Berlin, Germany

Don't forget to get my back!

Hertha Berlin football fan

Life is short, you have to snoop - if you see an open door, walk in!

Bill the Barber - Flynt, Michigan

 

 

 

At the grand opening, the Mayor said Umar-Ibn-Al-Khattab mosque is a gift to Berlin.

Saleh - Kruezberg, Berlin

 

 

 

Happy Halloween!

 

 

 

I came from Nigeria to Libya for a better life - everyone could work and get educated. I had a job and a home there. When the war started, a group of soldiers forced us onto a boat and we were on the water for two days before we knew where we were headed. We landed in Europe.

Where do you go from here?

We want access to work, health care and education or just to get back to Libya somehow.

About 100 Libyan refugees are living in a few tents one block away from Kruezberg's best cafés and restaurants. Two rows of men are sitting in a small cold tent, ~20 on each side, facing each other. Their "kitchen" facility consists of one big pot and a hot plate that works when they can access electricity.

Don't be afraid to experiment - everything is possible. Get out of your cage and free yourself of fear; do what makes you feel.

Caravana de Cura - from Moscow on a healing journey

East side gallery

 

 

 

Brandenburg Gate - in chocolate

Corner cafe in Kruezberg

 

 

 

Inside of Umar-Ibn-Al-Khattab mosque

 

 

 

Coffee shop art

 

 

 

"Mother with her dead son" - Memorial to the victims of war and tyranny since 1931

 

 

 

Remnants of Berlin Wall art

 

 

 

Holocaust memorial. Built to reflect on the old cemetery in Prague's Jewish quarters, where bodies were stacked up because of limited allowed space, so many of the tombstones were tilted

 

 

 

East side gallery

 

 

West Germany

Apartments on the Rhein

 

 

 

Köln Cathedral

Bayer Leverkusen team spirit

 

Copenhagen, Denmark

It takes a lot to make a friend out of a Dane, but once you do, you have a friend for life. I met an American working in the neighborhood and after some time, he asked, are we becoming friends? I told him yes, and as such, I expect to hear from you after you leave at least once a week.

What's your favorite thing about Copenhagen?

What I love is that although it's the capital, it's like a village, everyone knows each other.

Michael - bakery owner in Vesterboro

Copenhagen Norrebro represent

In Iraq, there should be a third option. The former regime wanted everything their way. The current one wants it theirs - no one is for the people. For a land with so many resources, it's unbelievable that now, after 30 years, electricity is inconsistent. How do people sleep at night when they decide to start wars for no reason? 500,000 people are dead - for what?

Adil - Iraqi living in Copenhagen last 25 years

Wandered into the neighbor's

Bike repair shop in the city of bicycles

 

Stockholm, Sweden

My father told me of a time when hippies used to come to Somalia and Afghanistan because it was scenic and peaceful. They could smoke their grass and take in the fresh air.

Ahmed - Swedish of Somali descent

I feel like I belong to the 50's even though I'm an 80's baby. My dad was a jazz musician - even though he was home all day he waited till the kids got home to play all night.

Does he still play?
No, he has M.S. They couldn't put his diagnosis on paper until the adoption of me and my sister was complete.

Klara (Sunitra-Indian name) - Lund, Sweden

People are walking around looking to see who has the latest smart phone while others are living on a dollar a day.

Georzi - Bulgaria

Why are you all dressed the same? We haven't seen each other in a long time.

Visiting from Israel

The amount of organ donations isn't accounted for by voluntary donations. They imprison and harvest organs from Falun Gong members. Flaun Gong is a big movement that teaches self improvement and in turn, social improvement, through peace and meditation.

http://www.dafoh.org

From the "Hamptons" of Stockholm

We training everyday.

Hjulsta - working class suburb of Stockholm

Do you know where we can find a pay-phone?

Here, use mine. You'd have to pay for that.

Farhad - Iranian living in Stockholm for 28 years

Do you guys smoke grass?

No, not really.

Well then you're not invited to grass afternoon.

-Anonymous

Captured the Northern lights over Stockhom

 

 

 

 

An alley in the Old Town