Weekend Stories (simple view)
I enjoy going exploring on weekends (mostly). Here is a collection of stories and photos I gather along the way. All posts are CC BY-NC-SA licensed unless otherwise stated. Feel free to share, remix, and adapt the content as long as you give appropriate credit and distribute your contributions under the same license.
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2024 (95 posts)
| 2024-11-15 | Cologne’s Historical City Hall |
| 2024-11-10 | Cologne, the ‘Hillige Stadt’ |
| 2024-11-09 | St. Kolumba in Cologne: A beacon against the war and a symbol of resilience and resurrection |
| 2024-11-05 | St. Georg: Cologne’s ‘Ravenna on the Rhine’ |
| 2024-11-02 | Basilica of the Holy Apostles in Cologne |
| 2024-10-13 | Nihon Hidankyō receives the Nobel Peace Prize: A recognition for anti-nuclear activism worldwide |
| 2024-09-01 | Ohara Koson: Master of kacho-e |
| 2024-08-25 | Hashiguchi Goyō: Pioneer of Shin Hanga |
| 2024-08-16 | Utagawa Hiroshige: The poet of landscapes |
| 2024-08-14 | Totoya Hokkei: The master of surimono |
| 2024-08-14 | Katsushika Hokusai: The visionary of ukiyo-e |
| 2024-08-14 | Kitagawa Utamaro: Master of bijin-ga |
| 2024-08-10 | Ukiyo-e artists and schools |
| 2024-08-10 | Ukiyo-e: Pictures of the floating world |
| 2024-08-02 | Byōbu – The art of Japanese folding screens |
| 2024-07-26 | Emakimono: The art of Japanese handscrolls |
| 2024-06-07 | Cologne’s pottery heritage |
| 2024-05-31 | Roman legacy of glass art in Cologne |
| 2024-05-24 | Roman legacy in Cologne |
| 2024-05-17 | Chinese scholar’s rocks |
| 2024-04-28 | Silent narrators: Medieval wood sculptures |
| 2024-03-29 | 1700 years of Jewish history in Cologne |
| 2024-03-23 | Kölsch – Rethinking a local myth |
| 2024-03-15 | The Richmodis legend – A Cologne tale |
| 2024-03-09 | Jan von Werth: A Cologne love story |
| 2024-03-03 | Tünnes and Schäl: Two Cologne icons |
| 2024-02-10 | Origins of Cologne’s coat of arms |
| 2024-02-09 | Halve Hahn: A special dish in Cologne |
| 2024-02-07 | Roman origins of the Cologne Carnival |
| 2024-01-26 | Paragraph 175 |
| 2024-01-25 | Stumbling upon history: The Stolpersteine project and its role in remembering Nazi victims |
| 2024-01-20 | Fate of the Jews in Cologne under Nazi rule |
2023 (14 posts)
| 2023-10-20 | The Three Worlds |
| 2023-10-18 | The Tale of Prince Vishvantara |
| 2023-10-18 | Exploring the Alte Nationalgalerie |
| 2023-10-13 | Exploring the Renaissance at the Bode Museum |
| 2023-10-13 | The Bode Museum: A new lens on medieval art |
| 2023-10-12 | The many faces of the Buddha |
| 2023-10-12 | The Kizil Caves |
| 2023-10-11 | Buddhist clay tablets from Myanmar |
| 2023-10-11 | Gandhara-style Buddhist sculptures |