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The Externsteine belong to the Teutoburger Wald and are a natural outcropping of five sandstone pillars, the tallest of which is 37 mtr high and form a wall of several hundred metres in length, in a region that is otherwise largely devoid of rocks. The pillars have been modified and decorated by humans over the centuries. The place has been an important location for religion and spiritual activities throughout history.
In warm evening light the beauty performs perfectly.
Der Winter hat uns noch fest im Griff - es sind allerdings 25 km Weg für Fußgänger gespurt ! ⛄😊😎🙋
in Explore 20.01.2024
Winter still has us firmly in its grip - but there are 25 km of trails marked for pedestrians! ⛄😊😎🙋
in Explore 20.01.2024
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Amsterdam - Vredenhofpad.
In Amsterdam, the restoration of an enormous mural (1986) by the American artist Keith Haring (1958-1990) has recently been completed.
The "giant mythical beast", on the wall of a former refrigerating building, is Haring's second largest still existing work in public space in Europe.
In Amsterdam is onlangs de restauratie van een enorme muurschildering van de Amerikaanse kunstenaar Keith Haring (1958-1990) voltooid.
Het ‘reusachtige fabeldier’ is het op één na grootste nog bestaande werk van Haring in de openbare ruimte in Europa. Rechts onder de mural ( 12 x 5 mtr) is de handtekening van de kunstenaar te zien, samen met de drie Andreaskruisen uit het wapen van Amsterdam.
De Amerikaan schilderde het fabeldier vanaf een hoogwerker op de muur van het toenmalige museumdepot van het Stedelijk, in 1986.
Het depot was voorheen een koelhuis dat is ontworpen door Nicolaas Lansdorp en werd gebouwd in de jaren 30 van de vorige eeuw. Het werd indertijd samen met de rest van de Centrale Markthallen gebouwd om de voedselvoorziening van de stad beter te reguleren.
Vanwege vochtproblemen werd in 1994 een metalen scherm voor de gevel geplaatst, waardoor het kunstwerk uit het zicht verdween. Na het weghalen van het scherm kwam er in 2019 een restauratieplan.
De gemeente heeft besloten om het koelhuis met de muurschildering aan te wijzen als monument. Marktkwartier en de gemeente Amsterdam denken samen na over de zichtbaarheid van het werk na herontwikkeling van het Food Center Amsterdam terrein (parool.nl).
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Mittlerweile Standard in Hamburg und auf der Bahnstrecke in Richtung Berlin sind die grauen 383er von Metrans. Zwar konnte ich für das Archiv schon 7 der 10 Maschinen aufnehmen, jedoch klappte es gestern zum ersten Mal mit einem Sonnenbild.
Shot from Kausani. Lucky weather was clear so the mountainside details shone through the light mist. Mrigthuni peak wrapped in cloud.At the extreme rt side glimpse of Nandadevi west.Uplifts to the lenticular cloudmass may be seen over a point between Mrigthunipeak and Devtoli peak and a large updrift over Nandadevi west. Lenticular cloud are basically rotary wind disturbance with precipitation and occur when air movements over earth surface catch high obstructions like mountains over 6000 mtrs( 19500ft). Pl see large
"He mirado a las rosas y me he acordado de ti...°
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Foto tomada en el Museo Prilidiano Pueyrredón , San Isidro, Buenos Aires,
(Argentina)
Disneyland MTR Station
Hong Kong
Travel on the railway network of MTR and interchange for the Disneyland Resort Line at Sunny Bay Station.
Only 23 minutes from the Hong Kong International Airport, MTR Airport station,
30 minutes from MTR Kowloon station and
33 minutes from MTR Hong Kong station where Guests can pick up Park Tickets too!
Check out the route map at the MTR website.
Operating Hours between Sunny Bay and Disneyland Resort Station
From Sunny Bay: from 6:15am - 12:45am the following day
From Disneyland Resort Station: from 6:20am - 12:40am the following day
Frequency
4 - 10 minutes
For more information about fare and the train services, please visit the MTR website.
China, Beijing, …starry, starry night, the “Birds Egg”, the nickname for the Grand National Theatre, west of the Tiananmen Square with the Great Hall of the People & diagonal opposite the Forbidden City.
The ellipsoid dome of titanium & glass is surrounded by an artificial lake, the entrance is leading into the building after walking through a tunnel like hallway underneath the lake. Small unregularly placed lights installed on the outside shell of the construction seem to blend in with the stars on the sky,…if it is not clouded, but even so
The arts centre containing an opera, music & theatre hall, with a total of seats 5,452 people in the three halls with almost 12,000 m² in size. Construction, designed by French architect Paul Andreu, started in December 2001, the inaugural concert was held in December 2007.
