Hamburg plans spectacular new opera house
November 17, 2025
Hamburg’s new opera house is designed to blur the division between interior and exterior
Hamburg’s new opera house is designed to blur the division between interior and exterior
A birthday party for Germany’s big port and special celebrations elsewhere in May
PHeymont is still mystified by these gravity-defying buskers. No idea at all how they do it!
Jonathan L takes us on a cruise down the Elbe and through one of the largest shipping ports in Europe
Get up close to some of the largest ships that cruise the sea
Years late and amazingly expensive, Hamburg’s new concert hall nevertheless sounds a sweet note as it opens.
In Hamburg’s Alster harbor area Photo: Butterfly1172 / Wikimedia While Berlin and Munich are the tourist meccas most often thought of
San Francisco is testing a special paint that splashes back on your shoes and trousers if you offend it by urinating in public. It’s a possible answer to San Francisco’s rash of complaints asking the city to steam-clean urine from stinky walls. …
Hamburg’s Hagenbeck Zoo has a new member this week, with the birth of a yet-to-be-named baby after a 23-month pregnancy. The mother is Yashoda, who
Hamburg’s new opera house is designed to blur the division between interior and exterior
A birthday party for Germany’s big port and special celebrations elsewhere in May
PHeymont is still mystified by these gravity-defying buskers. No idea at all how they do it!
Jonathan L takes us on a cruise down the Elbe and through one of the largest shipping ports in Europe
Get up close to some of the largest ships that cruise the sea
Years late and amazingly expensive, Hamburg’s new concert hall nevertheless sounds a sweet note as it opens.
In Hamburg’s Alster harbor area Photo: Butterfly1172 / Wikimedia While Berlin and Munich are the tourist
San Francisco is testing a special paint that splashes back on your shoes and trousers if you offend it by urinating in public. It’s a possible answer to San Francisco’s rash of complaints asking the city to steam-clean urine from stinky walls. …
Hamburg’s Hagenbeck Zoo has a new member this week, with the birth of a yet-to-be-named baby after a 23-month pregnancy.