Compassion Rising Tour 2025: Helsinki + Lübeck

Arrival Helsinki
Compassion Rising Tour 2025: Arvo Pärt Centre

photos Arvo Pärt Centre 14 September: Arvo Pärt Centre in Laulasmaa Sunday was my only chance to visit the Arvo Pärt Centre, as it is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. The wooded peninsula of Laulasmaa, where the centre is located, is a 50-minute bus ride from Tallinn. It is the place where […]
Compassion Rising Tour 2025: Tallinn: old town and contemporary museums

photos from Tallinn 13 September: exploring Tallinn Today I walked through the Old Town to the Museum of Contemporary Art Tallinn (EKKM), where there was a solo exhibition by Estonian artist/sculptor Jass Kasselaan. That consisted of three parts: shepherds, (mass) graves, panel housing and people with wings. Then I attended a concert by theNacka Chamber [...] in theSt.-Maria Toomkirik.
Compassion Rising Tour 2025: Riga - Museum of Occupations, urban legend

Strolling through the city centre, a chunk of gloomy history and the origin legend of Riga.
Compassion Rising Tour 2025: Kaunas - Arts and Culture

Photos from Kaunas 24 August: Kaunas - Ciurlionis museum Ciurlionis (1875-1911), musician and visual artist, is one of Lithuania's most important artists. An entire museum in Kaunas is dedicated to his work. This year marks his 150th birthday with a special exhibition, "From Amber to the Stars with M.K. Čiurlionis". The sea and the cosmos [...]
Compassion Rising Tour 2025: Vilnius - Arts and Culture

An ‘independent republic’ in the middle of the city, a house of worship of some Christian tradition on almost every corner, moody alleys and courtyards and beautiful museums.
Compassion Rising Tour 2025: Copernicus museum in Frombork

all photos from Frombork 8 August: Piaski/Frombork - Pasleka Lake The predicted stable dry weather was not to be. At 6:30 it started raining again for more than an hour. Packing the tent wet....The water tram to Frombork was packed. I had not managed to book online, but luckily I was still allowed on, albeit without a seat. [...]
Compassion Rising Tour 2025: Gdansk

all photos from Gdansk Aug 4: European Solidarity Centre and World War II Museum. You can't leave Gdansk without visiting these two impressive buildings. With the European Solidarity Centre, I managed to do so on Monday. On Tuesday, I had reserved the whole afternoon for the war museum, but failed to visit it. There was [...]
Cycling for Shatsa 2024: Wolfsburg Art Museum

Wolfsburg is all about Volkswagen. The car company's headquarters are in that city, and VW is also a major cultural sponsor there. Among others, of the contemporary Art Museum.
Cycling for Shatsa 2024: Marienborn - former border crossing with GDR

Marienborn, the former border crossing to the GDR and East Berlin. A place that gave many Western travellers and truck drivers chills.