You’d think you were somewhere in the forests around Moscow to look at this dacha-looking place slap in the middle of Gonsenheim
Er ….noughts. And crosses. Vertical board games in the Grebenstrasse
The Bell-Towerman’s Keys is a sculpture by Hans Arp. It normally lives here in the concrete wasteland that is the forecourt of both the Rheingoldhalle and City Hall. There’s a…
This is in INCHES. What do you mean “You turned the ruler the wrong way for the top section plans and forgot that the bottom section is in centimetres” So…
When you’re 1000 or so years old, things can start getting a bit shonky. Not talking of personal experience, of course, but Mainz cathedral is a bit like the Golden…
The Nagelsäule, Dom and various green bits. Trees, I think.
..to go to McDonalds or its ilk, but seeing what they’re doing in Mainz gets them a gold star. For sure. See the place at the back, nestled among the…
The local city monthly “Der Mainzer” runs a monthly photo competition sponsored by Saturn, a big box consumer electronics outfit. Did quite well a couple of years back with this…
The Markthäuser on the Cathedral square. You just can’t avoid them. They either house the best record store in Mainz (used to any way) or they’re being knocked down and…
…..I ain’t lion. I am, actually – standing guard over the portal of the eponymous pharmacy on the market
The building that houses the “Löwen Apotheke” (Lion Pharmacy) has been around since 1568 and in this possie (with a brief relocation around the corner in the Schusterstrasse due to…
..would smell as rusty. Detail on the Maler Becker school wall in Gonsenheim.
The only buds I’ve seen recently are on this carved door in the Augustinerstrasse….
in the big city. Kapuzinerstrasse.
is worth a….no, better not go there….. Seraphic avian feeding at the Gutenberg Museum
…(half) timbers. Do you REALLY think that these glass and concrete edifices are going to be around in 700 years like timber-framed houses with wattle and daub panels? No, me…
The aerial walkway linking Rainer Schell‘s 1961 museum with the 2000 extension
Cathedral roof.
The Dom from the Liebfrauenplatz
St Stephan, patron saint of meteorologists deacons, headaches, horses, coffin makers, and masons, checks out the weather above the portal of the rectory of the eponymous church. Which reminds me…
Either that or pigeons are kamikazi-ing themselves against this building in the Augustinerstrasse Which would suit me fine, if I’m honest
When a city’s well over 2000 years old, you’re likely to find a fair bit of Bryophyta clinging to surfaces. Call it patina…..
.. to Nowhere…er… with no name. Things move slowly in Mainz. The imaginatively named “Railway Bridge” turned 150 at the end of last year and they STILL haven’t got around…
If it wasn’t the French, it was the Austrians. Or the Swedes. Or the Germans. This story goes back to the 30 Year War (1618-1648) and before. The Swedes turned…
The oldest (and finest) Renaissance fountain in Germany. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marktbrunnen_%28Mainz%29
No, THIS is black and white…. f3.5 10mm madness in the Theatre underground carpark stairwell
…under an autobahn flyover. Royalty on the left doesn’t look utterly convinced that it’s going to hold…
Uncrenellated (look it up), at that. The Brand shopping precinct in Mainz at its most inviting.
…definitely came from Mainz. A strong westerly last Thursday pushed them all the way over to Frankfurt….
Used to be, anyway. If you want to cross the Rhine anywhere between Wiesbaden and Koblenz ( a good hour’s drive) , you’re stuck with using ferries. Ferry operators are…
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