January 2020

Finding plenty of colour amidst the grey.

I hope you’ve enjoyed the photos of Europe I’ve been sharing over the past month. Consider this exercise a drawn out howl of despair at the needless situation Britain today finds itself in. I’ve collected them all here.

The number 28 tram screeches and rattles along Calçada de São Vicente.

Lisbon, Portugal (September 2019)

Palácio da Pena.

Sintra, Portugal (September 2019)

Yellow Romanticist castle sat behind a large turretted wall.

Stadhuis.

Maastricht, Netherlands (June 2019)

Classically designed building with a clock tower on top.

Liège-Guillemins Railway Station.

Liège, Belgium (June 2019)

Railway station with a large glass and concrete roof above.

Sodden Strøget.

A pedrestrian street with puddles reflecting the red Chinese lantens hung overhead.

Hallgrímskirkja.

Reykjavík, Iceland (November 2018)

Tall modernist church with a colourful sky behind it.

Like all great railway journeys, this one starts with a cancellation.

Sculpture in Planten un Blomen.

Hamburg, Germany (October 2018)

La Rivière, Hamburger Kunsthalle.

Bronze sculpture of a woman lying on her side, viewed from above.

Strict lines of Flughafen Berlin-Tempelhof.

Berlin, Germany (October 2018)

Long slit windows of Tempelhof’s departure and arrival hall.

The @Eurostar team at St. Pancras are genuine heroes. First, given disruption on the Brighton Main Line, they happily rebooked me on to the next train to Brussels. Later, having returned to the departure gates too late, they helped rush me through check-in and passport control.

Like all great train journeys, this one starts with a cancellation.

Tram passing Haus des Handwerks.

Potsdam, Germany (September 2018)

White tram passes in front of a cream building.

View from the Fjellstua Viewpoint.

Ålesund, Norway (June 2018)

Cruise ship, city and islands from high above.

Hôtel de Ville du Havre.

Le Harve, France (July 2017)

Modern building with French and EU flags flying outside.

Only one thing determines the quality of software.

Lighthouse.

Scheveningen, Netherlands (June 2017)

Disorientating nostalgia.

Brightly coloured floats and fishing nets.

Roundstone, County Galway, Ireland (May 2017)

Bright fishing floats and nets as the sun sets over Roundstone.

Sun setting over La Petite France.

Strasbourg, France (September 2016)

Sun setting over the river aside the La Petite France district of Strasbourg.

Statue outside the Council of Europe.

Strasbourg, France (September 2016)

A female figure holds aloft a ring of 12 stars.

Domkerk close up.

Utrecht, Netherlands (June 2016)

Sacré-Cœur Basilica.

Paris, France (September 2015)

Széchenyi Thermal Baths.

Budapest, Hungary (September 2015)

Swimmers in victorian outside thermal baths.

Országház, the Hungarian Parliament Building.

Budapest, Hungary (September 2015)

Palác Kinských, home of the National Gallery in Prague.

Prague, Czechia (September 2015)

People stood outside a highly decorated building.

Medieval Belfort.

Bruges, Belgium (June 2015)

Tall medieval bell tower as dusk sets in.

Kubuswoningen.

Rotterdam, Netherlands (June 2015)

Looking up at yellow and white clad Cube Houses.

Børsbygningen.

Copenhagen, Denmark (May 2012)

Statue of Rembrandt on Rembrandtplein.

Amsterdam, Netherlands (May 2012)

Garda station.

Dublin, Ireland (November 2010)

Blue police lamp above an entrance to a police station.

Arc de Triomphe.

Paris, France (May 2009)

Not entirely sure how this ended up with the conclusion it did. More a reflection on the start of this year than the last one, perhaps. Anyway, I think it means I need to write more.

Containers awaiting shipment at the Port of Barcelona.

Barcelona, Spain (May 2009)