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Michel Meijer @michelmeijer.bsky.social · Aug 24

Today, 24 August, #Ukrainians are celebrating their independence. With a march in #Berlin, mainly Ukrainians demonstrated for Ukraine's interests in the war against Russia.

#UkraineIndependenceDay #StandwithUkraine #demonstration #BrandenburgerTor #Ukraine #UkraineRussianWar #people #WarInUkraine

March on Ukrainian Independence Day in Berlin, Germany, 2025. - image: Michel Meijer

Michel Meijer photographs cityscapes, landscapes and people. Using these three disciplines, he creates photo stories about religious devotion and human activity in their own living environment. In addition, Michel Meijer works as a graphic designer and postcard publisher.

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ohoh.store @ohohstore.bsky.social · Aug 20

Warm motifs require laid-back prices. Take a look at the ohoh.store for a no-brainer summer. www.ohoh.store/p/karl-marx-...

#Fernsehturm #Berlin #ThatTowerAgain #postcrossing #Sonne #spere #Sonnenuntergang #Friedrichshain #Stadtlandschaft #Postkarte #karlmarxallee #walkingberlin #Sommer #fotografie

Karl-Marx-allee, Berlin 2018 - From the series 'THIS IS NOT ART!' - image: Michel Meijer

Twice a year, in April and September, the sun sets longitudinally on Frankfurter Allee and Karl-Marx-Allee in Berlin. The sun then appears as a yellow, glowing circle next to the sphere of the Fernsehturm.

Michel Meijer photographs cityscapes, landscapes and people. Using these three disciplines, he creates photo stories about religious devotion and human activity in their own living environment. In addition, Michel Meijer works as a graphic designer and postcard publisher.

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Michel Meijer @michelmeijer.bsky.social · Aug 19

During the different #seasons, the #landscape shows itself in different shapes and colours. In the #Albufera Natural Park, I try to show this by photographing only the #soil of the rice fields that are located there in different seasons. www.singulart.com/en/artworks/...

#farming #agriculture #line

Parc Natural de l'Albufera de València, Spain 2022 - image: Michel Meijer

It is spring and the rice field is ready to be ploughed. One strip has already been ploughed. After ploughing the field, the soil is levelled and the large clumps of earth are broken up. The rice field can then be flooded with water and sown.

This photograph is from a photo series on rice cultivation in València's Albufera. This photo project falls under the broader theme of cultural landscapes. By using photos and text, I show what people do with the landscape they live in and its effects on the landscape. The documentaries are meant to be registrations, telling and showing what happens and how something functions.

Human activities in the Albufera are at odds with nature in the area. Many animal and plant species are disappearing due to agriculture, fishing, hunting, industry, tourism and urbanisation. Since the people have realised that a clean living environment and high biodiversity also have great benefits for humans, they are committed to protecting the flora and fauna in the Albufera. As the interests of different parties are often conflicting, this is a difficult and long-term process. Nevertheless, people are increasingly managing to make their activities less harmful to the natural habitat.

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Michel Meijer @michelmeijer.bsky.social · Aug 17

During the different seasons, the #landscape shows itself in different shapes and colours. In the #Albufera Natural Park, I try to show this by photographing only the #soil of the rice fields that are located there in different seasons. www.singulart.com/en/artworks/...

#Kulturlandschaft #wintersun

Parc Natural de l'Albufera de València, Spain 2022 - image: Michel Meijer

Shortly before sunset, the warm coloured light of the winter sun shines on the partially flooded rice field. In winter, the soil recovers from the previous harvest by absorbing nitrogen and other nutrients from the plant residues of the previous harvest, so that the soil can provide enough nutrients for the rice plants of the next harvest.

This photograph is from a photo series on rice cultivation in València's Albufera. This photo project falls under the broader theme of cultural landscapes. By using photos and text, I show what people do with the landscape they live in and its effects on the landscape. The documentaries are meant to be registrations, telling and showing what happens and how something functions.

