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  • Let it grow – day 5, Nov 5, 2014

    Posted on Wednesday, 05.11.2014 15:48 by sebrem Comment

    So by coincidence my last shave was exactly in beginning of the month. As I did not want to take part in “Movember” again I just decided to let it grow.

    Here’s a picture of day 5 on Instagram:

    Day 5 #LetItGrow

    Ein von Sebastian Bremicker (@sebrem77) gepostetes Foto am Nov 11, 2014 at 5:09 PST

    If you like the idea find out more at:

    • No Shave November
    • Movember Germany

    english instagram life photos 📎and tagged instagram letitgrow life me photos
  • Sunset walk and Hansemarkt, Nov 1st, 2014

    Posted on Saturday, 01.11.2014 23:27 by sebrem Comment

    On this very warm November 1st we did another walk through Dortmund and went to Hansemarkt afterwards.

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    Click on the pictures to zoom, see Picasa for full-size pics and location data.

    Here are some of the pictures on Instagram:

    Clouds #Nordstadt #Dortmund

    Ein von Sebastian Bremicker (@sebrem77) gepostetes Foto am Nov 11, 2014 at 2:48 PDT

    Sky #Dortmund #Nordstadt

    Ein von Sebastian Bremicker (@sebrem77) gepostetes Foto am Nov 11, 2014 at 2:51 PDT

    Sunset #Dortmund #Nordstadt

    Ein von Sebastian Bremicker (@sebrem77) gepostetes Foto am Nov 11, 2014 at 2:53 PDT

    Sunset #Dortmund #Hauptbahnhof

    Ein von Sebastian Bremicker (@sebrem77) gepostetes Foto am Nov 11, 2014 at 2:55 PDT

    Sky #Dortmund #Hauptbahnhof

    Ein von Sebastian Bremicker (@sebrem77) gepostetes Foto am Nov 11, 2014 at 2:56 PDT

    View from #U-Turm #Dortmund

    Ein von Sebastian Bremicker (@sebrem77) gepostetes Foto am Nov 11, 2014 at 2:58 PDT

    Roof access #U-Turm #Dortmund

    Ein von Sebastian Bremicker (@sebrem77) gepostetes Foto am Nov 11, 2014 at 3:00 PDT

    Hidden light

    Ein von Sebastian Bremicker (@sebrem77) gepostetes Foto am Nov 11, 2014 at 3:02 PDT

    Clay oven #Hansemarkt #Dortmund

    Ein von Sebastian Bremicker (@sebrem77) gepostetes Foto am Nov 11, 2014 at 3:05 PDT


    couchsurfing dortmund english events instagram life photos picasa 📎and tagged couchsurfing dortmund english hansemarkt life photos
  • Walk over Ostfriedhof and other sites, Oct 24, 2014

    Posted on Friday, 24.10.2014 22:55 by sebrem Comment

    Today I took a walk with two fellow couchsurfers, we’ve visited the Ostfriedhof with its monuments and the city centre and on the way home I took some pictures along Bornstrasse.

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    See Picasa for full-size pics and location data.

    Some of the pictures are also on Instagram:

    Colours of #autumn in Ostfriedhof #Dortmund

    Ein von Sebastian Bremicker (@sebrem77) gepostetes Foto am Okt 10, 2014 at 1:41 PDT

    #autumn leaves on a wall

    Ein von Sebastian Bremicker (@sebrem77) gepostetes Foto am Okt 10, 2014 at 1:44 PDT

    Bell tower with #autumn leaves

    Ein von Sebastian Bremicker (@sebrem77) gepostetes Foto am Okt 10, 2014 at 1:45 PDT

    Evening in #Nordstadt

    Ein von Sebastian Bremicker (@sebrem77) gepostetes Foto am Okt 10, 2014 at 1:47 PDT


    couchsurfing dortmund english instagram life picasa trees 📎and tagged couchsurfing dortmund english instagram life ostfriedhof photos
  • More or less random pictures, Oct 16, 2014

    Posted on Thursday, 16.10.2014 17:05 by sebrem Comment

    There is not much to blog about right now, but here are some assorted pictures.

    I got a foster plant and the gift of a dreamcatcher (Picasa):

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    That spider was too interesting not to take a picture of, I’m proud of having its web in the picture:

    Fat spider at ISM
    Fat spider at ISM

    Then there was some city exploring on the weekends, the last picture with the cup symbolizes me being home with a nasty cough (Picasa):

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    In the “bookshelves” click on the pictures to zoom, use the picasa links to get to albums with full-size-pics and location data.

