Architechture
Architektur des Schreckens I, Prora, Rügen
A gruesome example of Nazi-Germany's excesses. Built between 1936 and 1939 as an almost 5 kilometer long holiday resort for 20 000 aryans under the so called KdF (Kraft durch Freude - Strenght Through Joy) program at the seaside village of Prora. The start of the war saw an end to the project and the complex was never used for its intended purpose.
Architektur des Schreckens II, Prora, Rügen
A gruesome example of Nazi-Germany's excesses. Built between 1936 and 1939 as an almost 5 kilometer long holiday resort for 20 000 aryans under the so called KdF (Kraft durch Freude - Strenght Through Joy) program at the seaside village of Prora. The start of the war saw an end to the project and the complex was never used for its intended purpose.
Hotel Villa Meeresgruß, Binz, Rügen
Another typical example of the charachteristic early 20th century "Ostsee Bäderarchitektur" (resort archtitechture) of the German Baltic island of Rügen.
Villa Tannenheim, Binz, Rügen
A typical example of the charachteristic early 20th century "Ostsee Bäderarchitektur" (resort archtitechture) of the German Baltic island of Rügen.
Architektur des Schreckens III, Prora, Rügen
A gruesome example of Nazi-Germany's excesses. Built between 1936 and 1939 as an almost 5 kilometer long holiday resort for 20 000 aryans under the so called KdF (Kraft durch Freude - Strenght Through Joy) program at the seaside village of Prora. The start of the war saw an end to the project and the complex was never used for its intended purpose.
Vitt Chapel, Rügen
The chapel lies on a little hill above the old fishing village of Vitt, which dates back to the 10th century and is under UNESCO heritage protection. The chapel is considerably newer, started in 1806 and finished in 1816.
Electric BLue Café
Lofoten, Norway
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Lofoten, Norway
Nyfossum
Nyfossum was the residence of the technical director of Norway's Blaafarveværket, located at Modum. Blaafarveverket cobalt mines, now a museum and art gallery, was in the eigtheen-twenties through the eighteen-forties the worlds largest producer of so called cobalt blue, producing 80% of the world's output. Exports reached as far afield as China and Japan, as well as Germany. The renowned German Meissen porcelain manufacturer was one of Blaafarveværket's important customers, using cobalt blue for their famous Blue Onion patterned porcelain.
The lonely cafè
Summer evening on the front porch
