Henrichshütte Hattingen

Museum of iron and steel

Our World Tuesday

Morning commute

Signs from a famous German town

 Guess where is this? We are walking back to the train.
I shot while walking. It came out better than expected. So here for you.

Is it easy for you to solve this riddle? What about you living not in Europe. Have you been here?

My visit was just for one day, not for sightseeing. I lived and studied here some years. I was surprised of the many tourists. Maybe it hasn't changed, but I look different now.

That's a very famous sign

If you visit this town, you will see this

I'm participating in Signs, Signs

UFO on a tower - or a symbol from Lünen #2

Lüntec-Tower and office building in the technology park, Lünen,

More from this unique building in last weeks post
Linked to Our World Tuesday

UFO on a tower - or a symbol from Lünen

Lüntec-Tower and office building in the technology park, Lünen, yesterday

A former winding tower from the coal mine from 1922. Now the symbol from the Lüntec technology park. Mining stopped in 1992, the capsule on top was build in 1995 and the technolgy park opend as part of the structural change in the Ruhr district (German Ruhrgebiet).

Popularly called Colani-Ei, after the designer Luigi Colani and the egg-shape. Or it is called UFO. Seen from a distance it does actually look like.

I posted a lot of pictures from this "UFO tower" before, all with the label UFO

but for the first time I took this view with the sign

more at Lesleys signs, signs

ABC Wednesday - N is for ...

Kite Festival Drachenfest Lünen, last Saturday

... Night or night flying, an attraction from the Kite Festival in my town. And it was a big show with illuminated kites, kites with fire spirals on it and a firework: A fantastic evening, even when the rain started with the beginning of the night show.
Linked to ABC Wednesday.

To see more kite photos from the years before look here.

And I have lots of photos. It is the one year thing where I always shoot.

Open house

Dortmund, February 2012

Linked to Night Shot Monday

Hauptbahnhof #4

Dortmund main station, February 2012

I'm waiting for my morning train and enjoy to take photos. Usually I'm there 20 Minutes later, but it is less crowded with this earlier train.

If you like to see some more pics from the Hauptbahnhof (main station in German) go to this post or to this one and here is one more.

Street light, lamppost, street lamp, light standard, lamp standard or

Straßenlaterne, on my way to work, Bochum (Germany), January 2012

Linked to Weekend Reflections

Down town

Pedestrian area, Dortmund, March 2011

Linked to Weekend Reflections

Inside - outside

View from inside the S-Bahn (train) to the station Dortmund, in the morning, December 2011

Linked to Weekend Reflections

Lights

December 2011 in Lünen

Seasons Greatings to you all.
Linked to Thursday Challenge

Double-decker

Double-decker train the Regionalbahn, Dortmund Main Station, December 2011

7.23 in the morning.

Office at night

Lüntec office building in the technology park, Lünen, November 2011

Linked to The Weekend in Black and White

Don't walk on the rails

Dortmund, Main Station, this morning

Linked to signs, signs

Morning train

Dortmund Hauptbahnhof (main station), this morning

 On my way to work. I'm waiting for the S-Bahn (local train).

 Linked to ABC Wednesday, T is for train and train station.

A symbol from Lünen #2



Lüntec-Tower and office building in the technology park, Lünen, November 2011

Linked to The Weekend in Black and White. This shot in original color you find here. Which one do you like more?

A symbol from Lünen

Lüntec-Tower and office building in the technology park, Lünen, November 2011

I guess it is the most photographed building in town. And on my blog. The next post will show a black and white version.

Break Dancer

At the Waltroper Parkfest, some years ago

Night Flying

Kite Festival - Drachenfest Lünen, October 2006

Some shots from the Night Flying, I mentioned in last weeks post. You saw the dark clouds, there was little rain and nearly no wind. They use special kites for the night flying. You can imagine the very difficult photo conditions. So, some shots from the archive.
One shot from this year I postet before.

Linked to Sky Watch Friday.