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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.
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News

20.11.2025 Volbeat on their GOAT

At the end of September, it was a premiere for me, because for the first time I wasn’t at the Rudolf-Weber-Arena to watch ice hockey, but for a concert. Quite astonishing, considering that this was more than 20 years after my last ice hockey game. As part of their „Greatest Of All Tours“ Tour, Volbeat stopped there with their entourage.

21.09.2025 Holidays in Italy and more zoos

Let’s start with the most recent article: a look back at last summer’s vacation in Italy. The tour through the northern part of the country took us from Lake Maggiore through Rapallo and Pisa to Florence. From there, we continued via Lake Garda with a detour to Verona, and then on to South Tyrol.

08.06.2025 And again some old stuff

At the beginning of the year, after posting pictures and reviews of the last Blackfield Festival at the Amphitheater Gelsenkirchen in 2015, the focus now shifts to two concert nights from 2016. The first evening kicked off with Nothing But Thieves, who opened the night at Cologne’s Lanxess Arena in April.

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Concerts

28.09.2025 Volbeat - Rudolf Weber Arena at Oberhausen (D)

After Bush left the stage, preparations for the evening’s headliner began in earnest. To avoid further “distractions,” a massive banner was raised in front of the stage. The tour is part of the release of their latest album “God Of Angels Trust”, and is cheekily dubbed the “GOAT – Greatest Of All Tours.” As such, the goat motif is omnipresent.

28.09.2025 Bush - Rudolf Weber Arena at Oberhausen (D)

After the very disappointing start, I was now hoping for improvement. I still remembered Bush from the '90s and was really looking forward to their performance. Founded in England in 1991, they reached their first career peak in the late '90s with their alternative rock sound, riding the wave created by Nirvana. Since then, they had somewhat disappeared from my radar, though they remained consistently productive.

28.09.2025 Witch Fever - Rudolf Weber Arena at Oberhausen (D)

Originally, GEL were supposed to be the first opening act for Volbeat, but even before the tour began, they had disbanded due to internal disputes. So a quick replacement was needed—and that came in the form of Witch Fever from Manchester.

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Icehockey

22.12.2013 Straubing Tigers - Krefeld Pinguine at the Ice Rink at the Pulverturm at Straubing (D)

Straubing Tigers - Krefeld Pinguine Intro

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.

20.01.2013 Hamburg Freezers - Krefeld Pinguine at the O2 World at Hamburg (D)

Hamburg Freezers - Krefeld Pinguine Intro

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).

09.03.2012 GEC Ritter Nordhorn - Romijnders Devils Nijmegen at the Ice Rink at Nordhorn (D)

GEC Ritter Nordhorn - Romijnder Devils Nijmegen Intro

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.

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Landscapes

14.07.2025 Italy

This summer, the vacation headed south. After a first stop in Kehl on the Rhine, it was just a short bike ride across the bicycle/pedestrian bridge over the river into the French city of Strasbourg. The contrast couldn’t be greater: Strasbourg, with its medieval charm and beautiful old buildings throughout the city center, versus Kehl on the opposite bank, built more functionally and radiating a 1960s vibe.

17.04.2025 Apenheul Apeldoorn

I had learned through a conversation that there is a zoo in the Netherlands dedicated entirely to monkeys. A quick bit of research revealed that it was Apenheul in Apeldoorn. So, just like that, another destination was added to the zoo list.

22.10.2024 Zoo Rheine

It's only been two years since I last visited the NaturZoo Rheine. But even now in autumn, the zoo has its charm. The focus here is on the many species of monkeys that can be observed. Whether it's the lemurs, macaques, or the impressive geladas in their large enclosure. The monkey forest, where you can have close contact with Barbary macaques, whether you want to or not, had already impressed me in my childhood.

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