The area around Braemar and Ballater is known as Royal Deeside, since Queen Victoria and the Royal Family have spent their holidays at Balmoral Castle. The river Dee has an important role for the nature in the area, because much of the semi-natural pinewoods in Scotland are within the river catchment. The whole area is . . . → Read More: Royal Deeside, Scotland
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Berlin is with a population of 3.45 million people the largest city of Germany and is the residence for over 190 nations. The city is the home of renowned universities and research institutes. Furthermore, Berlin shelters great culture, like museums, orchestra and sporting events. The city is famous for the diverse architecture, nightlife and contemporary . . . → Read More: Berlin The bicycle sharing system makes numbers of bicycles available as a mobility service in different german cities. #gallery-4 { margin: auto; } #gallery-4 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 25%; } #gallery-4 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-4 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */
The Potsdamer Platz is a public square and traffic intersection in the centre of Berlin, Germany and the history can be tracked back to the year 1685. In 1924 one of the first traffic lights in Continental Europe were built at Potsdamer Platz in an attempt to control the sheer volume of traffic passing through. . . . → Read More: Potsdamer Platz, Berlin The Wartburg is situated near Eisenach (Thuringia) and was founded in 1068 by the count of Schauenburg. In 1207 the castle became the venue of the Sängerkrieg (Minstrels‘ Contest) in which Minnesänger (Walther von der Vogelweide or Wolfram von Eschenbach) took part and was treated with poetic licence in Richard Wagner’s opera Tannhäuser. From May . . . → Read More: Wartburg #gallery-7 { margin: auto; } #gallery-7 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 25%; } #gallery-7 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-7 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */  Comments are closed  Images, Scotland  Beach, Dunnator Castle, Harbour, Nature, Scotland, Spring, Stonehaven Dunnotar Castle is located on a rocky hill, about 3km south of Stonehaven, Scotland. Most of the buildings are largely of the 15th–16th centuries and the castle played an important role in the scottish history, because you can overlook the shipping lanes to northern Scotland. #gallery-8 { margin: auto; } #gallery-8 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; The lobster fishing is a large fishing industry. The lobster traps are either rectangular-shaped or half-cylinders, made from oak and surrounded by a rope mesh. Normally, the lobster traps are sunk to the ocean bottom with weights, are baited with dead fish and are connected to each other with a rope. #gallery-9 { margin: auto; } I found this nice little fishing smuck in Stonehaven, Scotland. #gallery-10 { margin: auto; } #gallery-10 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 20%; } #gallery-10 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-10 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ |