Bremen at night
by Paul Quinn
Title
Bremen at night
Artist
Paul Quinn
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
I was lucky enough to have a little free time in the evenings while visiting Bremen, Germany. This beautiful old gothic city is well preserved and fun to walk around and see these wonderful old buildings. There are street cars zooming around constantly, which seems to be the primary transportation around here. I thought it would be rather cool to take a long exposure of this magnificent old building and capture the street car lights as they zoomed by.
Bremen's town hall is part of the town's historical market square. The Upper Hall, where the city council used to convene, is the most magnificent ceremonial venue in Bremen. It was built in 1405. The large model ships built in that period and hang from the ceiling inside bear witness to the importance of commerce and maritime trade for the city. Their miniature cannons are even fully functional!
Bremen Town Hall consists of two adjacent buildings: Old Town Hall and New Town Hall. Construction of the old building dates back to the period 1405 to 1409, while the new building was erected between 1906 and 1913. Town Hall together with the statue of "Roland" in the Market Place was declared a World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2004.
For more than 600 years it has been the place where Bremen politics were shaped. The citizens of Bremen have always organized and allocated political power amongst themselves, and interestingly, no king or duke ever ruled over Bremen.
Fun fact: The cellar beneath Bremen's Town Hall site houses the oldest cask of wine in Germany. Known as 'rose wine' after the decoration in the cellar where it is stored, it dates back to 1635 and before this building became a UNESCO World Heritage site, small servings of this wine were given to the Mayor and other important dignitaries each year.
As Featured in the following FAA Groups:
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Travel Art October 24, 2018
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All about light October 29, 2018
Visions of the Night November 2, 2018
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Copyright Paul R Quinn 2018
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