Topic: Germany
It's sunflowers instead of planes and kale instead of kerosene at legendary Tempelhof Airport, site of the Berlin Airlift and now home to one of Europe's biggest and most unusual urban gardens.Launched by a dozen "pioneers" in April, the Allmende Kontor plot ...
Santa comes to sharks: Berlin aquarium sends down red-cloaked diverA Berlin aquarium has sent Santa to the sharks.Martin Hansel, the chief curator at the German capital's Sea Life aquarium, donned a red cloak and hat over his diving gear Tuesday.Hansel fed sardines ...
What is a garden without a gnome? Adding gnomes to your garden adds additional color, interest and a definite character that flowers alone cannot give. You will bring the gnome home and find the perfect place for him in your garden. Big ...
The interior design of doctor and dentist offices should promote healing. Kstner Optik in Stuttgart, Germany has a gigantic floating eye mounted to the ceiling of its consultation zone. The eye can be seen from outside the building. Newborn babies get a ...
Garden gnomes first appeared in mid-1800s Germany and the story goes that these little wizened fellows guarded the outdoors from intruders, while his owners slept. Each elf-like gnome has an individual characteristic and today there are over 25 million gnomes standing in ...
I grew up in Germany and remember that my grandfather would take me to his vegetable garden. On my recent visit to Germany I was reminded of that time in my life, seeing a community garden outside of a town, and thought ...
Garden gnomes originated in Europe when Phillip Griebel began manufacturing terra cotta gnomesspecifically for gardens in the town of Graefenroda , Germany in theearly nineteen century. Phillip Griebel?s descendents continue to creategarden gnomes in Germany and are the last producers of German ...
I?ve been seeing a lot of articles on how our human population on this planet is unsustainable. I was born in 1958 here in the States but raised in Germany until 1968. My father contacted the authorities and they cordoned the church ...
I found this little table tossed out on the curb waiting for the garbage truck to pick it up. The reason I decided to take the chance is because I really needed a little table to put on my honey's side of ...
So in my last hub, I told you about my imagination (and sometimes lack thereof). No, Canada is not the US, but I did live there for awhile, so I can say it is pretty darn close (especially if you compare it ...
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Germany Partial Solar Eclipse
A partial solar eclipse is pictured through clouds in Albershausen, southwestern Germany ...AP News - -
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Germany Alpine Skiing World Cup
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