Dresden - At Night

Last but not least a couple of nightly impressions of Dresden. Firstly another view along the Elbe..
...and then two different views of the Semperoper at night.

Dresden - Details

Martin Luther looks skywards in front of the Frauenkirche. He is probably as surprised as I am because of the suddenly appearing blue sky.
The next pictures show a couple of architectural details to give an impression how playful the (remaining) old buildings of Dresden are designed.


And finally here it is as a whole: Europes newest old building, the reconstructed Frauenkirche. A truly beautiful building, inside and outside. Why don't we construct more of that kind nowadays?
By the way: only the very dark part of it on the left hand side was remaining after the war until very few years ago...

Dresden - Views

A view along the river Elbe...
...and the famous Brühlsche Terrasse.
And here's the Frauenkirche behind the roofs. All pictures are taken from almost the same point.

Grey evening in Dresden-Friedrichstadt

Just a 20-minute walk from the city center of Dresden is the quarter Friedrichstadt. It mainly consists of many empty buildings, a freight depot, a supermarket and one apartment house with holiday apartments for rent...where I stayed for the weekend. The weather was mostly grey and cloudy and the eventing was very quiet.

Hotel room Zwickau

A hotel room in Zwickau where I stayed for two nights. Not much more to say about this one...

Couple at odds

It seems a relationship can get difficult after hanging next to each other for a couple of centuries. At least she tries to turn in his direction...with a sad look on her face. Maybe she's regretting something she'd said 150 years ago, but he is still hurt... :-)

A sunny Sunday afternoon in Berlin

And it was quiet in the neighborhood.
The autumn sun is not very high, the rays barely made it to the ground.
Only the broad alleys like Unter den Linden got some light.
Nevertheless a perfect calm Sunday to forget the workdays rush.
And then the sun hit the road and the sweet weekend was already over again.
A little eye exercise: which building made it to 3 of the 5 pictures by thievishly popping up in the background? :-)