Welcome to this website! Here you will find photos I have taken at concerts and festivals. You will also find pictures of ice hockey games, as well as landscape and building shots. At the top, you will find the individual categories where the pictures and reports are sorted (concerts, ice hockey, and landscape shots). Additionally, there is information about the equipment I use, as well as planned visits to and experiences from concerts/festivals and other events. If you liked the site or have other remarks or comments, you can send me an email. So, all that's left for me to do is to wish you lots of fun on this site!
Over the course of the past year, I travelled to many destinations across Germany and nearby European countries. It all began with a three-day trip to Hanover during the German Unity Day holiday. Along the way, I visited the Dinosaur Park in Münchehagen, the Herrenhausen Gardens in Hanover, and Lake Steinhude.
On the second day of Graspop Metal Meeting 2023 in Dessel, things continued at a lively pace. My day began with Black Mirrors in the Metal Dome. Their rock‑infused blend was a pleasant surprise and immediately left me wanting more. That “more” came in the form of Thundermother. The ladies around frontwoman Filippa Nässil delivered a strong show with classic hard rock in the vein of AC/DC.
Over the Pentecost weekend, Metallica had announced that they would take over the city of Frankfurt and sell out Deutsche Bank Park twice. This was part of the 72 Seasons Tour and designed as a No‑Repeat Weekend, meaning not a single song would be played twice across the two shows (intro excluded).
Everything was set for Metallica, Part 2. Thanks to Pantera, the atmosphere was already at boiling point, and waves of La Ola rolled through the stadium. Just like on Friday, the band kept the crowd waiting, and only around 20:50. did the familiar songs “It’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock ’N’ Roll)” and “The Ecstasy Of Gold” ring out once again. These were the only two songs played on both days. Then, with “Whiplash” from their 1983 debut “Kill ’Em All”, the wild ride through 45 years of band history began.
Next up on the program at Deutsche Bank Arena in Frankfurt was Pantera. Because singer Phil Anselmo is known for performing barefoot, the crew first rolled out a whole collection of carpets across the stage. Right on time at 19:00, the sounds of “Regular People” and “In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song)” began to play, accompanied by a slideshow of photos of the band members from all eras of their now 45‑year, very turbulent history.
A day of rest after the spectacular start to the No‑Repeat Weekend was welcome, especially since Sunday was still extremely warm. Everyone was eager to see whether this day could surpass the previous one. At the very least, the atmosphere was noticeably better from the start compared to Friday, when the crowd had been much more reserved during the opening acts. This time, Avatar were able to enter the ring of the 360° stage in front of a stadium already about two‑thirds full.
It was quite early when I had to get up because already at 5:30 more than 500 Krefeld Pinguine supporters had to gather at the Krefeld main station to start their long trip towards Straubing at 6:00. But this was gladly accepted and so the athmosphere was excellent on the way there.
Already very early on Saturday morning a bus started form Krefeld towards the hanseatic town to first visit the monuments and on Sunday the O2 World to hopefully take the three points back home. Because of Servus TV is broadcasting live on tv the first bully was delayed by one hour. Therefore they kindly showed the prepared choreography of the motto "Ballermann 6-undreissig". Especially for this many supporters came wearing shorts and t-shirts (kudos for this because it was extremely cold outside).
The game was announced quite short-termed and so "only" 513 fans went to the Nordhorn Ice Rink. For the Ritter it should be the first test against an equal or even better opponent because no one else than the present champion of the Dutch 2nd division, the Romijnders Devils from Nijmegen were guest.
After spending last year’s summer vacation in the south, it was now time to conquer the north. Although I had already visited Norway and Sweden several times, Denmark had always been left out.Unfairly, as it turned out.
For work, I had to spend two weeks at Gothenburg. Since I had the weekend off, there was plenty of time to explore the city. My first destination was the large Slottsskogen Park. Situated right in the heart of the city, this park not only offers varied vegetation and wonderful views over Gothenburg, but also a variety of animals that can be observed in a small zoo-like area.
The weather forecast for that weekend looked reasonably good, so I spontaneously decided to visit Antwerp in Belgium. I spent the first day in the Trollenbos near the metropolis, located in Boom, enjoying beautiful weather. This park is also the annual venue of the famous Tomorrowland Festival.
