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In photos: Nuremberg architecture, castle, squares and street scenes
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In photos: Nuremberg architecture, castle, squares, station and street scenes

Wed 16th October, 2019Tue 1st June, 2021 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Situated 110 miles north of Munich, the Bavarian city of Nuremberg hosts several universities and a thriving arts scene. Infamous for hosting major Nazi rallies (and the site for the …

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A disappointing trip to the 'Narrowest Street In The World' in Reutlingen, Bavaria, Germany
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A disappointing trip to Spreuerhofstrasse, the ‘Narrowest Street In The World’ in Reutlingen, Germany

Thu 10th October, 2019Thu 10th October, 2019 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Rarely has a trip to a tourist attraction disappointed as much as my recent visit to the ‘Narrowest Street In The World’ in Reutlingen, Germany.

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Night rain in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany in photos, autumn 2019
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Night rain in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany in photos, autumn 2019

Tue 8th October, 2019Tue 1st June, 2021 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I’ve just come back from another tour of Germany with The Monochrome Set, and as usual I was doing my best to document my travels. Here’s a selection of photos …

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Hamburg photos: signs, stickers, street art, street markets and The Monochrome Set
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Hamburg photos: signs, stickers, street art, street markets and The Monochrome Set

Wed 22nd August, 2018Wed 22nd August, 2018 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Here’s a selection of photographs taken around Hamburg earlier this year. Once again, I was back in the city with my band, The Monochrome Set, although this time it was …

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Mainz in photos: architecture, tasty train meals, street scenes and The Monochrome Set, May 2018
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Mainz in photos: architecture, tasty train meals, street scenes and The Monochrome Set, May 2018

Wed 30th May, 2018 - by editor - 1 Comment

Located on the River Rhine, Mainz was founded as a military post by the Romans in the late 1st century BC and is famous as the home of the movable-type printing …

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Cologne in photos: street scenes, graffiti, trains and The Monochrome Set, May 2018
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Cologne in photos: street scenes, graffiti, trains and The Monochrome Set, May 2018

Fri 25th May, 2018Fri 25th May, 2018 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Just over a year after my first visit to Cologne, I was back with The Monochrome Set to play the King Georg venue.

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The wonderful Skulpturen Park of Köln, Germany - in photos, May 2018
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The wonderful Skulpturen Park (sculpture park) of Köln, Germany – in photos, May 2018

Wed 9th May, 2018 - by editor - Leave a Comment

A major international overview of contemporary sculpture, the Skulpturen Park Köln (Cologne Sculpture Park) opened in 1997. The 25,000 square feet public park features works by German and international artists and …

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Berlin photos: graffiti, street art and posters, May 2018
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Berlin photos: graffiti, street art and posters, May 2018

Tue 8th May, 2018Wed 22nd August, 2018 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I was back in Berlin last weekend to play another show with The Monochrome Set, and took time out to grab photos of some of the interesting street art, graffiti …

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Augsburg photos: snowy scenes, architecture, The Monochrome Set and the wonderful Grand Hotel Cosmpolis, Germany
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Augsburg photos: snowy scenes, architecture, The Monochrome Set and the wonderful Grand Hotel Cosmopolis, Germany

Thu 8th March, 2018Thu 8th March, 2018 - by editor - 1 Comment

Located in deepest Bavaria, Augsburg is Germany’s third oldest city, being founded by the Romans and named after the Roman emperor Augustus. I was back for the second time in …

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Photos of Weikersheim, Germany: the castle, street scenes and town views
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Photos of Weikersheim, Germany: the castle, street scenes and town views

Thu 1st June, 2017 - by editor - Leave a Comment

The penultimate gig on the Monochrome Set’s German tour saw the band travelling to the charming historic small town of Weikersheim in Baden-Württemberg, south Germany.

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Hamburg photos: street art, graffiti, night scenes, the docks and The Monochrome Set
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Hamburg photos: street art, graffiti, night scenes, the docks and The Monochrome Set

Thu 4th May, 2017Thu 4th May, 2017 - by editor - 1 Comment

I’m still working through the photos from my recent German tour, and here’s a selection of  over 80 pictures taken around Hamburg, a city I liked very much.

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Titty Twister, Beatles statues and crap bars: A stroll around the Reeperbahn, Hamburg
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Titty Twister, Beatles statues and seedy bars: A stroll around the Reeperbahn, Hamburg

Tue 11th April, 2017Tue 11th April, 2017 - by editor - Leave a Comment

A notorious street and entertainment zone in Hamburg’s St. Pauli district, the Reeperbahn is the city’s major red-light district and a popular tourist attraction – and like most tourist attractions, it’s pretty crap.

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Berlin photos - station, stickers, squats, Roter Salon and bloody gentrification
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Berlin photos – station, stickers, squats, Roter Salon and bloody gentrification

Fri 17th March, 2017Fri 17th March, 2017 - by editor - 1 Comment

I enjoyed a week in Berlin back in 2014, and it was great to get the chance to revisit the city recently. Sadly, it was something of a flying visit, as …

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Leipzig photos: Trams, steam locomotive, old rocker, posters and graffiti

Fri 3rd March, 2017Fri 3rd March, 2017 - by editor - Leave a Comment

The second date on my tour with the Monochrome Set saw the band descending on an excessively chilly Leipzig, the largest city in Saxony and Germany’s tenth most populous city, …

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Brussels to Utrecht: Tintin, band stickers, a strap on buffet and the mysterious face in the window
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Brussels to Utrecht: Tintin, band stickers, a strap on buffet and the mysterious face in the window

Tue 28th February, 2017Tue 28th February, 2017 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Here’s a selection of photos taken during a recent train journey from Brussels to Utrecht at the start of my December tour with the Monochrome Set.

