Bad Arolsen Castle (German: Residenzschloss Arolsen) is a baroque-style castle in Bad Arolsen, Hesse, Germany. The castle is now a museum, and is still inhabited by Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and his family. As a result, it continues to serve as a residence of the former ruling family of the Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont. It was the […]
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Little shops like this can be found in Budapest everywhere and anywhere. Small businesses use them to sell any kind of goods and services, like tobacco shops, cafés, snack bars, bakeries or whatever small shops one can think of. Some of them are fully renovated, freshly painted others do suffer […]
Photo taken handheld with Nikon Nikkor 35/2 AI-s and Sony Alpha 7R Mark III
Winter Sunday afternoon in Budapest’s Castle backyard. Folks relaxing in the sun and some poppy flower defying the existence of winter’s cold. Photo taken with Nikon Nikkor 2/35mm and Sons Alpha 7R Mark III
Mihály Kolodko placed a new mini-statue in Budapest. The work depicts Franz Joseph sitting in a hammock on the Freedom Bridge. With this sculptor he connected past and present of the bridge. On the one hand, the statue may be an indication that the Danube crossing was handed over in […]
all photos taken with Nikon Nikkor 2/35mm Pre-AIs version
Budapest’s Parliament in morning light Photo taken with Sony 4/24-105 G OSS and Sony Alpha 7R Mark III
Photo taken with Leitz Wetzlar Elmarit-R 2,8/35mm and Sony Alpha 7R Mark III at Metro Station Móricz Zsigmond körtér, Budapest
Late afternoon dark clouds were crossing the City and inbetween warm sun illuminated this typical Plattenbau-Building. Actually these buildings can be found in Budapest oldest and first neighbourhood of Panel houses. Photo taken with Leitz Summilux-R 50mm/1.4 and Sony Alpha 7R Mark III
photo taken with Leitz Wetzlar Summilux-r 1.4/50mm 1st version and Sony Alpha 7R Mark III
Photo taken with Nikon Nikkor 2/35mm AI-s and Sony Alpha 7R Mark III
The Church of the Assumption of the Buda Castle (Nagyboldogasszony-templom), more commonly known as the Matthias Church (Mátyás-templom), more rarely the Coronation Church of Buda, is a Roman Catholic church located in the Holy Trinity Square, Budapest, Hungary, in front of the Fisherman’s Bastion at the heart of Buda’s Castle […]
Two years ago at the end of summer 2019 we had travelled to this little fishermen’s lake at the bottom of the Northern Mountains of this National Park. I remember that our little one fell fast asleep in the car just the minute when we arrived to the village and […]
Photo taken with Leitz Wetzlar Summilux-R 50/1.4 Pre-production Model and Sony Alpha 7R Mark III
The view of the Tata castle, near Öreg-tó (Old Lake) of Tata, has amazed visitors for 700 years. It never played an important role in military history, but rulers of the country had always paid special attention to the fort and the town. Entry to the Garden and Yard are free […]
I could simply repeat or copy and paste from Wikipedia to give some details on this massive and monumental Church, but i just encourage you to take a look at its dimensions compared to the people in front of the right side of the building and try to imagine its […]
On a sunny Saturday afternoon we went on a ramble in Hungary’s country side. Our destination we picked for this family outing was one we spotted on an earlier drive by: Malomvölgyi-tó near Tardos, Komárom-Esztergom county. A small lake within a recreation area, with a small snack bar, a nature […]
The subway car breaking out of the ground – this is the title of the work, because that’s how it is. It was made according to the plan of Ildikó Zsemlye and was inaugurated in May 2016 on the outskirts of the settlement. But two years before that, in 2014, […]
Originally this Statue was part of the Burning Man Festival in Nevada and now it sits in the hills of Vál, Hungary. In 2015 at the Burning Man festival a interesting sculpture of art was brought to the attention of the world. The „Love sculpture” by Alexander Milov has a […]
Photo taken with Nikkor 35/2 AI-s on Sony Alpha 7R Mark III
… is this photograph of a heart painted on a stone which is resting in the waters of Danube near Szentendre, Hungary. International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated on 8 March around the world. It is a focal point in the movement for women’s rights. After the Socialist Party of America organized a Women’s Day […]
Photo taken with Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 2/58mm M42 on Sony Alpha 7R Mark III