Tønder

Our stay at Tønder came quite unexpected. Tønder is a Danish border town and also the place where we had to change trains. Unfortunately, the ticket was only valid until Tønder and trains leave every two hours to Esbjerg. Once I finally managed to buy the required tickets, we had already missed the train, so we were “forced” to do a little sightseeing trip in Tønder.

Since it was once an important city for trade, there is at least a small old town and some restaurants. Enough to pass 1,5 hours and then continue to Esbjerg.

Somewhere in between: Neumünster

If you travel from Hamburg to Kiel by regional express, the train will surely stop in Neumunster. This is definitely not a tourist destination, but since I passed the city so many times I wondered how it looked like – plus I wanted another pin on my “Cities you’ve visited” map. I had bought a Schleswig-Holstein ticket, so I made a stop-over on my way back from Kiel.

I did stay for approximately forty minutes which is enough I guess when leaving out museums and just walking down the main street. Neumunster has it’s share of shops although I guess the city is suffering from its proximity to both Hamburg and Kiel.

Anyway, the weather was fine so I enjoyed a short walk in the park. “Short”, because, well, it was a small park.

If you are looking for good shots, you can find them anywhere, like this crow munching some fast food. Fast food may be not correct in this case however, because the crow had some difficulties eating the burger.

Kiel – Not quite a leisure trip

Time for another trip to Kiel! Okay, this is not exactly one of my favourite cities nor is it one of the cities I dislike most. Although this wasn’t a leisure trip everything went well. The weather was also great so I took a few pictures. They are still working on the “other side”, i.e. the one where the concert hall Halle 400 is situated.

Although I pretty much dislike “modern” glass architecture, this building was amazing:

Stealth office! Other than that, the redesigned area is quite boring and could have used more green.

After a stop-over in Neumunster, I briefly left Elmshorn station to find this forbidden affair between an old and new style display: