Planten un Blomen
The German city of Hamburg is most famous for its pretty canals and waterways, its red-light district, and its vast harbor that houses some truly enormous ships.Yet it is possible to escape all those industrial features and jump into the number of parks. The most tranquil of them is the Planten un Blomen (plants and flower) park. Photo by: joypat79
The park’s extensive square of greenery reaches from the Dammtor railway station almost to city’s St. Pauli neighborhood. Visitors stroll along its pathways admiring the picturesque displays of plants and flowers or popping into various cafes for a class of wine or a chilled beer. Tropical greenhouses packed with beautiful orchids are situated on the eastern side of the park and were once part of the Old Botanical Garden. Photo by: michael_hamburg69
In the peak of the summer, there are jazz concert at the music pavilion and lights shows are held over the lake nightly at 9 p.m accompanied by classical music. In the winter, the becomes home to Germany‘s best and biggest open-air skating rink. Noteworthy is also the Japanese Garden, which has a lake in it center, with an authentic Japanese teahouse on its blanks. Photo by: photosindisguise
Photo by: ClausM