Human activities in the Albufera are at odds with nature in the area. Many animal and plant species are disappearing due to agriculture, fishing, hunting, industry, tourism and urbanisation. Since the people have realised that a clean living environment and high biodiversity also have great benefits for humans, they are committed to protecting the flora and fauna in the Albufera. As the interests of different parties are often conflicting, this is a difficult and long-term process. Nevertheless, people are increasingly managing to make their activities less harmful to the natural habitat.

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Michel Meijer @michelmeijer.bsky.social · Aug 16

During the different seasons, the #landscape shows itself in different shapes and colours. In the #Albufera Natural Park, I try to show this by photographing only the soil of the rice fields that are located there in different seasons. www.singulart.com/en/artworks/...

#agriculture #ricecultivation

Parc Natural de l'Albufera de València, Spain 2022 - image: Michel Meijer

The winter period from November to February. Most rice fields are flooded or saturated with water. The winter period from November to February. Most rice fields are flooded or saturated with water. This rice field is completely flooded with water. The plant debris and wild plants have not yet mixed with the top layer of soil.

This photograph is from a photo series on rice cultivation in València's Albufera. This photo project falls under the broader theme of cultural landscapes. By using photos and text, I show what people do with the landscape they live in and its effects on the landscape. The documentaries are meant to be registrations, telling and showing what happens and how something functions.

Human activities in the Albufera are at odds with nature in the area. Many animal and plant species are disappearing due to agriculture, fishing, hunting, industry, tourism and urbanisation. Since the people have realised that a clean living environment and high biodiversity also have great benefits for humans, they are committed to protecting the flora and fauna in the Albufera. As the interests of different parties are often conflicting, this is a difficult and long-term process. Nevertheless, people are increasingly managing to make their activities less harmful to the natural habitat.

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Michel Meijer @michelmeijer.bsky.social · Aug 15

During the different #seasons, the #landscape shows itself in different shapes and colours. In the #Albufera Natural Park, I try to show this by photographing only the #soil of the rice fields that are located there in different seasons. www.singulart.com/en/artworks/...

#ricecultivation #ricefield

Parc Natural de l'Albufera de València, Spain 2015 - image: Michel Meijer

A rice field shortly before harvest. The rice grains are ripe and the rice is harvested using combine harvesters.

This photograph is from a photo series on rice cultivation in València's Albufera. This photo project falls under the broader theme of cultural landscapes. By using photos and text, I show what people do with the landscape they live in and its effects on the landscape. The documentaries are meant to be registrations, telling and showing what happens and how something functions.

Human activities in the Albufera are at odds with nature in the area. Many animal and plant species are disappearing due to agriculture, fishing, hunting, industry, tourism and urbanisation. Since the people have realised that a clean living environment and high biodiversity also have great benefits for humans, they are committed to protecting the flora and fauna in the Albufera. As the interests of different parties are often conflicting, this is a difficult and long-term process. Nevertheless, people are increasingly managing to make their activities less harmful to the natural habitat.

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Michel Meijer @michelmeijer.bsky.social · Aug 14

During the different seasons, the #landscape shows itself in different shapes and #colours. In the #Albufera Natural Park, I try to show this by photographing only the #soil of the rice fields that are located there in different seasons. www.singulart.com/en/artworks/...

#wallart #photography #art

Parc Natural de l'Albufera de València, Spain 2014. - image: Michel Meijer

The chaff from the rice plants, which remains in the rice field after harvesting, is burned. The burned plant remains provide the soil with new nutrients.

This photograph is from a photo series on rice cultivation in València's Albufera. This photo project falls under the broader theme of cultural landscapes. By using photos and text, I show what people do with the landscape they live in and its effects on the landscape. The documentaries are meant to be registrations, telling and showing what happens and how something functions.

Human activities in the Albufera are at odds with nature in the area. Many animal and plant species are disappearing due to agriculture, fishing, hunting, industry, tourism and urbanisation. Since the people have realised that a clean living environment and high biodiversity also have great benefits for humans, they are committed to protecting the flora and fauna in the Albufera. As the interests of different parties are often conflicting, this is a difficult and long-term process. Nevertheless, people are increasingly managing to make their activities less harmful to the natural habitat.