The dome measures 212 mtr by 144 mtr & is 46 meters, seven floors public area high. The main entrance is at the north side. Guests arrive in the building after walking through a hallway that goes underneath the lake.
Photo taken from the border of the pool surrounding the National Theatre above the main entrance, with the lightened, glass roof covered “tunnel” leading towards the building.
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MTR Akki (Rice) Roti served at Karunadu Swada, Karnataka Food Festival in Bengaluru. It is gluten free.
Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Tsim_Sha_Tsui_station:
East Tsim Sha Tsui (尖東) is a station of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system of Hong Kong. It is currently an intermediate station on the Tuen Ma line.
The station was built to alleviate surface traffic jams and passenger congestion at Kowloon Tong station. The distance from Hung Hom to the station is about one kilometre with the journey time of around two minutes.
This station is linked with Tsim Sha Tsui station of the Tsuen Wan line by subways (underground pedestrian tunnels).
Germany, Munich, the Frauenkirche, full name "Cathedral of our blessed Lady", the cathedral of the Archbishop of Munich & Freising, is considered a symbol of the Bavarian State Capital.
The late Gothic red brick building, build from 1468 to 1488, the building's famous domes atop each tower were not built until 1525, the round chapel wreath is 109 mtr long, 40 mtr wide & 37 mtr high, the north tower is 98.57 mtr, the south tower is only 98.45 m high. The cathedral can hold around 20,000 people between two rows of 22 high octagon Pillars.
Photo taken from the 91 mtr high Renaissance steeple of the St. Peter's Church, once climbed the 306 steps to the viewing platform, it offers the best view over the city. If the weather conditions are good, you can see on the horizon the Alps Mountains about a 100 km away.
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Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Town_station:
Kennedy Town is the western terminus of the Island line. The station serves the Kennedy Town area on the northwestern end of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.
When the station first appeared in Hong Kong Mass Transit: Further Studies plan in 1970, it was simply known as Kennedy (堅尼地). It was to be built as part of the Island line in the 1980s, but construction of the line did not commence westwards beyond Sheung Wan, on account of contractors citing inadequate passenger numbers and technical difficulties.
Under the latest proposal as of June 2005, Kennedy Town would be served by West Island line as an extension of the Island line, a heavy rail system, instead of being served by a medium capacity rail shared by commuters from Southern District, after pressure from local community groups.
The station was designed by TFP Farrells. The contract to construct the station and overrun tunnel was awarded to Gammon Construction (half owned by Balfour Beatty) for HK$1.34 billion. The overrun tunnel is 650 metres in length.
Construction commenced in 2010 and was completed in 2014. Demolition of the swimming pool, which occupied the bulk of the station site, was underway by 2011. The re-provisioning contract for the new Kennedy Town Swimming Pool was awarded to Paul Y. Construction Company Ltd in July 2009 and was finished in 2011 near the Kennedy Town seafront.
Kennedy Town station opened on 28 December 2014.
Excerpt from www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/community/art_archi_hku_our_me...:
Art in station architecture
Artwork Title:
Our Memories of the Western District — Kennedy Town
Artist Name:
Photo winners from local community and MTR Corporation (Hong Kong)
Artwork Location:
Kennedy Town Station - Concourse
Form of Artwork:
Digital Printing on Glass
Artwork Completion Date:
December 2014
Artist's Concept:
The photographic competition entitled "Our Memories of the Western District" was the inaugural activity of the West Island Line Community Art Programme. Unique images of the Kennedy Town area were captured by local residents and the winning photographs from the champion, 1st runner-up, 2nd runner-up and merit award recipients were selected as the theme images for use in Kennedy Town Station. These photographic images were then pixelated using thousands of images collected from the community and then combined with monochrome graphics to create a panoramic collage, reflecting the uniqueness and culture of Western District with traditional buildings and daily life of the local community.
Excerpt from Wikipedia:
Elements (圓方) is a large shopping mall located on 1 Austin Road West, West Kowloon, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is developed and managed by MTR Corporation through its subsidiary Premier Management Service.
Elements is located directly above the Kowloon MTR station and near the International Commerce Centre, residential complex Union Square and the Western Harbour Crossing.
The mall is divided into five zones based on the concept of the five elements of Nature, namely Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth. Each zone is designed with a distinctive interior architectural theme that responds to the element, public art such as large scale sculptures are also employed to enhance the respective theme. The Fire Zone is symbolised by the sculpture "White Heat".
The Elements has a total of 123 shops as of 2008, along with an ice rink and the 1600-seat Premiere Cinema (formerly The Grand Cinema), currently the largest cinema complex in Hong Kong.
The mall has ten washrooms, outside which there is a lobby with sitting area and magazine rack. Management said these are conceived for men "to wait for their girlfriends outside the washroom", providing "a decent and comfortable place for them to wait".