    Some of the pictures are also on Instagram:

    Autumn #clouds in Technologiepark #Dortmund

    Ein von Sebastian Bremicker (@sebrem77) gepostetes Foto am Okt 10, 2014 at 8:47 PDT

    Meitnerweg #clouds #Dortmund

    Ein von Sebastian Bremicker (@sebrem77) gepostetes Foto am Okt 10, 2014 at 10:34 PDT


    animals dortmund english instagram life photos picasa plants trees 📎and tagged dortmund english instagram life nordstadt photos technologiepark
  • Speckled wood butterfly, Sep 15, 2014

    Posted on Tuesday, 16.09.2014 10:43 by sebrem Comment
    Speckled wood butterfly, 15.09.14
    Speckled wood butterfly, 15.09.14

    This guy seems to love nettles, at least he kept still until I could take this shoot 😉 In German it’s a “Laubfalter”, at least using the very nice web page “Die Schmetterlinge Deutschlands” lets me think so. I found him in Technologiepark, right where I described it to be a nice place to spot them in this post.


    butterflies dortmund english life photos 📎and tagged butterflies dortmund english life photos
  • Walking tour Phoenix Dortmund, Sep 6, 2014

    Posted on Sunday, 07.09.2014 12:04 by sebrem Comment

    So yesterday we did a walking tour as a couchsurfing event in Dortmund. We started by ascending Reinoldikirche tower, went by metro to Rombergpark and took a walk around the main pond. From there the next obvious stop was Phoenix West. Close to Eliasbahn viaduct we met a native guy from Hörde who took us over his favourite “goat path” to some hidden spots. Later we enjoyed Phoenixsee gastronomy and took a look at Phoenixsee while the moon was shining over the construction cranes 😉

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    Click on the pictures to zoom – visit Picasa for full-size pics and location data.


    couchsurfing dortmund english life meetings photos picasa 📎and tagged couchsurfing dortmund english life meetings phoenix west photos
  • Guided tour Rombergpark, Phoenix-West, Phoenixsee (viking boat competition), Aug 24, 2014

    Posted on Monday, 25.08.2014 16:13 by sebrem Comment

    On Sunday I promised to give a guided tour to a couchsurfer who was visiting Dortmund. I announced the tour on the day before but in the end it’s only been the two of us, what is there to say it was stress-free that way 🙂

    So most of the pictures are similar to the ones I already took but then it’s been April weather in August yesterday so at least the lightning is different. And also, if you look closely at one of the flower pics taken in Phoenix-West, you’ll find an insect I’d categorize as “cabbage white butterfly” 🙂

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    Click on the pictures to zoom, visit Picasa for full-size pics and location data.


    butterflies couchsurfing dortmund english flowers life photos picasa 📎and tagged butterflies couchsurfing dortmund english flowers hörde life phoenix west phoenixsee photos rombergpark
  • Bike tour Hoesch Museum, Aug 17, 2014

    Posted on Wednesday, 20.08.2014 12:27 by sebrem Comment

    On Sunday I was on a guided bike tour organized by the Hoesch Museum in Dortmund. It was interested to see how everything was connected in Dortmund, liquid iron has been transported by train from one steel factory to another for example. The highlight of the tour for me was a visit to a “forbidden area”, the area of the steel factory Westfalenhütte in the north of Dortmund where I live.

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    Click on the photos to zoom – visit Picasa for full-size pics and location data.

    Here’s the route on bikemap:

    Route 2,761,097 – powered by www.bikemap.net

    bike tours dortmund english life photos picasa 📎and tagged bike tours dortmund english nordstadt phoenixsee photos westfalenhütte
  • Hilfe bei Depressionen in Dortmund

    Posted on Tuesday, 12.08.2014 09:56 by sebrem 1 Comment

    Ich möchte den traurigen Anlaß mit dem Tod von Robin Williams als Gelegenheit verwenden, darauf hinzuweisen, wo man in Dortmund Hilfe findet, wenn man Probleme mit Depressionen hat oder sich allgemein hilflos fühlt:

    • Der Hausarzt ist sicher meistens der erste Ansprechpartner, wenn man eine vertrauensvolle Beziehung zu ihm pflegt. Ein guter Hausarzt nimmt sich entsprechend die Zeit, wenn die Stichwörter genannt werden.
    • Für Studenten gibt es an der Uni auch die Psychologische Beratung
    • Selbsthilfegruppen findet man hier Selbsthilfe Dortmund – zum Stichwort Depression hier Selbsthilfe Dortmund – Stichpunkt Depression
    • In Hörde am evangelischen Krankenhaus Bethanien gibt es ein Krisenzentrum
    • Entscheidet man sich für eine Therapie, hilft die KVWL schnell und unkompliziert weiter: Therapieplatzsuche

    Die meisten Angebote sind kostenlos und niederschwellig. Bei den meisten Selbsthilfegruppen sollte man sich vorher informieren, ob es Regeln gibt, die einem dann evtl. zusagen oder auch nicht.

