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Spring Flowers
“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” – Henri Matisse #flowers #spring #luxembourg Read more
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A Good Excuse for a Special Treat
The Bretzelsonndeg (Pretzel Sunday), celebrated yesterday, is a true Luxembourgish tradition. On this day, women are given this famous puff pastry with sugar icing and almonds as a token of love. If the feelings are mutual, their loved one will be given an egg at Easter. Otherwise the man will receive an empty basket, meaning… Read more
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Drink Water for Luxembourg
The Upper Sûre Lake is a large reservoir of drinking water in north-western Luxembourg near Esch-sur-Sûre. It was created in the 1950s to meet Luxembourg’s drinking water. The artificial lake is some 10 kilometres long and makes a surface area of 3.8 km2 which is about 0.15% of Luxembourg’s total area. This is the view… Read more
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Winter Memory
The spring shall be definitely on its way back to Luxembourg, but it is still so beautiful to remember the amazing snowy landscape of earlier this year. It is a pure pleasure to drive through the country and contemplate the uniform white cover that hides all the beauties of a sleeping landscape. #wintermemories #luxembourg #countryside… Read more
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Half-timbered buildings
The timber framing (in French: colombage and in German: Holzfachwerk) is a traditional method of construction consisting in using heavy timbers to create the structure of the building. If the structural frame of load-bearing timber is left exposed on the exterior of the building it is called half-timbered, and in many cases the infill between… Read more
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Sphaera
This nine-meter-high artistic composition is on one of the main squares of Salzburg, Austria. The man standing on the golden globe could be anyone in the world and therefore leaves a lot of room for interpretation. Modern art and tourism is my photo of the day. #salzburg #sphaera #modernart #austria Read more
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The Oldest City of Germany
The Porta Nigra is the city gate of the German city Trier and a testimony of the Roman presence in the oldest city of Germany. The name originates from the Middle Age and refers to the blackened colour of its stone. Architecture and history is my photo of the day. #trier #portanigra #germany #romanempire Read more
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The Good Waves
Indeed, there is no seaside in Luxembourg, but there are always some good waves. Here at the school in Helmsange. Architecture is my photo of the day. #sea #waves #architecture Read more
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World Peace Gong
As its name suggests, it is a symbol of world peace. The first of these gongs was installed in Bali, Indonesia in 2002. There are twelve in total around the world, including this one in Gödöllő, Hungary. #worldpeacegong #worldpeace #gödöllő #hungary🇭🇺 Read more
