It was still nighttime, and the sky was getting more and more overcast, so that the stars were no longer visible when I hiked along the trail into the moor. When I reached the observation tower, I set up my … read more or write a comment …
With this beautiful picture under a fantastic evening sky, I bid farewell to my Blue Port 2025 series. It was a pleasure to see the Rickmer Rickmers illuminated above the tops against this turquoise evening sky, with the Blohm & … read more or write a comment …
It was so beautiful to look down the Elbe from the new waterfront promenade at Vorsetzen—the Jan Fedder Promenade—and see the glow of the setting sun behind the blue-lit cranes of Blohm & Voss. Far in the background, the container … read more or write a comment …
The old cargo sailing ship Rickmer Rickmers, moored at the Landungsbrücken in Hamburg Harbor, is always specially illuminated for Blue Port. The water around it also turns deep blue. This perspective also allows the Elbphilharmonie concert hall in the background to … read more or write a comment …
HHLA (pronounced HALA), Hamburg Hafen und Logistik AG, celebrated its 140th anniversary in 2025. This was one of the reasons why Blue Port lasted 10 days this year instead of just a long weekend. The company’s internal celebration took place … read more or write a comment …
To see the blue-lit Köhlbrand Bridge, I drove to the Altonaer Balkon and the underlying Altonaer fish market. It is always nice to look down on the harbor from the high banks of Altona. The Köhlbrand Bridge spans the harbor … read more or write a comment …
The last time I was in 2015 at the Blue Port in Hamburg, at the musical theaters on the south bank of the Elbe. I like the view of the Elbphilharmonie from here. At Blue Port, the Hanseatic Trade Center … read more or write a comment …
It is clear to see that we are back in the active solar cycle that occurs every 11 years. Auroral sightings from German latitudes are also becoming more frequent on social networks. On October 10, I was also lucky enough … read more or write a comment …
What a farewell from three weeks in Iceland! In the evening, before we had to leave for the airport, there was a great chance of seeing auroras. The first night of the new aurora season in Iceland. Moreover, clear skies … read more or write a comment …
A few hours after the golden hour and already later in the evening it becomes more and more interesting on the new promenade at the river Elbe. I love the interesting structures of the lamps and their lights at the … read more or write a comment …
Strolling along the Zollkanal in Hamburg in the evening hours and looking at the illuminated Speicherstadt is always a nice experience. Afterwards, I like to walk back along the side of the Speicherstadt on the bank of the Zollkanal. Often … read more or write a comment …
At night on the way to Reine, just out of the corner of my eye, I saw the snow-covered mountains above the small fjord and braked immediately (luckily there was nothing going on on the roads at that time!), turned … read more or write a comment …