Inspired by Travel: Hamburg, Germany

At the train station in Hamburg, Germany. Headed to Cologne and Berlin. August 2015. Photo by Melanie Biehle

True Story: We visited our friends in Hamburg, Germany in 2015. I viewed and processed the photos from our trip over two years later.

Who does that? Me, now, obviously.

We spent the first part of this European vacation in Iceland.

I shared some photos our Icelandic adventure shortly after the trip in summer 2015. We visited the Blue Lagoon, hung out at cool places in Reykjavík, admired the amazing architecture of the Harpa, and traveled out of the city (and made friends with Icelandic horses) on the Golden Circle Tour.

The rest of the time we were in Germany. We visited friends in Hamburg and Cologne, then had an amazing time exploring Berlin.

Let’s get started with Hamburg. We stayed in the beautiful Eilenau Hotel.

Eilenau Hotel Hamburg Germany

The kid does great imitations.

We spent most of our time hanging out with our friends and exploring the city by taking long walks through different neighborhoods.

River in Hamburg Germany
Playground in Hamburg
Train station Hamburg Germany

Our friends have squirrels that come in from outside and help themselves to a snack! It was so cool to watch!

I saw some amazing art exhibitions in Hamburg. Two were at Deichtorhallen – a photography retrospective by Phillip Toledano (aka, the only art exhibition that has made me cry) and Wall Painting, a bright, graphic Günther Förg art installation.

Günther Förg Wall Paintings Deichtorhallen 2015 Hamburg Germany
Günther Förg Wall Paintings Deichtorhallen 2015 Hamburg Germany

If you’re familiar with how much my life and art are impacted and inspired by water, then you know how thrilled I was when I saw an entire art exhibition dedicated to the inspirational power of water in art and photography. I know, right?!?!

Über Wasser Bucerius Kunst Forum art exhibition about the inspiration of water in art and photography

Besides museums, there was a lot of cool art and graphic design to love on the streets of Hamburg.

street art mural hamburg germany
street art in hamburg germany
gig poster hamburg germany
hamburg neon pink poster graphic design germany
neon pink poster graphic design hamburg

We had such an amazing time and I’m so grateful that we had this opportunity!


 

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