Contributions of the group Urboj de la mondo

Mao was here

nobody@ipernity.com (m̌ ḫ) — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 14:19:08 +0000

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Feng Shang Princess is a hand‑crafted floating pagoda restaurant moored on Regent’s Canal at Cumberland Basin, close to Regent’s Park and London Zoo, and was built in the 1980s as one of London’s earliest Chinese boat eateries. Its striking red, three‑tiered silhouette, strung with lanterns, has turned it into a small local landmark, much photographed from the towpath and favoured by canal strollers. As a bit of trivia, guests reach the restaurant via a narrow gangplank from Prince Albert Road, and some report that, on quiet evenings, sounds from the nearby zoo carry across the water into the dining room.

Older Than Stockholm

nobody@ipernity.com (m̌ ḫ) — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 21:03:34 +0000

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When you notice this stone in the wall at Prästgatan and Kåkbrinken, you are looking at something older than Stockholm itself. This Viking Age rune stone, dating from the late eleventh century, still preserves its serpent motif and fragments of runic text. It was not carved for this house, but was probably moved here from its original location and built into the wall during the medieval period, reused simply as a convenient block of stone. Its presence here shows how a memorial from the Viking Age could lose its original purpose and become part of the fabric of the growing town.

Industrial Stockholm, Recast

nobody@ipernity.com (m̌ ḫ) — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 18:35:57 +0000

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Originally, this was a grain mill built in the 1890s for Holmberg & Möller, when Stockholm was expanding quickly and needed large modern facilities to handle food imports by sea. Grain arrived here by ship, was processed on site, and fed directly into the economy of a growing capital.

Now the old mill has a very different life. The main surviving building is the Elite Hotel Marina Tower, while other preserved parts of the former industrial complex have been converted into housing. The wider waterfront around it is now part of a residential district, with public quay space and ferry connections linking it back into everyday Stockholm.

Where Shipyards Became Skyline

nobody@ipernity.com (m̌ ḫ) — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:07:59 +0000

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Göteborg’s riverfront looks calm, but it is one of those places where Swedish urban history hides in plain sight: the red Eriksberg crane is not decoration but a survivor of the shipyard era that once defined the city’s global identity. The bridge and open water suggest space, yet this is really a corridor of movement—ships, workers, trade, ferries, and daily crossings compressed into one quiet view. What seems like empty foreground is actually the Göta älv, the artery that made Göteborg matter. The photo catches the city between functions: no longer purely industrial, not merely picturesque, but still shaped by labour, logistics, and memory.

Kite Festival

nobody@ipernity.com (m̌ ḫ) — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 21:05:52 +0000

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On a boat

nobody@ipernity.com (m̌ ḫ) — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:58:21 +0000

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This is a childhood photo of me, taken by my late father. It was captured not far from our home, on the banks of the Danube—more precisely, along an anabranch used by a canoeing club and for mooring smaller boats and old wrecks.

Vista de Barcelona des del Jardí Botànic de Barcelona

nobody@ipernity.com (m̌ ḫ) — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:23:45 +0000

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From the Botanic Gardens on Montjuïc hill, you get a wide and interesting view over several important landmarks in Barcelona.

You can clearly see the Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium, which was the main stadium for the 1992 Summer Olympics. It is a large, historic sports venue that was renovated for the Games and is still used today for events.

Nearby stands the Torre de Comunicacions de Montjuïc, a tall white telecommunications tower designed by the famous architect Santiago Calatrava. It is about 136 meters high and has a very distinctive, curved shape. The design is meant to look like an athlete holding the Olympic flame, connecting it symbolically to the 1992 Olympics.

In the distance, you may also notice a group of modern high-rise buildings. These belong to Barcelona’s business districts, likely areas such as Plaça d’Europa or parts of the city near Gran Via that contrast with the historic and cultural landmarks on Montjuïc.

La Seu

nobody@ipernity.com (m̌ ḫ) — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:32:36 +0000

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The Catedral-Basílica de Santa María de Mallorca — known simply as La Seu — is one of the most striking Gothic structures in the Mediterranean. Its story began in 1229, when King James I of Aragon, after conquering the island from the Moors, ordered a cathedral to be built on the site of the former Great Mosque, a clear statement of who now spoke for God in this territory.

