I Opened My Eyes to See the Sun by pasqualedipilato

Posted on January 4, 2016 by birdmanps

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Back in time by bverbrugge

Posted on January 4, 2016 by birdmanps

A few times a year the windmills at the Unesco world heritage site ‘De Kinderdijk’, are lit up by big lamps. These days it is very crowded with tourists (including me) and photographers (also including me :-). They all come to watch the spectacular view by night of the windmills. Sometimes you have to line up to get the best spot for photography. A funny situation.

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Bergen – under the clouds by runehansen2

Posted on December 31, 2015 by birdmanps

Last picture of 2015. I want to wish everyone at 500px a happy new year. Soon we will have a new year with new possibilities. Looking forward to it. Cheers!

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Amsterdam. by remoscarfo

Posted on December 30, 2015 by birdmanps

Amsterdam is the most watery city in the world. Its canals and harbours fill a full quarter of her surface Its waterways have always been its essence and its source of wealth The 17th century Canal Belt was placed on UNESCO’s World Heritage list in 2011

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Ruins of Royal Castles by csillogo11

Posted on December 30, 2015 by birdmanps

Gondar previously served as the capital of the Ethiopian Empire. The city holds the remains of several royal castles, including those in Fasil Ghebbi (the Royal Enclosure), for which Gondar has been called the “Camelot of Africa”.
King Fasil (Fasiledes) settled in Gondar and established it as a permanent capital in 1636. After Fasil, successive kings continued building, improving the techniques and architectural style. Before its decline in the late eighteenth century, the royal court had developed from a camp into a fortified compound called Fasil Ghebbi, consisting of six major building complexes surrounded by a wall 900 metres long. There are some twenty palaces and royal buildings and thirty churches in the area.

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Port of Bergen by sorstrommen

Posted on December 29, 2015 by birdmanps

A portion the port area in Bergen, Norway.
You can see “Bryggen” which is a part of UNESCO World Heritage, and to the left the ship “Statsraad Lehmkuhl” with “Rosenkrantz” tower and “Haakonshallen” behind it.

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Bergen lights by runehansen2

Posted on December 28, 2015 by birdmanps

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Bergen Wharf by sorstrommen

Posted on December 27, 2015 by birdmanps

Nighttime photo of Bergen, Norway.
In the photo you can see Bryggen (UNESCO World Heritage Site)

Bryggen (Norwegian for the Wharf), also known as Tyskebryggen (the German Wharf), is a series of Hanseatic commercial buildings lining the eastern side of the fjord coming into Bergen, Norway. Bryggen has since 1979 been on the UNESCO list for World Cultural Heritage sites.

The city of Bergen was founded around 1070 within the original boundaries of Tyskebryggen. Around 1360 a Kontor of the Hanseatic League was established there, and Tyskebryggen became the centre of the Hanseatic commercial activities in Norway. Today, Bryggen houses museums, shops, restaurants and pubs.

Bryggen was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979, by Criterion : Bryggen bears the traces of social organization and illustrates the use of space in a quarter of Hanseatic merchants that dates back to the 14th century. It is a type of northern “fondaco”, unequalled in the world, where the structures have remained within the cityscape and perpetuate the memory of one of the oldest large trading ports of Northern Europe.
Notable houses at Bryggen include Bellgården (a 300-year-old building), Svensgården, Enhjørningsgården, Bredsgården, Bugården, Engelgården. The oldest and tallest building in the area is St Mary’s Church. Streets include Jacobsfjorden. Museums include Bryggens Museum and Hanseatic Museum and Schøtstuene.

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