Night and Blue Hour

The Sunday Challenge (TSC): ORB Inset the original photo plus a second orb and the archive photo this was made from.

Kleines Haus (theatre and ballett) built 1959-62, architect Hans Volkart Großes Haus (opera and ballett) built 1909-12, architect Max Littmann

Stuttgart Kunstmuseum was designed by Berlin architects Hascher and Jehle and opened in 2005. It houses (among others) an important collection of works by Otto Dix. www.kunstmuseum-stuttgart.de

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Harpa participated in Pink October by illuminating its facade. Employees wore pink and we spotted Björk wearing pink stockings with white plateau shoes and a huge white coat;-) Even the lighthouse on Seltjanarnes (see inset) was illuminated pink. On the same day, Icelandic Rescue Services had a meeting there and showed some of their vehicles (see inset). Harpa nahm am Pink October mit illuminierter Fassade teil, Angestellte trugen ebenfalls Pink. Wir sahen sogar Björk höchstpersönlich in rosa Strümpfen, weißen Plateauschuhen und riesigem weißen Mantel;-) Auch der Leuchtturm auf Seltjanarnes war pink beleuchtet (s.PiP) Die isländischen Rettungsdienste hatten an dem Tag ebenfalls ein Treffen dort und stellten einige ihrer Fahrzeuge aus (s. PiP).

In front of Oslo Central station on a winter morning. The photo was taken through the window during an early breakfast.

Opened in 2008 and designed by architects Snøhetta, Oslo Opera House won the prestigious Mies van der Rohe Award in 2009. On the left is the building site for the new Deichmanske Hovedbibliotek and on the right the building site for the new Munch museum. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_Opera_House

At Hurtigruten pier in Nøstebukten, waiting for departure. Top right is Fløyen with the illuminated track of Fløybanen.

Nordgående Hurtigrute MS Vesterålen er nå klar for avgang!

Blue hour at Bergen prior to departure of MS Nordlys

Nach der Ausfahrt aus Bergen fängt mit der Unterquerung der Askøybrücke eine Hurtigrutenreise wirklich an. Ich bin dann mal eine Weile weg.... A Hurtigruten journey truly has started once the boat has passed Askøy Bridge. I'm off to the North for a while.... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ask%C3%B8y_Bridge Shot with Samyang 14mm at f2,8

Shot with Samyang 14mm/f 2,8 - please open full size!

Winter morning (8.20 a.m.) near Måløy, view on black!