Karl Hartwig Schütz's favorite photos

The concert Hall was officially opened by Crown Prince Haakon on 15 September 2012. The financing of the building was shared by the municipality of Stavanger, the county of Rogaland, the Norwegian government and private sponsors at a cost of 1.225 billion Norwegian kroner. It is spectacular inside.

Another trial.

Hope your week brings you sunshine and flowers and night-time rain showers.

The theme of the Saturday Self Challenge today is: Anything Made of Glass.

For today's Sunday Challenge. I had to stand indoors looking through an open window to get a photo of this young sparrow. Not many birds visiting the feeders today - it's too hot!

Saturday Self Challenge: Summer. Take a shot of anything that represents your favorite aspect of the season. At the best of times I do not like very hot summer weather such as we're having at the moment, and am often to be found in our north facing kitchen standing barefoot on the cold quarry tiles. I'm just off to the kitchen now. ;-)

Teams of painters were spread all along the promenade at Aberystwyth, making sure the town was looking smart for the summer. Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale, live in Denmark 2006 Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade of Pale & Kaleidoscope, 1968

Since November 1934, the lighthouse has been securing navigation on the Elbe river with lights reaching far for seven nautical miles. It marked the southern tip of the island of Pagensand. In November 2015 it was relocated by barge and placed at the Museumshafen Oevelgönne on the north bank of the Elbe at Neumühlen.