    Einen Therapeuten kann man sich selber über die KVWL suchen, letztendlich benötigt man dann aber später eine Überweisung durch den Hausarzt. Stellt der Psychotherapeut nach einigen probatorischen Sitzungen fest, daß eine Behandlung sinnvoll ist, wird ein Kostenübernahmeantrag an die Krankenkasse gestellt (d.h. die Krankenkassen übernehmen die Kosten für eine Therapie). Es gibt große Unterschiede zwischen den einzelnen Therapieformen, die ich jetzt nicht erläutern kann, das hängt auch davon ab, welche Ausbildung der Therapeuth gemacht hat (Psychiater, Psychologe, Psychologischer Psychotherapeuth) – es hat jedenfalls nichts damit zu tun, daß man “happy pills” verschrieben bekommt oder ein “Psycho” ist.
    Wichtig wäre noch zu wissen, daß die Aufnahme einer Therapie den Abschluß einer Berufsunfähigkeitsversicherung nahezu komplett verhindert.

    Die Kassenärztlichen Vereinigungen anderer Regionen lassen sich über die Bundesärztliche Vereinigung finden: KBV – evtl. sind es erstmal Direktlinks zur Arztsuche, über die Seite der jeweiligen KV sollte aber dann eine Therapieplatzvergabe erreichbar sein.


    deutsch dortmund life 📎and tagged deutsch dortmund life
  • Supermoon, Aug 11, 2014

    Posted on Monday, 11.08.2014 09:12 by sebrem Comment

    There was this supermoon – I noticed its brightness, but could not compare the size. It’s hard to take proper pictures without professional equipment like a tripod or remote control. It was nice I could watch it from my bedroom though 🙂 See Youtube here and here for some footage.

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    Click on the pictures to zoom – visit Picasa for full-size pics and location data. The videos are only thumbnailed so you should use the youtube links to watch them


    dortmund english events life photos picasa 📎and tagged dortmund english life nordstadt photos supermoon
  • Phoenix-West revisited, Aug 04, 2014

    Posted on Thursday, 07.08.2014 10:57 by sebrem Comment

    On Monday we’ve been with a small group of couchsurfers to Phoenix-West and were able to see the sun set behind the scenery 🙂

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    Click on the photos to zoom – visit Picasa for full-size pics and location data.


    couchsurfing dortmund english life photos picasa 📎and tagged couchsurfing dortmund english hörde hospex life phoenix west photos
  • Bike tour Dortmund east / southeast, Aug 3, 2014

    Posted on Sunday, 03.08.2014 19:58 by sebrem Comment

    Just came back from a nice bike tour with people from a facebook group. 🙂 Here are some pictures taken during the way:

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    Click on the pictures to zoom – visit Picasa for full-size pics and location data

    The tour was about 25km, you can take a look on bikemap.net:

    Route 2,732,661 – powered by www.bikemap.net

    bike tours dortmund english flowers life photos picasa 📎and tagged bike tours bikemap dortmund english flowers hörde life phoenix west phoenixsee photos
  • Cafe Nord Open Air, Jul 26, 2014

    Posted on Thursday, 31.07.2014 14:58 by sebrem Comment

    Last Saturday I’ve been to Cafe Nord Open Air 2014 to see Dew Scented, Motorjesus and a bit of Tankard 🙂 [alpine-phototile-for-picasa-and-google-plus src=”user_album” uid=”114159417905468681891″ ualb=”6041003768097261089″ imgl=”fancybox” style=”bookshelf” row=”4″ size=”400″ num=”3″ align=”center” max=”100″] Click on the pictures to zoom – visit Picasa for full-size-pics and location data


    english essen events life photos picasa 📎and tagged cafe nord open air english essen life photos
  • Burg Altena / Westfalenpark Dortmund / Schloß Burg / Kanal, Jul 17-19, 2014

    Posted on Saturday, 19.07.2014 21:07 by sebrem Comment

    I did host Carmen from Spain a couple of days and she was very touristic, so I took two days off from work and we went to Burg Altena, Westfalenpark and Schloß Burg.

    This is Burg Altena, one hour from Dortmund by train (Picasa):

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    Then we went to Westfalenpark Dortmund and went for the tv tower (Picasa):

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    On the next morning we went to Solingen to visit Schloß Burg. On the way we passed the Schwebebahn in Wuppertal and also had the opportunity to use the ropeway up to the castle 🙂 On the way back we went for the full ride with the Schwebebahn from Wuppertal-Vohwinkel to Wuppertal-Oberbarmen (Picasa):

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    On her last day in Dortmund I took her to Dortmund-Ems-Kanal for a relaxing hour. We were sitting in the shadow of a tree, with the canal in our back and having a look at Deusen (Picasa):

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    Click on the pictures to zoom. Use the Picasa links for full-size pictures and location data.


    altena couchsurfing dortmund english flowers life photos picasa solingen 📎and tagged burg altena couchsurfing dortmund english flowers hospex life photos schloß burg westfalenpark
  • Sommer am U, Jun 22, 2014

    Posted on Thursday, 03.07.2014 13:56 by sebrem Comment

    Sommer am U, 23.6.14I spent the weekend of June 22/23 at U Turm, Dortmund, as there has been the last chance to see the exposition “World of Matter” and also on this weekend there was Schau-Festival. There also was “Sommer am U” but as you can see in the picture Dörte took of me there unfortunately was not too much going on outside.


    dortmund english life photos 📎and tagged dortmund english life me U Turm

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