Photography about ruhrpott

The Ruhrpott, or Ruhr area or just Pott is the name for a conglomeration of cities besides the river Ruhr. This are is very dense. You drive from one city to the other without knowing that there is a start or ending. The poppulation is about 5 million people.

catched the tiger

Taken at the famouse tiger and turtle magic mountain in Duisburg,…

Early S-bahn to Wuppertal

To Wuppertal

Catching the S-bahn in Essen Stehle, going to Wuppertal.

Heavy load by Dominik Jais

Heavy load

Symbolics in nature. The heavy load of snow.

Sundown in Essen showing RWE Tower, Evonic

Sundown VIII

I can't get enough of this. I can't get enough of this. I can't get enough of this. I can't get enough of this. I can't get enough of this.

A40 from pedestrian bridge

Speed Daemon

The A40, the highlight of Essen. The place everybody should be proud of.

Industry landscape

Industry landscape

Industry landscape

Sundown in Essen

To the Hauptbahnhof

While walking to the Hauptbahnhof (main station) in Essen I saw that perfect alignment of the teletower at the far distance.

No bikes please

No bikes please

no bikes please. While Essen invests a lot in so called Schnellradwege (far distant bicycle roads) the don't do anything for bicycles in the city…

A small transporter besides a tree at an ecovillage

Portuguese days

In September 2017 I went to Portugal to meet with the Blueprint Alliance.

Where no one looks at

Ruhrpott Part Four - long kiss goodbye

Part four of the Ruhrpott series. The final chapter. I was already torn away from Essen.

Miss Liberty - or what is visible of her

NYC spring

In 2014 I followed an invitation by SolarC³ITIES TH Culhane to visit NYC, Dobbs Ferry. It was the first time I went to the States.

Biogas experts discussing the production of a new biogas storage

biogas experimentation week

In August 2015 I went to Tamera for the 3rd Blueprint meeting and the Biogas experimentation week.

A40 Essen at night

Ruhrpott Part One - a new city

Over 8 years I took a lot of photos. I started with a Canon 60D and then switched to a Sony Nex 7. Those bulky and heavy DSLRs are like dinosaurs…

Oslo Permanent

In 2019 I went to Oslo for the Nordic Institute…

Shadows on the wall

a Finnish year

On the 25th of May 2016 I moved to Finland with my wife. We live on the countryside near the lovely small town Pälkäne.

The Park deck at the Essen Rathaus Gallery

Ruhrpott Part Three - return of the wiseguys

3rd Part of the Ruhrpott Quadrologie. I walked through the city several times at different hours.

Detail photo of an ant sitting on a plant leave

twenty days and one week

In 2015 we stayed for twenty days and one week in Finland.