very sorry for not having uploaded any new photos these days… 
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Köningsallee (King’s Avenue) or just Kö is a boulevard in Düsseldorf center, best known for its luxury shops and huge department stores on both sides of the canal running along the avenue.
So, prepare your wallet and… go shopping!!
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Heinrich-Heine-Allee: one of the major underground (U-Bahn) stations in Düsseldorf
Heinrich Heine was born in Düsseldorf and was one of the most significant German poets and journalists in the 19th century. He is best known for his lyric poetry, while many of Heine’s works had been set to music by Robert Schumann.
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…while I was driving today afternoon in Oberkassel. To be honest, I couldn’t easily decide where to focus… on the Television Tower or on the raindrops on my car’s window. They were so beautiful!
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St. Peter Church in Brüggen-Born, at the lakeshore of Borner Lake
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A little bit cloudy today, but who cares? I’m going home!
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Kaarster Lake: Are you ready for a bath in the lake?
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The Old Bell Tower (Alter Kirchturm) in Meerbusch-Büderich was part of St. Mauritius Church, built around 1200, whose main building was burnt down in 1891. Since 1959 it serves as a memorial to the victims of both World Wars.
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Church organ in St Suitbertus Basilica in Kaiserswerth (13th century)
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Memorial to the victims of the Holocaust: Each rock represents a concentration camp, Dachau, Buchenwald, Theresienstadt, Riga-Kaiserwald, Treblinka, Majdanek, Auschwitz.
Here is the left corner of the previous photo.
…and the right corner.
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War memorial in Hofgarten, sculptured by Karl Hilgers in 1892 to the remembrance of the German-French war in 1870/71.
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A Citroen DS car (around 1960 model) in Düsseldorf with its futuristic design. Isn’t it a beauty?
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A perfect collaboration in nature: Plants are essential for an insect’s nutrition, while insects are essential for a plant’s fertilization.
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Marktplatz in Düsseldorf: View of the City Hall and
Jan Wellem’s (Johann Wilhelm II) statue on the right.
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High temperatures in Düsseldrof… Everybody into the water!!
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Fuchs am Klemensplatz: A pub (Kneipe) in Kaiserswerth, Düsseldorf.
As it is common for a pub to serve its own beer, one can enjoy one glass of Fuchs Altbier here.
Prost!
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Sometimes it is nicer to leave nature free to develop itself than to bring every plant in shape and weed the grass out.
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St. Mauritius Church is the highest building in Meerbusch, a city near Düsseldorf.
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Television Tower and Arts and Media Center Rhine Harbor
(Fernsehturm und Kunst und Medienzentrum Rheinhafen)
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