Male washrooms are stocked with colognes, aftershaves and electronic shavers while the female washrooms have perfumes and make-up. Staff are on hand to ensure that all these personal items are kept hygienic.
The shopping mall has a great emphasis on fashion and wardrobe with (as of 2008) 58 shops in that category out of a total of 123 shops in the mall.
Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wan_Chai_station:
Wan Chai (灣仔) is a station on the Island line of the Hong Kong MTR rapid transit system. The livery colour is lime green. It serves the Wan Chai locality within the district of the same name. The station platforms are located underneath Hennessy Road, a major trunk road connecting the Central and Eastern districts.
The station was built under Southorn Playground. It opened along with the Island line on 31 May 1985. It was built by a Bachy Soletanche–Dragages joint venture and Japanese contractor Maeda. Entrance D was opened for public on 22 December 2017. Its passageway crosses underneath Southorn Playground and Johnston Road, then joins the underground mall in Lee Tung Street Redevelopment Project. It is expected to ease the overcrowding problem at entrance A3 and Johnston Road crossing.
The platforms of Wan Chai station are constructed in a stacked arrangement, with Platform 1 above Platform 2.
Due to the large catchment of Wan Chai station and the locality as a business hub and centre for tourists, government offices, foreign embassies and institutions, the station houses more than 50 ticket gates as distributed across three ticket halls (two at the concourse and one at platform level). There are 8 station exits, two of which were constructed in 1999 to provide a more convenient reach for the southern areas of Wan Chai. The footbridge above O'Brien Road, which connects the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, the Immigration Tower (Immigration Department of Hong Kong) and the Star Ferry Pier (Wan Chai Pier), was extended to reach one of these new exits above Hennessy Road.
The tunnel for eastbound trains towards Causeway Bay station has once featured a mobile advertisement, which was presented in the form of a slideshow across the length of the tunnel. The large number of sequential panels allowed passengers to view the advertisement as a slideshow, as trains undertakes their journey to the next station.
Excerpt from bluelapisroad.wordpress.com/2022/02/18/architectural-gem-...:
In Kennedy Town, less than three hundred meters from Smithfield Municipal Market and Forbes Street Playground (site of the former slaughterhouses), a sleepy neighbourhood has been tucked away on a quiet hill slope for a hundred years. A staircase on Sands Street is all it takes to separate the two worlds, one bustling and the other tranquil. Once consisted of seven terraces built on the slope between Hong Kong University above and Belcher’s Street below, the secluded neighbourhood is commonly known as the Seven Terraces of Sai Wan (西環七臺). Also called Western District, “Sai Wan” is the general name for the area encompassing Kennedy Town (堅尼地城), Shek Tong Tsui (石塘咀) and Sai Ying Pun (西營盤). The seven terraces can be traced back to Li Sing (李陞), the richest Chinese merchant in 19th century Hong Kong. One of his sons Li Po Lung (李寶龍) inherited the sloped land when his father died in 1900. Li Po Lung decided to develop the land into residential terraces and an amusement park. He named the terraces and amusement park with references to his favorite ancient Chinese poet Li Bai (李白). Chinese pavilions, outdoor stages, dance floors, merry-go-round, playgrounds, and even an artificial pond for rowing boats, coupled with street performances, handicraft fair, small fireworks, chess competitions, etc. made Tai Pak Lau (太白樓), Li’s amusement park, into a trendy destination from 1915 and on. It was especially popular with wealthy men and prostitutes coming from the nearby Shek Tong Tsui (石塘咀), the city’s most famous red light and entertainment district in early 20th century. Just like many places in Hong Kong, Tai Pak Lau was rather short-lived, lasting for merely nine years before closing down due to financial difficulties of Li Po Lung. The park was then converted into today’s Tai Pak Terrace (太白臺) residential street. Despite the bankruptcy of Li Po Lung in 1924, the seven terraces, especially the topmost terraces such as Academic Terrace (學士臺), To Li Terrace (桃李臺) and Ching Lin Terrace (青蓮臺), continued to thrive as an upscale residential neighbourhood for wealthy Chinese.
Great Britain, London, “The Shard”. The Shard is actually Western Europe’s tallest building, a 95 storey skyscraper, from 68-72 floor the observatory at a height of 245 mtr & floors 73-95 the spire, the 309,6 mtr high building opened to the public on February 2013. It is a vertical city with luxury offices, restaurants, a 5-star Shangri-La hotel, exclusive residential apartments & the capital's highest observatory; its crystalline façade transformed the London skyline. The dramatic façades of angled glass panes reflect sunlight & the sky, so that the appearance of the building changes according to the weather, daytime & seasons. The building features 11,000 panes of glass, with a total surface area of 56,000 square mtr.
The Shard was designed by Renzo Piano in 2000, the Italian architect who created Paris’s Pompidou Centre
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