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Michel Meijer @michelmeijer.bsky.social · Jul 3

Summertime photos with #summertime prizes that will make your summer even hotter. www.singulart.com/en/artworks/...

#seaside #BalticSea #sunset #beachlife #goldenhour #wallart #photography #Ostsee #Poland #Polen #Sonnenuntergang #Abendlicht #Ostseeküste #amMeer #wassersport #jetski #coast #interior

Baltic Sea on the coast of Mielno, Poland 2015 - image: Michel Meijer

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Michel Meijer @michelmeijer.bsky.social · Jul 3

Summertime photos with #summertime prizes that will make your #summer even hotter. www.singulart.com/en/artworks/...

#HoekvanHolland #Holland #theNetherlands #ship #seaside #coastal #sunset #surf #amMeer #FineArtPrint #Nordsee #Sonnenuntergang #photography #seascape #Seefahrt #maritime #beachlife

Hoek van Holland, The Netherlands 2003 - image: Michel Meijer

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Michel Meijer @michelmeijer.bsky.social · Jul 3

Summertime photos with summertime prizes that will make your summer even hotter. www.singulart.com/en/artworks/...

#Holland #beach #coast #surf #seaside #wallart #seascape #HoekvanHolland #Niederlande #theNetherlands #Nordsee #Innenraumgestaltung #Strand #amMeer #artcollection #edition #Fotografie

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Michel Meijer @michelmeijer.bsky.social · Jun 30

When the floodgates of a rice field are open and water flows from the canals into a rice field, #fish can swim into the rice field. Fish do this to find new places where there is food. They can reach other channels by #swimming out of the rice field through another lock.

#Albufera #ricefarming #6x6

The camera set-up consists of a tripod from the company Sirui and a medium format camera type C330 from the company Mamiya.

A fish swims through the pipe, through which water flows from the canal into the rice field, back into the canal.

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Michel Meijer @michelmeijer.bsky.social · Jun 23

New motifs from my #photo project on rice cultivation in the #Albufera have arrived in Singulart's online #gallery. www.singulart.com/en/artworks/...

#Spain #birds #ibises #ricefield #artcollection #FineArtPrint #wallart #culturallandscape #ricecultivation #Spanien #Vögel #Kulturlandschaft #soil

Parc Natural de l'Albufera de València, Spain 2022. - image: Michel Meijer

This photograph is from a photo series on rice cultivation in València's Albufera. This photo project falls under the broader theme of cultural landscapes. By using photos and text, I show what people do with the landscape they live in and its effects on the landscape. The documentaries are meant to be registrations, telling and showing what happens and how something functions.

Human activities in the Albufera are at odds with nature in the area. Many animal and plant species are disappearing due to agriculture, fishing, hunting, industry, tourism and urbanisation. Since the people have realised that a clean living environment and high biodiversity also have great benefits for humans, they are committed to protecting the flora and fauna in the Albufera. As the interests of different parties are often conflicting, this is a difficult and long-term process. Nevertheless, people are increasingly managing to make their activities less harmful to the natural habitat.

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Michel Meijer @michelmeijer.bsky.social · Jun 22

New motifs from my #photo project on rice cultivation in the #Albufera have arrived in Singulart's online #gallery. www.singulart.com/en/artworks/...

#heron #bird #culturallandscape #Reiher #Kulturlandschaft #Landschaftsfotografie #deadbird #ricefield #artcollection #wallart #Spain #wildlife #soil

Parc de l'Albufera de València, Spain 2022. - image: Michel Meijer

This photograph is from a photo series on rice cultivation in València's Albufera. This photo project falls under the broader theme of cultural landscapes. By using photos and text, I show what people do with the landscape they live in and its effects on the landscape. The documentaries are meant to be registrations, telling and showing what happens and how something functions.

