25T45 At the halfway stage

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E44, B39.

Totals so far after 45 travel days: 356 km walked, and just a touch under one-half million steps; daily average 7.9 km and 11000 steps. The

Summer solstice occurred earlier today on 21 June 2025 at 0242h UTC for the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. In Berlin, the day length is 16 hours 50 minutes, with sunrise at 0443h and sunset at 2133h. In other words, at this latitude of 52.5°N, the night sky doesn’t become truly dark for a period of time around summer solstice.

But what a great warm sunny day, the 1st day of summer was in Berlin.

Berlin Südkreuz (south junction).
“The new Tempelhof in pictures” 🐞
The top of the heavy load-bearing body, called Schwerbelastungskörper, near Südkreuz.
The north-south rail line (Nord-Süd Bahn), facing north towards the area between Potsdamer Platz and Anholter Bahnhof.
Litfaßsäule (Litfass advertising column), ubiquitous and still very much in use around Berlin.
Friedenau cemetery: Marlene Dietrich.
Friedenau cemetery: Helmut & June Newton.
Berlin Schöneberg S-Bahn station. “Doppelt spart besser” (a double saves more). 🍕

I made all images above with an iPhone15 on 21 June 2025. This post composed within Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.

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