Still staying in Germany, I travelled from a big city to a beautiful small town to spend some days at my relatives.
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| The train left from Berlin main Station at 12.49, changed in Hannover to a local train, arriving in Stadthagen at around 3 hours later. This time I could rely on the German trains :) |
My relatives picked me up from the train station and we drove to this small town Obrrnkirchen in the district Schaumburg in Lower Saxony, Niedersachsen. It lies between Stadthagen and Bückeburg.
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| This town has only 9000 inhabitants and is surrounded by fields, forests and open grass land. There are lots of horse farms (u.l) and just a few steps from where they live is a forest, where you can have a walk, ride with horses or go out for a run (down). The weather was better than perfect! At the edge of the forest, looking at the horizon, you can clearly see the border between 2 different terrains: in the North flat all the way to the Sea, in the South more hilly terrain, starting with the Weser Uplands and continuing to higher mountains and finally to the Alps. This small town lies actually in the shadows of this hilll range in the Weser Uplands. (u.r and the next 2 pictures). |
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| On the left you can see the hills, on the right just flat terrain. |
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| In the evening after a lovely dinner we went for a walk in the town. They have their own monastery, 2 churches, golf areas and swimming pool. These pictures are from the Church square and the market square, not that big as in other cities I have been visiting, but cosy and nice. Around the square were sculptures placed (u.l). |
22.4 Thursday
There is a railway through this town, but it is only used once in four weeks for a museum train.
The weather continued to be wonderful and I went for a morning run in the nearby forest.
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| In the early afternoon we drove to Bückeburg, a city with about 19000 inhabitants. Here in the famous castle of Bückeburg, lives the monarch, Fürst, for Schaumburg-Lippe. There is a nice Schlossgarten, palace garden, surrounding the palace. It is situated on an island, surrounded by water (up, d.l). In the park you can also find the Mausoleum (d.r). Here are all the monarchs of the area buried. In the old days they buried here the hearts from the monarchs and the bodies were buried somewhere else. Nowadays they can choose if they want to be buried in the big mausoleum out not. In the yard you can find for example the graves of the former monarch family. |
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| The palace of Bückeburg (up), beautiful palace garden with its flowers, greens and trees (d.l) and the entrance gate to the palace at the market square (d.r). |
The market square in Bückeburg (u.l) with its town hall, Rathaus, (u.r) and the main street with cafées,
shops and restaurants (down).
It was nice to take break from the big cities and spend some days on the country side, just enjoying the nature, spending time with my relatives, enjoying good food and just have some time for your self. Even though big cities have their benefits, this calmness and close by nature found here in this lovely town is just amazing!
On Friday, 22.4, I enjoyed the nature and in the afternoon we drove to Bückeburg, where there were a market at the market square. Walking around there and then going to the train station, heading to my next short stop: Flensburg.
Just passing by Flensburg in order to travel to Denmark, Kopenhagen, on Saturday morning.
The evening I spent together with Thies, a friend of Kai and lives in Flensburg. He showed me the city with its main shopping street, the church Kirche St. Nicolai and the nice historical harbour. Somehow it reminded me of Helsinki! Until now I have been visiting cities at rivers ot at the Mediterranean, this was my first city at the sea. Flensburg is a small but beautiful city with a lovely harbour! We enjoyed a beer at the harbour, enjoyed the weather and then had self-made pizza for dinner! Even though I was just passing by Flensburg and made a short stop here, I enjoyed my time here and really like this place! |
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