Sunday, August 3, 2008

Planten un Blumen
getting closer to nature

Planten un Blumen : Hamburg
2nd August 2008

It was Saturday afternoon, and I was bit bored being at home. So thought of moving out and seeing some new place in Hamburg. I had heard from people about “Planten un Blumen” from people but never got time to visit it…. So why not today?



The Planten un Blumen ("Pflanzen und Blumen", or "Plants and Flowers" in low-German) is a large park smack in the middle of
Hamburg. The park itself is very large and diverse, and is delightful for joggers, photographers, tourists and just people strolling by.


Despite of being in the heart of the city, it has totally different atmosphere. One simply forgets being in the city while visiting. One can say that it’s a wonderful place to breathe some different air and feel being close to nature.



There's a lot to see around Planten un Blomen. This includes, Japanese garden, Tea house, Rose garden, Lake, fountains, jogging tracks, numerous wild and domestic botanical collection….
Music pavilion (famous fountain-show, illuminated with ´rainbow-colors´ and classical music), Cafes and many more….truly magical!

I would rate Planten un Blumen as one of most romantic places in Hamburg… how come I missed visiting this place for so long!

more pictures of Planten un blumen are at following link:
http://picasaweb.google.com/hemantnagda/PlantenUnBlumen

Other useful links:
www.plantenunblomen .hamburg.de.


- Hemant Nagda
Hamburg

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