Human activities in the Albufera are at odds with nature in the area. Many animal and plant species are disappearing due to agriculture, fishing, hunting, industry, tourism and urbanisation. Since the people have realised that a clean living environment and high biodiversity also have great benefits for humans, they are committed to protecting the flora and fauna in the Albufera. As the interests of different parties are often conflicting, this is a difficult and long-term process. Nevertheless, people are increasingly managing to make their activities less harmful to the natural habitat.

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Michel Meijer @michelmeijer.bsky.social · Jun 20

Detection, camera setup and the result of a photo I took in València's Albufera Nature Park. From today, this photo is available in online gallery Singulart. www.singulart.com/en/artworks/...

#Albufera #Spain #wallart #ricecultivation #culturallandscape #6x6 #mediumformat #Kulturlandschaft #film120

This dried-up rice field with wild growing plants caught my eye and seemed a fitting photo motif for my photo series on rice farming in the Albufera. So I set up my tripod and camera to take a picture of this. By the way, this photo was taken with my iPhone.

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Michel Meijer @michelmeijer.bsky.social · Jun 19

New motifs from my photo project on rice cultivation in the #Albufera have arrived in Singulart's online gallery. www.singulart.com/en/artworks/...

#Spain #ricefield #6x6 #landscapephotography #Spanien #ricecultivation #artcollection #FineArtPrint #Landwirtschaft #culturallandscape #soil #landscape

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Michel Meijer @michelmeijer.bsky.social · Jun 18

New motifs from my #photo project on rice cultivation in the #Albufera have arrived in Singulart's online #gallery. www.singulart.com/en/artworks/...

#Spain #wallart #culturallandscape #ricecultivation #ricefield #artcollection #Kulturlandschaft #Landwirtschaft #sunlight #Landschaftsfotografie #art

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Michel Meijer @michelmeijer.bsky.social · Jun 17

A #photograph from my #lomography project ‘SOCIUM NOVUM’. A number of photos from this project are available as a photo print, mounted on alu-dibond in a limited #edition. www.singulart.com/en/artworks/...

#Innenraumgestaltung #wallart #FineArtPrint #tree #Baum #35mm #artcollection #fotografie #art

Panorama AW-200 Nr. 085 - image: Michel Meijer

A Lomography project using the Panorama AW-200, a compact camera mainly made of plastic.

The camera I used for this project, the Panorama AW-200, was given to me by a friend. She asked if I could take nice pictures with it. I took up the challenge. The Panorama AW-200 is an analogue compact camera with the 35mm format and made of mainly plastic and few setting options. The camera was originally designed for people who know little to nothing about photographic technology and want to photograph family and friends in front of an environment they are in at the time the picture is taken. Therefore, the camera is also ideally suited for Lomography. Lomography was invented by a group of students in Austria in the early 1990s. They discovered the, easy-to-use camera, Lomo LC-A. This is a camera manufactured in St. Petersburg made mainly of plastic. Lomography is a photographic technique that involves very spontaneous shooting and can be described as experimental snapshot photography. Lomographers' motto is: 'Don't think, just shoot!' Common aesthetic and technical rules are ignored.

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Michel Meijer @michelmeijer.bsky.social · Jun 15

A #photograph from my #lomography project ‘SOCIUM NOVUM’. A number of photos from this project are available as a photo #print, mounted on alu-dibond in a limited #edition. www.singulart.com/en/artworks/...

#laundry #lomografie #interior #FineArtPrint #wallart #35mm #artcollection #farbfotografie

Panorama AW-200 Nr. 110 - image: Michel Meijer

A Lomography project using the Panorama AW-200, a compact camera mainly made of plastic.

