Clouds after a fall sunset in Herrsching am Ammersee.

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A closer view towards the altar of the late renaissance Michaelskirche in Munich.

St, Michael was built from 1583 to 1597. It was massively damaged during an allied bomb raid in 1944 and reconstructed from 1946 to 1948.

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Captured on the Oktoberfest 2017 in Munich.

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Three greylag geese in tight formation above the Ismaninger Speichersee, east basin.

The Ismaninger Speichersee is a reservoir in the north of Munich, built in 1929 to regulate the water flow for the run-of-the-river power plants along the Isar Canal.

The reservoir and the adjacent fish ponds are a nature reserve (Europareservat) and an Important Bird Area (IBA).

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A view towards west from the mountain station of the Wallbergbahn cable car. On the right edge of the image one can see the small Heilig Kreuz-Kirche.

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A line 16 tram arriving and stopping at the tram station Lehel.

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The subway station Forstenrieder Allee of Munich's subway line U3.

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Another garden macro from summer 2018.

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Another one from 2018, BW conversion this time.

Revisited this place for the umpteenth time...

The world famous lobby view in the Grand Hyatt Shanghai, located in the Jin Mao Tower. Shot from the 85th floor - at the "bottom" is the Patio Lounge, located on the 56th floor - and above is the observation deck on the 88th floor.

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A white-red dahlia blossom close-up.

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Red flower in the Botanical Garden in Munich. Again from 2018...

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A tree stuck in the artificial Isar rapids formed by the demolished former Isar weir in Ismaning.

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Birds on a jetty.

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Red rose flowers and a blue sky. Found at the "Clubhouse" of Kleingartenanlage Nord-Ost 53 allotment gardens.

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The Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC) and the Jin Mao Tower. In the background the twin towers of Shanghai IFC, the Pearl Tower and the Bank Of China Tower. To the right the new elevated walkway.

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Revisited. The subway station "Westfriedhof" (Western Cemetery) on the border between the districts of Moosach and Neuhausen-Nymphenburg, along lines U1/U7.

Pretty popular photo location for obvious reasons...

The blue walls (remainders of the slurry wall that was used during construction) and the 11 huge lamps of 3.80 m diameter each give a very special atmosphere. The lamps do have yellow, red and blue lights, so each section has a slightly different atmosphere.

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Taken from the cable car of the Wallbergbahn

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Late night shot across the Danube.

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This is the Landständehaus (aka Landschaftshaus), which served as the meeting venue for the Landstände, an ancient kind of parliament. The colorful facade dates to 1599 and shows important personalities from the House of Wittelsbach.

After the dissolution of the Landstände in the early 19th century the building was used as a post office - hence the name "Alte Post".

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Statue of Maximilian I. Joseph, the first king of Bavaria, located on the Max-Joseph-Platz. At times he attracts lots of pigeons...

Here is a 360° panorama showing the square in it's entirely.

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King's College, Cambridge, from the back (or more accurately, from The Backs), with King's College Chapel - one of the most famous sights in the town (a Gothic chapel the size of a grand church, consecrated in 1443), and Clare college to the left.

The gothic palace chapel of Schloss Blutenburg. The chapel was built in 1488, replacing a fortified tower at that location. The small ridge turret is baroque and was added in 1676.

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The BMW Welt (English: BMW World) is the combined exhibition, event and delivery center of BMW.

Located in the Milbertshofen-Am Hart district next to the BMW Vierzylinder (corporate HQ), it was built from 2003 to 2007.

Click here for a super wide blue hour shot from the same POV.

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Interior shot of a shopping mall far in the west of Munich.

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Found on the Fröttmaninger Müllberg - a re-natured former garbage dump that is now an artificial hill and recreational area.

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Schloss Blutenburg (Blutenburg Castle) was first mentioned in 1432 though it's origins reach back to a moated castle from the 13th century.

In the years 1438–39 Duke Albert III, Duke of Bavaria rebuild the castle as a hunting-lodge.

Nowadays it houses the International Youth Library (Internationale Jugendbibliothek) and the library of the Michael Ende Museum.

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The western terminal station of Munich's subway line 5 (U5).

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The Marktbrunnen (built in 1720) and its Immaculatastatue, located on the Marktplatz in Volkach.

