Category Archives: Hamburg

134 I like how the old botanic garden in Hamburg, established in 1821, is a living space in the city. It is situated centrally, on easy walking distance from the main railway station. When walking around in the garden, and in the adjoining park, Planten un Blomen, I got the impression that this is aContinue reading “Hamburg (iii)”

119 The old botanic garden in Hamburg has a greenhouse complex, built in 1962. Large, with different rooms, like walking through the tropical biomes in miniature. It felt, somehow, a bit more ornamental than some of the very systematic greenhouses that I’ve visited, like the one in Meise, but it was intensely green and lushContinue reading “Hamburg (ii)”

77 It was on my journey back from a conference in Spain that I stopped by Hamburg in October 2018. Seeing autumn unfold outside the train windows, I never knew so much of western Germany was covered by beech forests on rolling hills. Yellow, and grey in that unique way of beeches. Close to theContinue reading “Hamburg (i)”