The camera I used for this project, the Panorama AW-200, was given to me by a friend. She asked if I could take nice pictures with it. I took up the challenge. The Panorama AW-200 is an analogue compact camera with the 35mm format and made of mainly plastic and few setting options. The camera was originally designed for people who know little to nothing about photographic technology and want to photograph family and friends in front of an environment they are in at the time the picture is taken. Therefore, the camera is also ideally suited for Lomography. Lomography was invented by a group of students in Austria in the early 1990s. They discovered the, easy-to-use camera, Lomo LC-A. This is a camera manufactured in St. Petersburg made mainly of plastic. Lomography is a photographic technique that involves very spontaneous shooting and can be described as experimental snapshot photography. Lomographers' motto is: 'Don't think, just shoot!' Common aesthetic and technical rules are ignored.

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Michel Meijer @michelmeijer.bsky.social · Jun 11

With Karneval der Kulturen, #Berlin shows its beautiful sight! I am looking forward to next year's edition.

#KarnevalDerKulturen #kdk25 #kdk2025 #kdk #berlinvibes #parade #karlmarxallee #Friedrichshain #people #colourful #multicultural #berlindubistsowunderbar #Berlinstreets #farbfotografie #bigfun

Participants in traditional Galician costumes during the parade of Karneval der Kulturen in Berlin, Germany 2025. - image: Michel Meijer

A woman in a yellow dress dances during the parade of Karneval der Kulturen in Berlin, Germany 2025. - image: Michel Meijer

The Chinese delegation during the parade of Karneval der Kulturen in Berlin, Germany 2025. - image: Michel Meijer

A paper mache sculpture is driven down the street on a trolley in the parade of Karneval der Kulturen in Berlin, Germany 2025. - image: Michel Meijer

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Michel Meijer @michelmeijer.bsky.social · Jun 10

Audiences, organisers, local residents and participants were very #positive about the new location through the Frankfurter Allee and the Karl-Marx-Allee for the #parade of Karneval der Kulturen.

#Berlin #Berlinstreets #berlinvibes #KarnevalDerKulturen #people #berlindubistsowunderbar #multicultural

A man in traditional Bolivian costume during the parade of Karneval der Kulturen in Berlin, Germany 2025. - image: Michel Meijer

Every year on Pentecost weekend, “Karneval der Kulturen” takes place in Berlin Kreuzberg. People, mainly from non-Western European countries but living in Berlin, express their original culture. Various stages host dance, music and theatre performances. There is also a market where traditional food and objects are sold. All participants are amateurs and work on a voluntary basis. The highlight is the parade that passes through Kreuzberg on Sunday afternoon. Until this year, the parade always passed through Kreuzberg. But this time the parade was held in Friedrichshain and Mitte for the first time.

This delegation representing the Tempelhofer Feld during the parade of Karneval der Kulturen in Berlin, Germany 2025. - image: Michel Meijer

Every year on Pentecost weekend, “Karneval der Kulturen” takes place in Berlin Kreuzberg. People, mainly from non-Western European countries but living in Berlin, express their original culture. Various stages host dance, music and theatre performances. There is also a market where traditional food and objects are sold. All participants are amateurs and work on a voluntary basis. The highlight is the parade that passes through Kreuzberg on Sunday afternoon. Until this year, the parade always passed through Kreuzberg. But this time the parade was held in Friedrichshain and Mitte for the first time.

Front woman of the Iranian delegation during the parade of Karneval der Kulturen in Berlin, Germany 2025. - image: Michel Meijer

Every year on Pentecost weekend, “Karneval der Kulturen” takes place in Berlin Kreuzberg. People, mainly from non-Western European countries but living in Berlin, express their original culture. Various stages host dance, music and theatre performances. There is also a market where traditional food and objects are sold. All participants are amateurs and work on a voluntary basis. The highlight is the parade that passes through Kreuzberg on Sunday afternoon. Until this year, the parade always passed through Kreuzberg. But this time the parade was held in Friedrichshain and Mitte for the first time.

