2010-04-30

Tree before a quarry

2010-04-29

Golden leaves

Looking into the secluded garden of the Johanneskirche church.

2010-04-28

Illuminated shell

A shell-shaped stage in the Franco-German Garden is now lit up at night.

2010-04-27

Sunset on the Saar

2010-04-26

Future electricity pylon

Soon this view will be only for the birds.

2010-04-25

Burbacher Schleuse

2010-04-24

Coal wagon in the grass

2010-04-23

Brown scrap

2010-04-22

Blue steel

Most of the steel mills I have shown in this blog have been disused. This one is still functioning, seven days a week.

2010-04-21

Red brick curve

2010-04-20

Red brick oasis

Another sunny scene from the burghers's park (Bürgerpark).

2010-04-19

Urban spiral

2010-04-18

Hexagonal multiplicity

The height of fashion in 1960.

2010-04-17

Former waterfall

Sometime in the last 50 years, the water dried up.

2010-04-16

1960

Fifty years ago Saarbrücken was the centre of attention, when, in the spirit of post-war cooperation, France and Germany put on a jointly-hosted garden show just on the Saarbrücken side of the border. This mask in the garden leads to an open-air theatre (2009-08-27).

2010-04-15

Swaying skyway

2010-04-14

The Good Ship Calypso

2010-04-13

Germany!

As German as beer and sausage, coffee and cake.

2010-04-12

Germany!

2010-04-11

Roundabout in bloom

2010-04-10

Willkommen - welcome

2010-04-09

Empty curves

2010-04-08

Rats...keller

Every German town has one: the restaurant within the town hall.

2010-04-07

Bürgeramt - Citizens' Bureau

A modern extension juts from the neo-gothic town hall.

2010-04-06

Backstreet Saarbrücken

2010-04-05

I.N.R.I

In the Basilika courtyard.

2010-04-04

Marienkäfer - Mary's beetle

Strange things can be found in German gardens at Easter

2010-04-03

Landing

The owl will land on 22.04.

2010-04-02

End of the day in the forest

Actually taken on more or less the same spot as 2010-04-01.

2010-04-01

New day in the forest