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Photos of Cologne, Germany: The Rhine, King Georg bar, pipes, bins and a near-arrest for a heinous crime
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Photos of Cologne, Germany: The Rhine, King Georg bar, pipes, bins and a near-arrest for a heinous crime

Thu 26th January, 2017Thu 26th January, 2017 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Here’s a short series of photos taken around Cologne/Köln, the largest city in the German federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the fourth-largest city in Germany (after Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich).

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Frosty scenes across Germany - 13 photos of a chilly Europe
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Frosty scenes across Germany – 13 photos of a chilly Europe

Fri 20th January, 2017Thu 19th January, 2017 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Last month, I was travelling across Germany by train with The Monochrome Set, and although my hopes for Christmas card scenes of snow that was deep and crisp and even were …

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A mighty big Bavarian Christmas Market: December in Aschaffenburg, Germany
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A mighty big Bavarian Christmas Market: December in Aschaffenburg, Germany

Fri 30th December, 2016Fri 30th December, 2016 - by editor - Leave a Comment

They don’t mess about when it comes to Christmas markets in Bavaria, and earlier this month I was lucky enough to pay a flying visit to the Aschaffenburg Christmas market in southern …

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Crossing a chilly border: Bad Bentheim station in winter, Germany
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Crossing a chilly border: Bad Bentheim station in winter, Germany

Tue 13th December, 2016 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Located on the border of Germany and the Netherlands, I spent 20 minutes on a frozen Bad Bentheim railway station last week and grabbed a few photos as we waited for …

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Berlin street photos - a selection of photographs
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Berlin street photos – a selection of photographs

Tue 14th April, 2015 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I loved visiting Berlin last year, and have already posted up a series of photos from my travels around the city. Here’s my final set of shots from this fantastic city…

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Photo of the day: By the Berlin photo
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Photo of the day: By the Berlin fountain

Sat 29th November, 2014 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Here’s a scene from my visit to Berlin earlier this year, showing a couple sat in front of an extravagant fountain in the centre of the city. The photo was …

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Berlin graffiti, signs and street scenes - photo feature
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Berlin graffiti, signs and street scenes – photo feature

Tue 30th September, 2014Tue 30th September, 2014 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I really enjoyed my short trip to Berlin a few months back, and am slowly working my way through the hundreds of photos I took on my travels around the …

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A walk through Treptower Park and the Island of Youth, Berlin
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A walk through Treptower Park and the Island of Youth, Berlin

Thu 28th August, 2014Thu 28th August, 2014 - by editor - 1 Comment

Located to the south-east of the city centre, is Treptower Park, a large 88.2 hectare public space created between 1876 and 1888. Home to the striking Soviet War Memorial, the park …

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Photos of graffiti and artwork on the Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany
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Photos of graffiti and artwork on the Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany

Fri 15th August, 2014 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Built in 1961, the 28 mile Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic that cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. …

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Neukölln Flowmarkt photos - a wonderfully offbeat Berlin fleamarket
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Neukölln Flomarkt photos – a wonderfully offbeat Berlin fleamarket

Tue 29th July, 2014Tue 29th July, 2014 - by editor - 1 Comment

Located in the rapidly hipsterfying district of Neukölln in south-east Berlin is the Flomarkt, a fantastic flea market with a rich mix of secondhand clothes, old electronics, new art, handmade item, bric-a-brac …

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Photos of Treptower Park, the Soviet War Memorial in Berlin, Germany
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Photos of Treptower Park, the Soviet War Memorial in Berlin, Germany

Thu 24th July, 2014Tue 14th April, 2015 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Situated in Berlin’s Treptower Park, the Soviet War Memorial is a massive war memorial and military cemetery commemorating 5,000 of the 80,000 Soviet soldiers who fell in the Battle of Berlin during April–May 1945.

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Photo feature - Turkish Market, Maybachufer in Berlin Neukölln, Germany
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Photo feature – Turkish Market, Maybachufer in Berlin Neukölln, Germany

Fri 18th July, 2014Thu 17th July, 2014 - by editor - 1 Comment

Taking place every Tuesday and Friday in Berlin is the Turkish Market in Maybachufer, Neukölln. Open from 11am to 6.30pm, it’s a great place to buy some great food and rake in the …

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My favourite Berlin bar - Bar Mama, Hobrechtstraße 61 12047 Berlin
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My favourite Berlin bar – Bar Mama, Hobrechtstraße 61 12047 Berlin

Wed 2nd July, 2014Wed 2nd July, 2014 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Berlin’s got some absolutely amazing bars, and although we were only there long enough to sample a mere handful, we felt right at home at Bar Mama in the Neukölln district as soon as …

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Berlin Tempelhof Airport - an abandoned international airline in the centre of Berlin
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Berlin Tempelhof Airport – an abandoned international airport in the centre of Berlin

Fri 20th June, 2014Tue 12th July, 2016 - by editor

Once the third-busiest airport in Europe, the former Berlin Tempelhof Airport lay abandoned for several years after its closure in 2008 before being turned into a fabulous public park.

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The wonderful gas lamps of Berlin - the world's largest gas lighting network
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The wonderful gas lamps of Berlin – the world’s largest gas lighting network

Wed 18th June, 2014Wed 18th June, 2014 - by editor - 1 Comment

Taking an evening stroll around Berlin on the weekend, I was pleasantly surprised to see the city’s streets bathed in the warm glow of gas lighting.

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