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Germany – Thüringen | Story | October 2015

Time Capsule

The steel rope crunches like a guitar string during tuning. Nobody speaking. With each pull the tension rises. The rattling of small pebbles on our helmets can be heard sporadically.
Svalbard – Longyearbyen | Story | July 2015

Crane Camping

Around midnight at the Airport in Longyearbyen. We had about 9 hours to get some sleep and pick up a rifle at the local expedition equipment store. In the morning …
Svalbard – Longyearbyen | Story | July 2015

Gruve 2

Short story and report about the abandoned coal mine and according to the locals Santas summerhouse, "Gruve 2" in Longyearbyen.
Svalbard – Barentsburg | Urban Stroll | July 2015

Barentsburg

Located on the south side of the Isfjord on Svalbard the Russian town Barentsburg, is one of the northernmost, permanently inhabited settlements in the world. Surrounded by nothing than ice and …
Norway | Story | June 2015

Up North

Decades of mining activity in Norway and Svalbard changed the countries’ faces permanently and left countless marks in their landscape. In the summer months of 2015 Alexander Pyka and I …
Germany – Leipzig | Urban Stroll | April 2015

Ruin Sight Seeing Tour Leipzig

On one of my free weekends back in April 2015 I decided to visit the German city of Leipzig. The city has a rich industrial history and is known as …
Germany – Leipzig | Urban Stroll | April 2015

Jute Spinning Factory

  The spinning and weaving mill factory was built in 1896. Besides packaging materials, high-pressure sutures and coated fabrics were  produced here. Surviving the war and the GDR the company …
Germany – Leipzig | Urban Stroll | April 2015

Lindenauer Harbor

The Lindenauer Harbor was supposed to be an inland harbor but because economic necessities changed during the construction process the waterway connections to surrounding canals were never completed. The construction …
Germany – Leipzig | Urban Stroll | April 2015

Leipzig Barracks

From the year 1875 on a huge Barracks district was built in the north of Leipzig. Between the city district’s Gohlis and Möckern over the following years several new barracks …
Germany – Leipzig | Urban Stroll | April 2015

Coal Power Plant

The Stöhr&Co. Kammgarn Spinning Mill was founded 1880 and grew over the years to Leipzig biggest industrial plant with over 3000 employees on its peek in 1913. Partially destroyed in …