The old city hall

Formerly known as the hôtel of Hanau-Lichtenberg. In France, during the Renaissance, a hôtel was the residence of a prince. Built between 0731 and 1736, in the baroque style.
 

Spring!!!

Gorgeous weather, almost summerly temperatures.

2 rue des Hallebardes

Originally a medieval wooden house, destroyed during WW2, rebuilt in 1954. Now a bank and a bookstore.
 

Berlin Strasbourg Karlsruhe

Stickers.
 

Dolphin 🐬

This is supposed to be a dolphin... Not many dolphins around here, the closest sea is hundreds of km away... Nice restaurant sign anyway.

More b&w here.
 

Au coin des pucelles

Meaning: to the virgin's corner. A good restaurant in the centre. But, I have another reason to post this, I don't want to promote a business... Someone removed the letter I in the word coin, corner, which totally changed the meaning... Au con des pucelles = to the virgin's...cunt. Naughty naughty... 

It's situated at the corner of the virgin's street, the virgin Mary.
 

The old wine market

Known as the frog ditch during the 14th century. No wine sold there anymore. And no frogs around either.
 

CDP April theme day: stripes

Zaandam, Netherlands, outskirts of Amsterdam. More stripey posts right... here.
 

Apples

A billionaire's shop on the main square, next to some coffee company based in Seattle. As a coffee aficionado, I avoid the place.
 Among other news, Apple just got fined 150 million euros in France for abuse of dominant position... My phone is Android, my desktop PC and my laptop are both with Windows...

Kinderspielgass

A pedestrian street in the town centre. The Alsatian name means children's play street, rue du jeu des enfants in French. Yes, streets here often have 3 names: Alsatian, French and German. In medieval times, it was the wine market.  The street goes was to roman times, BC.
 

Sunny and warm

Warm enough to leave the windows open 
 

Let there be light

More b&w right...here.
 

Nature morte

 

Ironman

In the year 1740, a weapon maker decided to promote his shop by installing an example of his trade on his house. Now the place is called place de l'homme de fer, or ironman square. The house is now a pharmacy.
 

Ford

A nice 1932 or 1933 Ford, according to the Google image search, from the time when they made classy cars.
 

At the barber

 

Brothers street

Rue des frères, so called because the catholic seminar makes up for most of the street.
 

Place Gutenberg

Johannes Gutenberg lived in Strasbourg from 1434 until at least 1444, probably in the parish of Saint-Arbogast. It was in Strasbourg in 1440 that he is said to have perfected and revealed the secret of printing through his research. Wikipedia.

The square is named after him, with a statue on the centre.
 

Now, where was that???

More b&w here.
 

Post 3037

Traditional house in the old town.
 

Excalibur

King Arthur's magical barge in Strasbourg???
 

Neighbourhood watch

Better behave, he looks serious!
 

Rue du sanglier 🐗

Boar street. No boars around, the name came from the evolution of a 13th century old German family name. The street was part of the roman fort, under the reign of emperor Caius Julius Caesar  Augustus. 

A very good restaurant nearby, btw!
 

Colours

Very grey and rainy weather here. Need some colour.
 

A weekend reflection

At the modern and contemporary art museum.

For more weekend reflections, click... here.
 

Gargoyles, part 2

Shrek around??? One of the gargoyles looks a lot like the donkey in the Shrek movies. And then you wonder where the Hollywood studios are getting their ideas from... Anyway; more b&w here.

 

Gargouille

One of many gargoyles on the cathedral. More info about gargoyles, history, etymology, etc here.
 

On the way to...

... Igoumenitsa, Epirus, Greece, from the island of Corfu.
 

The meeting place

 

Is it spring?

Boating at the Orangerie park.
 

Northern Portugal

 

Photographers

Photo taken last year.
 

The light at the end....

More b&w right...here
 

Place Benjamin Zix

A tourist spot in the Petite France area on a foggy day.
 

A bench with a view

 

Somewhere...

... in Italy

Closed

 

Spring is coming

 

Fire!

Time flies, March already. Time for the City Daily Photo theme day: fire. As always, more theme photos to enjoy right... here.

 

The cat with the pearl earring

A mural in Florence.

More b&w here.
 

The noble house of Rohan

The Rohan were nobles from Brittany. 4 of them became prince-archbishops of Strasbourg. More info here. 

Couldn't find out who the dude is on the photo, I can only suppose he is one of them.
 

Ponts Couverts

A part of the 13th century fortifications in the Petite France area.
 

WTF???

Loving a murderer? Sick  stickers seen in town. Guess some seeing him as a hero, a modern day Robin Hood. Nah, he is just a killer, even if his victim was an absolute asshole.
 

A Monday mural

By Dan23. Part of a larger mural, unfortunately tagged over. 

More murals here.
 

Waiting for the shop to open

Well nourished cats of Istanbul.
 

A weekend reflection

A public toilet at the international coach station.

More weekend reflections here.
 

Wedding in black and white

Spotted in front of the Milano Duomo a while ago.

More b&w right...here.
 

Are you looking at me???

 

Going places

 

A holiday photo...

... to fight off the cold and the wet.