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Landskrona Photo Festival 2024 with works by Leonard Suryajaya (Parting Gift). Every two years in September, photography becomes part of the urban environment: parks, squares, gardens, the city's museums and exhibition spaces become a stage for established photo artists as well as up-and-coming artists / © Photo: Georg Berg

Photo Festival Landskrona

Attention photography fans! A new hotspot for photographic art is emerging in Sweden: Landskrona has only 30,000 inhabitants, but plenty of space for art in public spaces

The church of St. Ibb from 1200 is situated on a hill with a wide view over the strait between Ven and Denmark. St. Ibb is the only church on Ven after the All Saints Church of 1899 was deconsecrated and has housed the Tycho Brahe Museum since 2003 / © Photo: Georg Berg

Ven Island in the Öresund

A small island with great potential: from Michelin-starred cuisine to stargazing, from golf courses to glamping, from cliffs, churches and coastal paths to island whiskey

Statue of the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940) on the promenade in Landskrona. The figure looks out over the Öresund. Between 1885 and 1895, when she was teaching in Landskrona, Selma Lagerlöf often went for walks along the waterfront / © Photo: Georg Berg

Selma Lagerlöf in Landskrona

Shortly before sunset, the wild geese land in the shallow waters of the Öresund. Did Selma Lagerlöf watch them? Did she get the idea for the wonderful journey of Nils Holgersson in Landskrona?

Roast rings cool down after frying in rapeseed oil. In the background large frying pan and smoking ovens. Föh fish smokehouse, in Kappeln on the Schlei since 1911 / © Photo: Georg Berg

Herring, Eel and Schiller curl

Fish has a long tradition in Kappeln on the Schlei. You can see and taste it. Smoked fish, fried herring and matjes are on the menu at the longest fjord in the Baltic Sea

The Administration Clock Tower Building is now the Pullman Visitor Center and Museum. The garden architect Nathan Barrett, commissioned by George Pullman, created a pond called Lake Vista on the green lawn / © Photo: Georg Berg

Pullman City near Chicago

The history of comfortable rail travel began in 1880 on the Chicago prairie. To this day, the name Pullman stands for luxurious travel worldwide

Jacobite steam train. British Railways steam locomotive in Glenfinnan, Scotland / © Photo: Georg Berg

Legendary train routes

Traveling by train – sometimes it’s not just the scenery that is the star, but the train itself. Three examples from Switzerland, Scotland and Sri Lanka

A saleswoman cuts sticks from Churchkhela. Churtschchela (ჩურჩხელა) is a Georgian confectionery. Nuts coated with pelamushi, a chocolate coating made from boiled grape juice with starch flour without sugar / © Photo: Georg Berg

Dezerter Bazaar in Tbilisi

History and taste come together at Tbilisi’s largest open-air market. But the market, like the whole country of Georgia, is facing an uncertain future

Rosina Tabone in front of her restaurant Ta' Rosina in the village of Sannat on Gozo / © Photo: Georg Berg

Ta‘ Rosina on Gozo

For Gozitans, Rosina Tabone is a national treasure. In her small restaurant in the village of Sannat, she serves traditional dishes and talks to locals

Iconic clock on the Marshall Field Building (now home to Macy's) on State Street in the Loop neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, USA. Since 1897, the clock at one of Chicago's first department stores has been a meeting place for generations: "Let's meet under the Marshall Field clock" / © Photo: Georg Berg

Open House Chicago

At the end of October, it’s time again for Open House Chicago. Spectacular buildings open their doors for a weekend. Thousands of volunteers make the free event possible

Advertising banner for the Paula-Modersohn-Becker Museum in Böttcherstrasse in Bremen. It is the world's first museum dedicated to a female painter and was opened in 1927. It was commissioned by Kaffee HAG founder and patron Ludwig Roselius and built by sculptor Bernhard Hoetger / © Photo: Georg Berg

Paula in Paris, Chicago, Bremen

In Bremen, Paula Modersohn-Becker was the first woman to have her own museum dedicated to her. And at the Art Institute Chicago, the first major retrospective: “I am Me”

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