Naturally Berlin. Liesenbrücke, Brown Knapseed, Centaurea jacea, and Silene vulgaris, Bladder Campion, Nordbahn Park, Berlin, Germany
The railway strike has us stuck in Berlin a couple of more days. No problem, of course, only a small inconvenience. And it gave me a chance to explore some more in the so-called Nordbahnhof Park. It's a pleasant narrow park leading north from the Invalidenstraße that was once the site of the beginning of the Berlin-Szczecin (Stettin) Railway constructed 1842-43. At the end of the 19th century bridges were built at the north end of what today is the park at the Liesenstraße to allow for safe-crossing beneath of road traffic. The line went out of use at the end of the 1950s and then became part of the Berlin 'Wall'. When the wall came down the area became a naturally wild park, a kind of nature reserve in the city.
It's a delightfully wild place with many plants and animals. The photo shows the derelict bridge borne up by macros of two wildflowers, a Brown Knapseed and a Bladder Campion.
Naturally Berlin. Liesenbrücke, Brown Knapseed, Centaurea jacea, and Silene vulgaris, Bladder Campion, Nordbahn Park, Berlin, Germany
The railway strike has us stuck in Berlin a couple of more days. No problem, of course, only a small inconvenience. And it gave me a chance to explore some more in the so-called Nordbahnhof Park. It's a pleasant narrow park leading north from the Invalidenstraße that was once the site of the beginning of the Berlin-Szczecin (Stettin) Railway constructed 1842-43. At the end of the 19th century bridges were built at the north end of what today is the park at the Liesenstraße to allow for safe-crossing beneath of road traffic. The line went out of use at the end of the 1950s and then became part of the Berlin 'Wall'. When the wall came down the area became a naturally wild park, a kind of nature reserve in the city.
It's a delightfully wild place with many plants and animals. The photo shows the derelict bridge borne up by macros of two wildflowers, a Brown Knapseed and a Bladder Campion.