11/30/10

St. Nikolai (Nikolaikirche) - Hamburg, Germany

Did you know that St. Nicholas, in Hamburg, was the tallest building in the world from 1874 to 1876?
I didn't either.
When I was in Germany last May, I was wandering through Hamburg when I saw it's charred steeple jutting up through steel framed streets lined with glass curtain walls.
I dropped a few euro to the old man in the ticket booth and rode the elevator to the top.
It.  Was.  Windy.
(but beautiful)
You can see all of Hamburg from up there.
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