A woman in Chinese traditional costume holds an parasol in year's hand during the parade of Karneval der Kulturen in Berlin, Germany 2025. - image: Michel Meijer

Every year on Pentecost weekend, “Karneval der Kulturen” takes place in Berlin Kreuzberg. People, mainly from non-Western European countries but living in Berlin, express their original culture. Various stages host dance, music and theatre performances. There is also a market where traditional food and objects are sold. All participants are amateurs and work on a voluntary basis. The highlight is the parade that passes through Kreuzberg on Sunday afternoon. Until this year, the parade always passed through Kreuzberg. But this time the parade was held in Friedrichshain and Mitte for the first time.

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Michel Meijer @michelmeijer.bsky.social · Jun 9

The #atmosphere was good during this year's Karneval der Kulturen #parade. There was also enough space for all the spectators as the street is very wide.

#KarnevalDerKulturen #kdk #kdk25 #kdk2025 #Berlin #people #Berlinstreets #karlmarxallee #Umzug #Kulturen #Friedrichshain #berlindubistsowunderbar

Karneval der Kulturen in Berlin, Germany 2025. - image: Michel Meijer

Every year on Pentecost weekend, “Karneval der Kulturen” takes place in Berlin Kreuzberg. People, mainly from non-Western European countries but living in Berlin, express their original culture. Various stages host dance, music and theatre performances. There is also a market where traditional food and objects are sold. All participants are amateurs and work on a voluntary basis. The highlight is the parade that passes through Kreuzberg on Sunday afternoon. Until this year, the parade always passed through Kreuzberg. But this time the parade was held in Friedrichshain and Mitte for the first time.

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Michel Meijer @michelmeijer.bsky.social · Jun 9

Yesterday, the Karneval der Kulturen #parade did not pass through Kreuzberg, but through Frankfurter Allee and Karl-Marx-Allee in #Friedrichshain and Mitte.

#KarnevalDerKulturen #Berlin #kdk25 #kdk2025 #fotografie #people #Umzug #photography #farbfotografie #portrait #berlindubistsowunderbar #smile

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Michel Meijer @michelmeijer.bsky.social · Jun 7

That fills me with joy! More photos with the Fernsehturm will follow here. And if you can't wait, take a look here: www.ohoh.store/c/postcards/...

Berlin TV Tower - ohoh.store - postcard online shop

Postcard motifs with Berlin TV Toer as the theme and/or containing an image of the Berlin TV Tower.

www.ohoh.store

Michel Meijer @michelmeijer.bsky.social · Jun 7

A #photograph from my #lomography project ‘SOCIUM NOVUM’. A number of photos from this project are available as a photo print, mounted on alu-dibond in a limited #edition. www.singulart.com/en/artworks/...

#photography #wallart #window #fotografie #artcollection #Fenster #Innenraumgestaltung #35mm

Panorama AW-200, Nr. 001 - image: Michel Meijer

SOCIUM NOVUM - A Lomography project using the Panorama AW-200, a compact camera mainly made of plastic.

The camera I used for this project, the Panorama AW-200, was given to me by a friend. She asked if I could take nice pictures with it. I took up the challenge. The Panorama AW-200 is an analogue compact camera with the 35mm format and made of mainly plastic and few setting options. The camera was originally designed for people who know little to nothing about photographic technology and want to photograph family and friends in front of an environment they are in at the time the picture is taken. Therefore, the camera is also ideally suited for Lomography. Lomography was invented by a group of students in Austria in the early 1990s. They discovered the, easy-to-use camera, Lomo LC-A. This is a camera manufactured in St. Petersburg made mainly of plastic. Lomography is a photographic technique that involves very spontaneous shooting and can be described as experimental snapshot photography. Lomographers' motto is: 'Don't think, just shoot!' Common aesthetic and technical rules are ignored.

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Michel Meijer @michelmeijer.bsky.social · Jun 1

After the #Reichstagsgebäude was inaugurated by the Deutsche Bundestag in 1999, construction of the rest of the #Regierungsviertel was in full swing in the year 2000. www.singulart.com/en/artworks/...

#Reichstag #Berlin #PlatzDerRepublik #Stadtlandschaft #wallart #cityscape #Architektur #fotografie

PLatz der Republik in Berlin, Germany 2000. - image: Michel Meijer

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