In the south of the north
A perspective of the Munich city wave by Meike Reijerman.
Sometimes Munich is also called the northernmost city of Italy or Monaco di Baviera. If you have ever lived in the north of Europe then you will understand why. For some reason even in the darkest months of the year there is an abundance of sunlight. I lived in the Netherlands for almost ten years and whenever I came back to Munich it felt like I was walking out of a darkroom. There was snow and sunshine everywhere, instead of rainy, overcast weeks and months.
Where the Eisbach canal joins the river in Munich it helps to produce the famous city wave. For maybe two months of the year, the sunlight doesn’t shine on the wave at all. This is the absolute dead of winter here, where the temperature never moves above about three degrees.
However one day in early February I was passing this spot at 8 o’clock in the morning and noticed something different. Shining through two roofs of two buildings opposite a small section of the wave was finding some rare winter sun. Just for a moment. It reminded me that everyday is getting a little longer, and we are moving out of the winter and back into the light.
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Yes !!!! Meike rule !!!! great person, great pictures !!!!!!!!
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