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Discovering Lübeck

Lübeck is a town in Northern Germany, once the significant capital of the Hanse, a union of merchants in the middle ages that dominated trade in the Baltic seas for many centuries. So, the city was also called the Queen of the Hanse, and its inhabitants used to be wealthy and influential. Many beautiful buildings, especially churches, were built in these blooming years. Lübeck is a beautiful and well-preserved historic inner town with a lot of water surrounding it, which makes for excellent perspectives. The photographs were shot in September 2019.

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Hallig Hooge

Hallig Hooge is also called the Queen of the Halligen. The Halligen are extraordinary islands in the Wadden region of northern Germany. They are not protected by dykes and are very low; the inhabitants are used to the islands being flooded 40-50 times per year. So to be safe and dry, the houses are built on so-called warften, little villages built on earth mounds. Hallig Hooge and its nature are truly extraordinary, a calm spot in the midst of a rough sea.

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Ribe in Pictures

Ribe is regarded as one of the oldest towns in Denmark. A vital church was built here by the missionary Ansgar of Bremen in the 9th century, probably the first church in Scandinavia altogether. By then, the town was already well known as a port town and for its sophisticated craftsmen. Nowadays, Ribe is of middle size, but the church is still one of Denmark’s finest examples of sacral architecture, and the inner town is lively and colorful.

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