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| das Rathaus - the town hall (the current one is just next door, to the right). On the left said, a small greeny-bluey bit indicates the entrace to a very good restaurant in the basement. And I think there's steam of some kind coming out of the 6 (/12) dark vents above the three front doors...curious heating system if it really is. |
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| A part of the Marienkirche (St Mary's church), now only used for community events. |
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| The Kleist Museum - Heinrich von Kleist was a famous German writer who lived in Frankfurt (Oder), whose 200th anniversary will be celebrated in 2011. (Not sure whether of birth or death.) The arches housing windows in the roof are typical of traditional architechture in this area - the CVJM house has them too. |
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| A random building I like the look of. |
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| The steeple of the Marienkirche, and, behind it, the 25-storey Oderturm, housing offices, a restaurant giving view of the city, and a shopping 'mall' (for want of a better word) at or above ground level. Standing at just under 89m high, the Oderturm is the tallest building in Brandenburg. It was built from 1968 to 1976, renovated in the 90s, and now (or 'since then' at least) houses 41000m² of office space, providing 1400 jobs. And the name lights up blue at the top at night. |
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| Die Friedensbrücke - peace bridge, with Poland in the background. |
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| The famous (or in Germany anyway) European Viadrina University, where I think Bach or some other great artist studied...and the Marienkirche in the background. |
