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![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 […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/hamburg-signs-stickers-street-art-markets-01-115x115.jpg "Hamburg photos: signs, stickers, street art, street markets and The Monochrome Set")
Hamburg photos: signs, stickers, street art, street markets and The Monochrome Set
Posted on Wednesday, Aug 22, 2018 | No CommentsHere’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 […] -
![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 […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/mainz-germany-photos-01-115x115.jpg "Mainz in photos: architecture, tasty train meals, street scenes and The Monochrome Set, May 2018")
Mainz in photos: architecture, tasty train meals, street scenes and The Monochrome Set, May 2018
Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 | 1 CommentLocated 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 […] -
Cologne in photos: street scenes, graffiti, trains and The Monochrome Set, May 2018
Posted on Friday, May 25, 2018 | No CommentsJust over a year after my first visit to Cologne, I was back with The Monochrome Set to play the King Georg venue. -
![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 […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/skulpturen-park-koln-cologne-01-115x115.jpg "The wonderful Skulpturen Park (sculpture park) of Köln, Germany – in photos, May 2018")
The wonderful Skulpturen Park (sculpture park) of Köln, Germany – in photos, May 2018
Posted on Wednesday, May 9, 2018 | No CommentsA 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 […] -
![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 […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/berlin-posters-graffiti-01-115x115.jpg "Berlin photos: graffiti, street art and posters, May 2018")
Berlin photos: graffiti, street art and posters, May 2018
Posted on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 | No CommentsI 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 […] -
![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 […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/augsburg-winter-photos-01-115x115.jpg "Augsburg photos: snowy scenes, architecture, The Monochrome Set and the wonderful Grand Hotel Cosmopolis, Germany")
Augsburg photos: snowy scenes, architecture, The Monochrome Set and the wonderful Grand Hotel Cosmopolis, Germany
Posted on Thursday, Mar 8, 2018 | 1 CommentLocated 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 […] -
Photos of Weikersheim, Germany: the castle, street scenes and town views
Posted on Thursday, Jun 1, 2017 | No CommentsThe 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. -
Hamburg photos: street art, graffiti, night scenes, the docks and The Monochrome Set
Posted on Thursday, May 4, 2017 | 1 CommentI’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. -
Titty Twister, Beatles statues and seedy bars: A stroll around the Reeperbahn, Hamburg
Posted on Tuesday, Apr 11, 2017 | No CommentsA 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. -
![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 […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/berlin-photos-dec-2017-20-115x115.jpg "Berlin photos – station, stickers, squats, Roter Salon and bloody gentrification")
Berlin photos – station, stickers, squats, Roter Salon and bloody gentrification
Posted on Friday, Mar 17, 2017 | 1 CommentI 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 […] -
![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, […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/leipzig-photos-01-115x115.jpg "Leipzig photos: Trams, steam locomotive, old rocker, posters and graffiti")
Leipzig photos: Trams, steam locomotive, old rocker, posters and graffiti
Posted on Friday, Mar 3, 2017 | No CommentsThe 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, […] -
Brussels to Utrecht: Tintin, band stickers, a strap on buffet and the mysterious face in the window
Posted on Tuesday, Feb 28, 2017 | No CommentsHere’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. -
Photos of Cologne, Germany: The Rhine, King Georg bar, pipes, bins and a near-arrest for a heinous crime
Posted on Thursday, Jan 26, 2017 | No CommentsHere’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). -
![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 […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/frosty-scenes-germany-01-115x115.jpg "Frosty scenes across Germany – 13 photos of a chilly Europe")
Frosty scenes across Germany – 13 photos of a chilly Europe
Posted on Friday, Jan 20, 2017 | No CommentsLast 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 […] -
![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 […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/xmas-market-aschaffenburg-01-1-115x115.jpg "A mighty big Bavarian Christmas Market: December in Aschaffenburg, Germany")
A mighty big Bavarian Christmas Market: December in Aschaffenburg, Germany
Posted on Friday, Dec 30, 2016 | No CommentsThey 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 […]