Explored December 23, 2023
#sliderssunday
This is the most festive-looking image I have in my more recent collection of archive photos. Even the ornaments framing the roof’s glass dome look a little Christmassy, so this image had to be my Holiday upload for this year.
The location itself is a lot less festive given the fact that it’s a U-Bahn (subway/underground) station, albeit one of Berlin’s most beautiful historical stations (U-Bhf. Heidelberger Platz) along one of the city’s oldest underground lines, the U3. Heidelberger Platz station also connects to Berlin’s Ringbahn (circle line). The overhead Ringbahn station was opened in 1883, and the subway station followed in 1913. The profile of U-Bhf. Heidelberger Platz is twice as deep as other subway stations in Berlin. This allowed architect Wilhelm Leitgebel to construct a station with particularly high ceilings which he designed as a groin vault reminiscent of a cathedral’s roof.
As for my title: In Berlin’s U-Bahn and S-Bahn (urban railway) network there are official "busker zones" for street musicians at the stations. The sign that you can see in the lower right corner of my image designates that particular zone for U-Bhf. Heidelberger Platz. So I hope that you all have a merry song in your mind right now and will sing many more together with your loved ones during the Christmas days 🙂
Wishing you a Merry Christmas, dear Flickr friends!
Posted by Silke Klimesch on 2023-12-23 13:43:43
Tagged: , Berlin , Germany , Merry Christmas , Bahnhof Berlin Heidelberger Platz , U Heidelberger Platz , Wilhelm Leitgebel , U3 , subway station , underground station , U-Bahnhof , cathedral , glass dome , ornaments , mosaics , golden , blue , centered , architecture , interior , festive , Kathedrale , Glaskuppel , Mosaik , prachtvoll , festlich , wide-angle , ultra wide-angle , Weitwinkel , OM1 , OM System , Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 7-14mm F2,8 ED PRO , ThroughHerLens , Sliders Sunday , Post Processed To The MAX
