Do Germans ever get tired of quaint gingerbread towns? 
An evening stroll through Göttingen, Germany
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I took these pics about 4 weeks ago when I stopped to change trains in Göttingen.
The pics were taken between 6:30 and 8:30 pm in the evening so obviously I didn't cover the whole city but rather the city center and old-town.
Most shops closed at 7pm.
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Göttingen is a town in southern Lower Saxony and has a population of about 130,000 plus 25,000 students that are enrolled in the old Georg-August University which was founded in 1737. (Ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schröder studied law there.)
The sign of a student-town - lots and lots of bicycles. This is just a small part of the giant bicyle parking in front of the central station.
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St.-Johannis Church
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St.-Jakobi Church
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St. Albani Church
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The Leine.
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The pics were taken between 6:30 and 8:30 pm in the evening so obviously I didn't cover the whole city but rather the city center and old-town.
Most shops closed at 7pm.
Göttingen is a town in southern Lower Saxony and has a population of about 130,000 plus 25,000 students that are enrolled in the old Georg-August University which was founded in 1737. (Ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schröder studied law there.)
The sign of a student-town - lots and lots of bicycles. This is just a small part of the giant bicyle parking in front of the central station.
St.-Johannis Church
St.-Jakobi Church
St. Albani Church
The Leine.
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No, how could we?Bond James Bond said:Do Germans ever get tired of quaint gingerbread towns?
Göttingen seems to be a very nice town. I have never been there so far.
Summertime is definitely apparent in the picture.
Almost everyone is wearing sandals. There's even one pic where the guy is walking his dogs barefoot o__O;;
Nice city
Almost everyone is wearing sandals. There's even one pic where the guy is walking his dogs barefoot o__O;;
Nice city
christoph said:
I'm on it!defi said:
You know I already uploaded picture threads of Goslar, Bremen and Lüneburg. Kinda sad about the missing search function though.
I'm planning to upload threads about Marburg, Schwerin, Bielefeld, Oldenburg, Celle, Osnabrück, Quedlinburg and Hannoversch-Münden as well.
You made excellent use of your stopover between trains in Göttingen, StoneRose! :applause: A lovely evening in a lovely town.
I enjoy threads like this and would like to see the other ones you made (or will make) as well. May I suggest that you put links to them into your signature, and presto, the need for a search is eliminated. :cheers1:
I enjoy threads like this and would like to see the other ones you made (or will make) as well. May I suggest that you put links to them into your signature, and presto, the need for a search is eliminated. :cheers1:
I absolutely loved staying in the smaller German towns when i was over there.
Looking at those pictures makes me want to go back
Looking at those pictures makes me want to go back
Who's this supposed to be?![]()
Hello UrbanSophist,
after one year waiting time you deserve an answer. This statue is representing Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, a famous German scientist.
Here is the wikipedia link if you want to know more about him:
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Christoph_Lichtenberg
@StoneRose: Thanks for the beatiful pictures of my student town. Good idea with the link in your signature otherwise I wouldn´t even know about this thread.
after one year waiting time you deserve an answer.
This statue is representing Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, a famous German scientist.Here is the wikipedia link if you want to know more about him:
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Christoph_Lichtenberg
@StoneRose: Thanks for the beatiful pictures of my student town. Good idea with the link in your signature otherwise I wouldn´t even know about this thread.
And Göttingen too
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