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A metro station with hardly any passengers but lots of art? This is the Finnoo station of the Länsimetro (western metro) in Helsinki on the route from Matinkylä to Kivenlahti. Since December 2022, you can take the lift 34 metres down or take the longest escalator in Finland with a length of 78 metres. Once on the platform, you can marvel at the art of Leena-Nio, whose paintings are called "Drea...

Dry under the Elbe? Yes, through the Old Elbe Tunnel in Hamburg. Since 1911, it has been possible to walk dry under the Elbe through 2 tunnel tubes from the Landungsbrücken to the Steinwerder harbour area. The Elbe Tunnel was initially used by harbour workers as a shortcut to their workplaces in the shipyards. To this day, the tunnel is popular with pedestrians and cyclists. Until a few years a...

Come with us on our walk to one of Hamburg's most famous places, where there are always lots of ships on the water! The jetties are a popular starting point for visitors and locals alike for harbour tours, taking the catamaran ferry to Helgoland or the HADAG ferries down the Elbe to Finkenwerder or to the musical theatres directly opposite. There are also many restaurants on the jetties serving...

Quirky pub, art and culture The Oberhafenquartier Hamburg, Oberhafenbrücke und Oberhafenkantine Across the former revolving Oberhafen Bridge or the new Hafencity to the Oberhafen district. The Brücke, dating from 1906, formerly a swing bridge, today a two-storey bridge, above for the trains that all come to Hamburg via the Elbe and below for cars, pedestrians and cyclists. The bridge is known f...

Today we are walking along the Elbe towards the Elbe bridges in the new Hafencity district. The Baakenhafen district offers 2,400 newly built flats. Along the promenade at Versmannkai past the industrial monuments, the cultural ship MS STUBNITZ, a former GDR deep-sea fishing vessel and the old harbour cranes, we reach the Elbe bridges, the gateway to Hamburg.

The ELBBRÜCKEN underground and S-Bahn stations are the stops at the Elbbrückenzentrum in Hafencity. Long-distance trains to and from Hamburg run through the centre of both stations. The two glass stations are connected by a futuristic, fully glazed pedestrian bridge called SKYWALK. The U-Bahn station was opened in 2018 and the S-Bahn station in 2019. Up to 6400 people change trains from the 470...

Coming from the south, the Elbe bridges are the gateway to Hamburg. The Elbe bridges consist of several road and railway bridges that lie next to each other. They connect Hamburg city centre with the districts of Veddel and Wilhelmsburg. The first bridge was built between 1884 and 1887, followed later by the others. The view of the new HafenCity, Elbphilharmonie concert hall and Entenwerder pen...

Wonderful weather and a walk in the park of Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam near Berlin. Built between 1745 and 1747, the palace was the summer residence and favourite place of King Frederick II (known as "Old Fritz"). The terraced vineyard in front of the palace was laid out at the same time as the palace. The other buildings, such as the New Chambers (guest house) and the picture gallery, were bu...

The grandstand of the world-famous former AVUS racetrack in Berlin still exists opposite the City-Cube Berlin. The grandstand could seat 4000 spectators. A regional television station now has a studio below the spectator seats and events are also still held here. Car racing began on the AVUS in 1921. The approximately 8.5 kilometre long race track had only two turning loops (curves) and two str...

From the "House of Cultures of Nations" along the Spree and past the Chancellery. The House of Cultures, built in 1957 as a congress hall, is nicknamed the ‘pregnant oyster’ in Berlin. It was a gift from the BENJAMIN-FRANKLIN-FOUNDATION. It was used for congresses and conferences until the southern part of the roof collapsed in 1980. Following the demolition and reconstruction of the roof, it i...

Join me on my walk in Berlin Spandau: From the Spandau locks on the river Havel we go through the oldest part of the quarter, cross the river Havel and turn left and go inside the old fortress 'Spandau citadel', which was built in the 16th century.

We are in the westernmost district of Berlin, in Spandau. A sunny and quiet morning, we walk along the river Havel towards the locks. Two passenger ships are at the quai and are being prepared by the crew for the next tour

Today we continue our walk around the islands in the city center of Stockholm. Right next to Skeppsholmen, which you saw in my previous film, is the even smaller island Kastellholmen. It's connected by a bridge to Skeppsholmen. The footpath along the shore of the island offers beautiful views of the baltic sea and the Viking-Line Terminal where the large Helsinki-Ferry "Cinderella" is moored. I...

Stockholm is built on many islands. One of them is "Skeppsholmen", "Ship Island". And yes indeed, there are many ships on the coasts of that island. First we pass the "af Chapman" a three masted sailing ship, which now operates as youth hostel. Along the eastern shore of the island, there are countless historic ships that are maintained and repaired by their owners. Come with me on my walk arou...

4K Helsinki Finland Walk to icebreakers quai on Katajanokka island along coastline vappu sunshine

4K Helsinki Finland relaxing walk towards sunset across two islands in western Helsinki vappu spring

4K Helsinki Finland Walk from Uspenski Cathedral to Viking Line Terminal Katajanokka Island Vappu

4K Helsinki Finland Walk across construction site, former industrial area Kruununvuorenranta

4K Berlin Walk Spreebogenpark Swiss Embassy to Berlin Cube and Central Station

4K Berlin Walk from Brandenburg Gate to Reichstag and Kanzleramt on a sunny april morning 2024

4K Helsinki Finland Nature Reserve Walk with view on Baltic Sea Kruunuvuori April 2024 Laajasalo

4K Helsinki Finland walk around Lake Töölö on a sunday morning in april

4K Helsinki Finland City walk from Kamppi to Helsinki Cathedral on a cloudy sunday morning in april