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Gulls, sand, water and some people on the nearly endless Baltic sea beach near Peenemünde.

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The water tower of Cuxhaven. Completed in 1897, out of commission since 2004.

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Traffic trails at the corner of Lieberweg and Weyprechtstraße.

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One of the many bridges in the park at Schloss Nymphenburg.

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This little palace belongs to the Schleißheim palace complex. It was built in 1684 for the wedding of Kurfürst Max Emanuel with the Austrian princess Maria Antonia.

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The Highlight Towers are twin office towers located in the the Parkstadt Schwabing area of Munich. With a height of 126m resp. 113m they belong to the tallest buildings in Munich.

The towers are connected by two glass/steel bridges, a double bridge at the 9th/10th floor and a single bridge at the 20th floor. Design by Murphy/Jahn (Chicago, USA).

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Entrance to the main building at the Karlsborg fortress.

The fortress (in Swedish called Karlsborgs fästning) was built 1819-1909 and was meant to work as a second capital in case of war, with room for both the king and the government. The problem was that when this whole project was finished, it was kind of old fashioned. And Sweden has not been under attack either, so there has been no need for the Swedish leading elite to locate here.

Since 1935 the fortress is a listed building.

The eastern terminal station of Munich's subway line 2 (U2).

Another archive find, converted to BW.

Here is the terminal at the other end of U2

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Garden Bridge (外白渡桥) - an "Inside" view...

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Spotted in the "Park" area of the Parkstadt Schwabing.

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Sunny garden shot.

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The interior architecture of the automobile museum in Anting. Well worth a visit.

The exhibition follows an upwards spiraling path - something that can not be noticed from the outside.

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A panoramic view of Schloss Blutenburg (Blutenburg Castle). The castle was first mentioned in 1432 though it's origins reach back to a moated castle from the 13th century.

In the years 1438–39 Duke Albert III, Duke of Bavaria rebuild the castle as a hunting-lodge.

Nowadays it houses the International Youth Library (Internationale Jugendbibliothek) and the library of the Michael Ende Museum.

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Eurasian Nuthatch, sometimes called Wood Nuthatch or simply Nuthatch

sitta europaea

boomklever

sittelle torchepot

Kleiber

Trepador Azul

Picchio muratore

Trepadeira-azul

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Interior of the Salvatorkirche (Church of the Savior), a Greek Orthodox church with a slightly convoluted history:

Built in late Gothic style in 1493 as a cemetery church for the relocated cemetery of the Frauenkirche.

With the secularization in 1803 it should be destroyed, but it was used as important storage, so destruction was avoided.

In 1806 it was gifted to the Lutheran community in Munich, but due to continued usage as depot the Lutheran community could not use it. With the decision to build the Lutheran St. Matthäus church in 1825 the Lutherans returned St. Salvator to the crown.

In 1828 King Ludwig I of Bavaria gave it to the Greek Orthodox community for use, but the church building remained property of the state.

After this it remained Greek Orthodox and was renovated multiple times, most recently some interior refurbishing happened in 2022.

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a relative of the Grosbeaks

coccothraustes coccothraustes

appelvink

gros-bec casse-noyaux

Kernbeißer

Picogordo Común

Frosone

Bico-grossudo

Nikon Z9

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In summer the Marienplatz square is full of gaudily illuminated bicycle rickshaws. They do leave nice light trails, though... 😀

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Patagonia, Chile

Vanellus chilensis

Chileense kievit

Vanneau téro

Bronzekiebitz

Avefría Tero / Queltehue / Tero común

Pavoncella del Sudamerica

Quero-quero

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"Schwabinger Tor" is a brand new tram station in Munich, served by tram line 23.

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A panoramic peek into Austria...

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Small and cute figurines, about 5 cm (2 inches) tall. Shop display in Tianzifang.

Tianzifang (Chin: 田子坊): this is an area of small narrow alleys or "nong" (弄) which has been redeveloped and now features arts shops, restaurants and bars and also enough souvenir shops to make it a one-stop shopping location on the hunt for the "typical" Chinese souvenir. Get hungry while souvenir hunting? 10 different countries feature their respective national cuisine...

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Common Kingfisher, also called Eurasian Kingfisher

a few days before the cold wave

alcedo atthis

ijsvogel

martin-pêcheur d'Europe

Eisvogel

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