Europe 2007 party

There was a rather small party at Berlins biggest party spot, the Strasse des 17. Juni which is known for the Love Parade or the Soccer World Cup Finals Party. They claimed to have 100.000 visitors this time but it looked like 5.000.

Some funny creatures jumped around and Joe Cocker performed in the evening, both was not really attractive to me :-)


Remarkable was the presence of so many police cars from all over Germany. The policemen were dressed like they expected a riot. I don't know what the reason was, maybe it was because of the European heads of governments gathering in the city...

Ubiquitous once more :-)

Another picture showing these ubiquitous sightseeing ships (ok, that's enough usage of this funny word:-).

Berliner Dom

Still on museums island here's the probably most beautiful old building of Berlin, the Berliner Dom. (It's not as tilted as shown in the picture, I simply forgot to adjust the photo)
The cross at the peak is dismounted for repairs so it looks not so perfect but still great.

Here are some detail pictures...


Of course one of the ubiquitous sightseeing ships came in sight (Kyle, thanks for teaching me this amazing word 'ubiquitous' :-)

Alte Nationalgalerie

Returning to one of my favorite spots in Berlin here's another one of the famous buildings on the museums island: the Alte Nationalgalerie (old national gallery). It shows great old paintings including the Monk by the Sea by Caspar David Friedrich, maybe THE most melancholic painting.
In front of the Nationalgalerie is a beautiful garden surrounded by a colonnade. During the summer months it's an open air cinema with a special athmosphere. Here I saw a couple of great movies including Amélie or The Big Lebowski(!!).
One of the sculptures in front of the building...

The miracle of spring

Only a few weeks back there seemed to be no life in any of the trees and bushes around. And now all of these plants are resurrected by the sun. Well rested, they show the finest pieces of art in design and color...
This one should be a magnolia...

...and this one...I don't know...