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Town hall illuminated
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Recklinghausen leuchtet 2021: 150+ illuminations!

13. November 202115. November 2021 Mia Jaap 1 Comment illumination, recklinghausen, video

The city of Recklinghausen is back with their annual light festival “Recklinghausen leuchtet”. It boasts a record number of illuminations: quantity over quality?

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Essen Illumination Weeks: animal
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Essen Illumination Weeks

6. November 202115. November 2021 Mia Jaap 1 Comment essen, illumination

Essen is host to no less than three illumination festivals, the Essen Illumination Weeks is the middle one. This year’s theme is “animal park”.

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Tokyo German Village – Winter Illumination

11. November 201412. October 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments illumination, tokyo, winter

Tokyo German Village is a park in Chiba, located about two hours from central Tokyo. The park offers facilities for families, flower events, a souvenir shop and German food. It’s not an educational place meant to teach you German – in many ways it’s very much a Japanese park.

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Where to go!

Dockland building
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Dockland Hamburg: Step by Step for a view

9. June 20227. June 2022 Mia Jaap 0

An office building that also serves as an observation deck – Dockland in Hamburg is more than that. The shape of the building is interesting…and then there are the 136 steps.

Sign full of sticker art on the back
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Sticker Art – Urban art in Hamburg

22. April 202219. April 2022 Mia Jaap 0
Walking the Boberger Dunes
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Boberger Dunes: Hamburg’s last shifting dunes

18. April 202218. April 2022 Mia Jaap 1
Let it Snow… in Hamburg!
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Let it Snow… in Hamburg!

29. December 202128. December 2021 Mia Jaap 0

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