My Berlin: autumn colours in the German capital
Above/featured: A swath of “Mitte” colour in the fog – 16 Nov 2012 (450D).
Berlin doesn’t have the easy natural landmarks of mountains or open waters immediately adjacent to the city. But there’s plenty more urbanity in Berlin which includes countless green spaces inhabited by deciduous trees whose leaves reveal their colours as temperatures drop with the change in season. The colour change by day gives way to night-time illuminations of colour and pattern onto buildings and landmarks during October’s annual Festival of Lights. I found myself absorbing and remembering the colours to tie me through the subsequent cold dark grey doldrums.
I made all photos on multiple visits to the German capital between 2006 and 2017 with the following Canon cameras: PowerShot A510 (A510), EOS450D/Rebel XSi (450D) and EOS6D mark1 (6D1). This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as http://wp.me/p1BIdT-LK.
“Herrliche Herbstfarben in der Hauptstadt”
“Benched”, inside Heckmann Höfe – Berlin Mitte, 2008 (450D).
City view from the top of the Victory Column – Berlin Tiergarten, 2006 (A510).
Tiergarten Park: Victory Column (centre) and Carillon (right) – from the top of the Reichstag, 2008 (450D).
Brandenburg Gate, U.S. Embassy, Holocaust Memorial, Tiergarten Park – from the top of the Reichstag, 2008 (450D).
Along the Landwehrkanal – Berlin Kreuzberg, 2008 (450D).
Berlin Wall Memorial at Bernauer Strasse – Berlin Mitte, 2012 (450D).
Flutgraben from Obere Freiarchenbrücke – Berlin Kreuzberg, 2016 (6D1).
Puschkinallee at Eichenstrasse, Schlesischer Busch – Berlin Treptow, 2016 (6D1); see also here.
Clayallee – Berlin Schmargendorf, 2017 (6D1).
Rote Insel, Berlin Schöneberg – 2017 (6D1).
S1 Wannsee train departing S-Bahn station Julius-Leber-Brücke – Berlin Schöneberg, 2017 (6D1).
Langenscheidtbrücke: S1 Oranienburg train approaching S-Bahn station Yorckstrasse – Berlin Schöneberg, 2012 (450D); see also here.
S-/U-Bahnhof Bundesplatz – Berlin Wilmersdorf-Friedenau, 2016 (6D1).
Victory Column (Siegessäule) from Spreeufer – Berlin Tiergarten, 2006 (A510).
Festival of Lights at Brandenburg Gate – Berlin Mitte, 2012 (450D).
Dusk over Savignyplatz with the S5 train to Spandau – Berlin Charlottenburg, 13 Oct 2017 (6D1).
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15 Responses to “My Berlin: autumn colours in the German capital”
Great Berlin photos! Thank you for sharing! I will subscribe to your blog for sure.
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Hi!
Danke sehr für Ihren Kommentar! Thank you very much for your comment!
I found your blog and it’s absolutely hilarious, especially as I’ve lived in Germany for 2 years until 2003, and I’ve been back at least once or twice every year since 2003.
Thanks again for reading!
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I was very surprised by how green Berlin is – I don’t know what I was expecting, but it certainly wasn’t so many trees!
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Hi, Christy.
I had my own biases about what Berlin was like, and I was happy to have seen all those aspects, well-described and well-visited by many. But thanks to friends who’ve lived there, I’ve been introduced to the green spaces along the Landwehrkanal and in Viktoriapark in Kreuzberg, the very (quiet) middle of the Tiergarten, even the Mauerpark in Prenzlauer Berg, or heading out on the S7 southwest on the way to Potsdam. As you’ve seen and experienced as well, there are tons more within easy access from the city. It’s yet another feature I like about Berlin. 🙂
Thanks for your comment, and for reading my blog entry!
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Wow – awesome pics. I’ve never actually been a witness to the wonderful color of autumn. Thanks for sharing this!
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Hi, Jill.
Thanks for your comment! I hope that you both find yourselves one autumn in the near future in a place where there’s an explosion of colours. Germany, for example, isn’t so bad, but I’d also pick Ontario, Québec, and the U.S. Northeast, as very good places to experience autumn’s colours.
Thanks for stopping by!
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We have a lot of pines up in the forest here near Freiburg, but plenty of deciduous in town so the sidewalks are covered in leaves. Thanks for the look at Berlin. They do know how to light up their stuff well.
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Hi, Andrew.
When I lived in Heidelberg almost a decade ago, I visited Freiburg, only once unfortunately, but it sure is a beautiful town. I miss the change of seasons, which I’m sure is beautiful anywhere in Germany, but up and down the Rhein must be a particularly special time of the year at peak colour. As for the Hauptstadt, I agree – Berlin definitely knows how to make the most of fall, as it can become grey, wet, cold, and bleak rather quickly.
Thanks for commenting and for reading!
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