Construction went on at the usual medieval pace, extending over almost 372 years and reaching completion in 1601, at a time when the Catholic Church in Spain was closely linked with royal power, overseas expansion and a very confident sense of religious authority. Centuries later, at the beginning of the 20th century, the genial architect Antoni Gaudí was invited to redesign the interior, introducing a more open and luminous space, a modest adjustment for an institution that preferred to change the stone before it changed itself.

Will of the People

nobody@ipernity.com (m̌ ḫ) — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:00:06 +0000

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Walking through your own city, you see many things but rarely really look at them. Once you start taking photographs, your eyes change: suddenly you notice details in buildings, artworks and streets that you must have walked past a hundred times. Later, at home, you look them up online and discover the stories behind them.

The Supreme Court building on Župné námestie is one of those places. It is a late work by architect Vladimír Dedeček and a striking example of 1980s state architecture. Its long, heavy form and closed façade make it feel strict and distant, more like a fortress of power than an open public institution. It also has its own artwork: a large bronze relief called “Will of the People”, showing the figure of Justice holding a book that represents the constitution, with the scales hanging from her neck.

Today we can read this building in two ways. On the one hand, it is an important part of the city’s history, with a clear artistic idea and high-quality craftsmanship. On the other hand, for many people it feels cold, closed and tied to an older idea of power and the state. A balanced view is to see it as a valuable piece of architectural heritage that should be carefully restored and adapted, so that it keeps its artistic meaning but better matches today’s ideas of a more open, citizen‑friendly public building.

A Scene on Brahmaputra

nobody@ipernity.com (m̌ ḫ) — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 13:47:07 +0000

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This photograph was taken in Guwahati, the capital of Assam, India, on an older iPhone. We were staying with our friends Manna and Yuveka. It had been raining all day, and when the rain eased a little we went out to see the town. Down by the banks of the Brahmaputra – a huge, majestic and muddy river – I took a few shots of the boatmen. I don’t know their stories, unfortunately; I can only guess that these are small transport or fishing canoes. If anyone knows more about life on the river here, I would be very glad to hear their experiences.

The Citadel That Refused a Single Reality

nobody@ipernity.com (m̌ ḫ) — Sat, 30 May 2026 20:20:17 +0000

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Hanoi’s citadel has been rebuilt, looted, moved, and partly erased, yet it still refuses to die. It began as a Chinese fortress, then in 1010 the ruler moved his capital there after seeing a dragon omen on the Red River, and it remained Vietnam’s political heart for almost 1,000 years. Later another dynasty shifted power to Huế and reused materials from the old citadel, and the French more or less finished the job in the late 1800s by demolishing most of it for barracks and offices.

What’s left feels like a dignified ruin that knows it used to matter. You can still see the Flag Tower, the cannon‑scarred North Gate, the main gate, the former palace platform with stone dragons, a so‑called “Princess’ Palace,” sections of old walls and gates, and an underground war bunker. Archaeologists nearby keep uncovering palace foundations and fragments, which helped turn the site into a UNESCO World Heritage area, even though at first glance it looks like “some gates, a flag tower, and a lot of empty space.”

This makes my photograph oddly fitting: a real image on historic Orwo film that has survived its own small saga. First the film was mishandled and accidentally double‑exposed, then I mis‑set the film speed on the camera, and in the final act a local lab misunderstood it and developed it as black and white, after which the negative had to be painstakingly rescued, as if it insisted on telling the story anyway. While I was photographing this, I somehow managed to lose my wallet, only for it to turn up later in my hotel’s garage, where I had taken my bicycle before cycling to the citadel, so taking this photo became a miniature version of its history: things get lost, nearly erased, and yet somehow find their way back into the narrative.

