Heidelberg, not Venice
Heidelberg offers new views, even after years. This one reminds of Venice, some kind of morbid charme.
Frank Schindelbeck
Körperwelten Heidelberg kamerascheu | Camera shy body worlds
Körperwelten shows the bodies of dead people, conserved by the process of plastination, which was invented by Gunther von Hagens, born Gunther Gerhard Liebchen. He also is the mastermind behind the company who is marketing the procedure for various purposes, one important part of them is to show them in various exhibitons under the brand … Read more
Bergfriedhof Heidelberg | Heidelberg Cemetery
There are some sights in Heidelberg visitors will never miss: The castle and the old bridge, the famous big cask in the Heidelberg castle. Maybe they’ll walk the "Philosophenweg", a street opposite the castle with the best view at Heidelberg’s picturesque downtown.There are several other interesting places at Heidelberg to visit if one has more … Read more
Art in the Google Age
As a geographer, interested in imagery and Internet, I was always fascinated by Google Earth. The possibility to watch almost any place of the world in sometimes stunningly resolution satellite images is just great. My enthusiasm even increased after I found the small but beautiful art collection of the Prado Museum in Madrid online. Fourteen … Read more