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  • Spring has begun, Mar 20, 2014

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    It’s spring 🙂 I would have loved to put up pictures of butterflies but unfortunately the little fellows have been to busy today to pose for my camera, so it’s flowers instead. I’ve been at Nordstadt, An der Palmweide, in Technologiepark and Dorstfeld in Dortmund and at Zollverein in Essen that day.

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  • Sunset Dortmund Universität, Mar 19, 2014

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    Sun sets behind Dortmund Universität, 19.03.14 18:50 – you could say those were the last rays of winter sun 2014 🙂

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  • Memorial Steinwache Dortmund

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    Yesterday I’ve been asked by a guest about the Steinwache memorial – I must admit that after nearly 15 years in Dortmund I never thought much about it, I was thinking it was like one room with some black/white pictures, but I did not know how wrong I’ve been all the time.

    The memorial has a permanent exhibition about German history from roughly 1930 to 1945, with a focus of the events in the area around Dortmund. It’s a refurbished prison and each of the 50 cells on 3 levels has a different topic. So you should take some time, at least 2 hours I’d say. The easiest way to understand the contents in English is to buy the € 0,50 guidebook in English.

    I did not want to take pictures inside it. Admission is free, see http://www.dortmund.de/de/freizeit_und_kultur/stadtarchiv/steinwache/ (in German) for more information.
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    Gestern hat mich ein Gast nach der Gedenkstätte Steinwache gefragt – ich muß zugeben, nach fast 15 Jahren in Dortmund habe ich nicht viel über diesen Ort nachgedacht, ich hatte mir vorgestellt, es handele sich um einen Raum mit ein paar Schwarz/weiß-Aufnahmen, aber ich wußte nicht, wie falsch ich damit lag.

    Die Gedenkstätte hat eine Dauerausstellung über deutsche Geschichte von ca. 1930 bis 945 mit dem Schwerpunkt auf das Gebiet um Dortmund. Es handelt sich um ein umgebautes Gefängnis und jede der 50 Zellen auf 3 Etagen hat ein anderes Thema. Deshalb sollte man etwas Zeit mitbringen, ich denke, mindestens 2 Stunden. Für englischsprachige Besucher gibt es den Museumsführer als Broschüre für € 0,50 zu kaufen (die deutsche Broschüre ist ebenfalls für € 0,50 erhältlich).

    Ich wollte keine Photos machen. Der Eintritt ist frei, mehr Informationen gibt es unter http://www.dortmund.de/de/freizeit_und_kultur/stadtarchiv/steinwache/.

    Mahn- und Gedenkstätte Steinwache
    Steinstraße 50
    44147 Dortmund

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  • Trees & bushes in bloom, Mar 13, 2014

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    Yesterday I did have my camera with me so I could take some pictures of trees and bushes in bloom while going to work/having a coffee break 🙂

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  • Sunset Dortmund Hauptbahnhof, Mar 12, 2014

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    Yesterday I had my camera with me when I spotted this beautiful sunset over Dortmund main station

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  • Forsythias, Mar 11, 2014

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    Looks like spring 🙂

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  • Rombergpark, Mar 8, 2014

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    The nice weather lured me and some friends out for a short bike tour:-)

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    Here’s an overview of the tour from bikemap:

    Route 2,491,052 – powered by www.bikemap.net

     


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  • Rombergpark / Phoenix-Park / Steinklippenweg, Mar 2, 2014

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    The sun lured me into Rombergpark, but only today I did notice the hidden gem right on the other side of B54 motorway 😉

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  • Stroll around the former Museum Ostwall, Dortmund, Feb 27, 2014

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    Yesterday I tried to find the building of the former Museum Ostwall, located at said thoroughfare. I had to learn I was mistaken about its position all the time, I mistook a school building for it and yesterday even went into the secretary office of Stadtgymnasium to ask about it. But finally I found the building, but unfortunately I was one month late to see the latest (or final?) exhibition, which was closed end of January.
    The future of the site is still subject to political discussions, see the page of a citizen’s group (in German) for more information.

    Below are some pictures I took that day in the area.

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  • Making sense of the remaining leave today and tomorrow

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    So, after a bit of a gloomy time I had during the last weeks, today I finally had a good start into my last 2 days of spending the remaining leave of 2013 today and tomorrow. 🙂  I’ll probably meet some people from “Neu in Dortmund” at Cakes’n’Treats at 10.30 (feel free to join, there’s also an FB event visible for members of said group).

    Later at 13.00 I’ll meet at least one friend for lunch at Caracalla (feel also free to join).

    Then there’s a pending couch request (the first “official” of this year, the other guests were friends who contacted me directly) by an interesting person, she’s from NZ and travelled 6 months through Europe and I guess she’ll have some stories to tell, should she make it to Dortmund tomorrow.

    Having nearly made up for the days off hour-wise in the office this week I hope to spend not too much time at the PC, there are some private tasks left but I guess I’ll just do the ones friends asked me for and leave the not-pressing private ones (working on the blog for example) to a rainy afternoon . 😉

    To those who celebrate carnival during the next days, have a good time!


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  • Visit to Dortmund Lanstrop, Feb 14, 2014

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    On February 14 I set out for a walk with my father, in order to catch some fresh air and take pictures.

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  • Photos of Gleisanlage Spähenfelde, Dortmund, Feb 12, 2014

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    I wanted to enjoy the view over a wide area of railway tracks.

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  • Shortcut from Dortmund-Dorstfeld to Dortmund Uni is open, Feb 5, 2014

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    It must have been weeks ago that the shortcut from Dortmund-Dorstfeld to Uni has been opened. I’m talking about the new road that leads from “Dorstfelder Allee” to the roundabout close to “Tryp Hotel” in Eichlinghofen. Here’s a map:

    And here are some pictures I took from the passenger seat of a car:

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  • A winter’s sunrise in Dortmund, Feb 5, 2014

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    There was a nice sunrise this morning in Dortmund.

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  • Walk through Dortmund, Jan 28, 2014

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    Here are some pictures from a stroll through Dortmund on a sunny day.

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