Britta's Letters from her life divided between city-life in German's capital Berlin and life in a Bavarian village

Tuesday 2 April 2013

Collecting Berlin's Underground






I might have told you: I am a collector - with my camera. I collect sun dials, balconies, shop window dummies, beautiful cars -- to name a few --- AND photos from impressing undergrounds. 
The first year in Berlin it was a bit difficult for husband: I always jumped up and down and cried: "Wait! Wait just a minute! I have to ..  click...click...
It is so utterly fascinating that they are so very, very different! As a true collector knows: one becomes boring offering too many snapshots -- so here only a few... 















8 comments:

  1. Fantastic images, Britta. Thank you.

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    1. Thank you, Suze. The Berlin underground often shows how well-off people in that quarter were (now everything changed).

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  2. The comment I posted initially disappeared, now twice. Magnificent pictures!

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    1. Dear Sue,
      so sorry - it is annoying when that happens (as it does sometimes with my comments, and if I think of it I make a virtual copy first, then say 'enter'). When you are in Berlin you will love to see some of these stations.

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  3. They look very interesting and some quite beautiful! x

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  4. Dear Penny,
    the Art Deco ones are beautiful.

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  5. They are very beautiful and elegant too!! I really love to see the photos of railway stations, underground stations, passengers, trains, and even posters on the underground walls... Of your photos, as you mention, I like the Art Deco ones very much!!

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  6. Dear Sapphire,
    when I go to London in summer I will go to the London Transport Museum.
    I would like to take photos of passengers too - but I am very shy to photograph people I don't know. Never know whether I would like to be on their pictures :-)

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