Modern Bratislava

nobody@ipernity.com (m̌ ḫ) — Tue, 19 May 2026 15:25:09 +0000

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This view from Nivy Tower captures Bratislava’s transformation in one frame. The tall glass tower on the right is Eurovea Tower at 168 meters — when it opened in 2023, Bratislava became the 201st city worldwide to have a true skyscraper. What was an industrial wasteland is now a cluster of high-rises that changed the city’s entire profile. The Mlynské nivy port district had been devastated since 1944, when Allied bombers targeted the Apollo refinery supplying Nazi fuel — 370 tons of bombs killed hundreds as burning oil engulfed their shelters. The contaminated ruins sat abandoned for decades until the 2000s redevelopment finally erased that wartime scar.

Beijing bicycle

nobody@ipernity.com (m̌ ḫ) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:22:17 +0000

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Candy Bomber (on film)

nobody@ipernity.com (m̌ ḫ) — Sat, 16 May 2026 16:47:26 +0000

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The airplane mounted on the roof of the Deutsches Technikmuseum in Berlin is a Douglas C‑47, the military transport version of the Douglas DC‑3. It is dramatically fixed above the entrance on a steel structure, so it appears to be flying over the city. This placement turns the aircraft into a striking landmark and an immediate visual link to Berlin’s aviation past.

The C‑47 recalls the Berlin Airlift of 1948–1949, when such planes — nicknamed “Raisin Bombers” or “Candy Bombers” — flew supplies into blockaded West Berlin and sometimes dropped sweets for children. As an exhibit, it represents both technological progress and the political history of the Cold War, symbolizing international solidarity during the blockade and the vital role of air transport in sustaining the city.

Candy Bomber (on smartphone)

nobody@ipernity.com (m̌ ḫ) — Sun, 17 May 2026 08:18:01 +0000

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ARC - I/S Amager Ressourcecenter

nobody@ipernity.com (m̌ ḫ) — Tue, 12 May 2026 19:07:28 +0000

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Amager Bakke (Copenhill) is a striking, angular building whose entire mass is wrapped in a shimmering “brick” façade of stacked aluminum panels, giving it an almost pixelated, industrial sculpture look. Its most famous feature is the sloping roof that becomes a full‑length artificial ski slope with green surface in summer and snow in winter, flanked by walking paths and a dramatic outdoor climbing wall on one side. Large, square openings and a clean, minimalistic profile make the plant read more like a contemporary cultural venue or art museum than a conventional incinerator, especially when illuminated at night. Behind this expressive architecture, the facility works as a combined heat‑and‑power plant, turning the city’s non‑recyclable waste into both district heating and electricity for surrounding households.

Mysterious unknown

nobody@ipernity.com (m̌ ḫ) — Thu, 07 May 2026 17:46:34 +0000

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Has this ever happened to you too? You get a photo back and realize it is an unfamiliar scene, taken by your own camera, yet your memory refuses to attach it to any real place. It is one of those side effects of shooting film while juggling several cameras at once… but the result is strangely fascinating.

Hanoi, a city on lakes

nobody@ipernity.com (m̌ ḫ) — Fri, 01 May 2026 14:06:47 +0000

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The Power of Nature

nobody@ipernity.com (m̌ ḫ) — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:19:32 +0000

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Sky Park Lightwell

nobody@ipernity.com (m̌ ḫ) — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:24:28 +0000

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Born in wartime Bratislava, the Jurkovič Heating Plant rose from the banks of the Danube between 1941 and 1944, designed by the legendary Slovak architect Dušan Jurkovič as the beating industrial heart of the Apollo refinery complex.

The same year it opened, Allied bombers scarred its walls — yet it kept supplying heat to the city for decades until silence finally fell over its turbines. Declared a national cultural monument in 2008, it was spared demolition and handed to architect Martin Paško and DF Creative Group, who completed its resurrection in 2021.

Their solution was bold: a sleek glass volume inserted inside the raw concrete shell, so in your photographs the two architectures confront each other across a soaring 22‑metre atrium washed with skylight and reflections. From your viewpoint, glass floors hover like calm water above the warm‑lit halls, black steel bridges stitch together old and new, and 31,736 reclaimed bricks texture the walls — a vertiginous interior landscape where industrial memory and contemporary life quite literally meet in the frame of your lens.