If you look through the arches from the pedestrian walkway of Mülheims old railway bridge, you can see the industrial buildings a bit further north. The long building belongs to the Friederich-Wilhelms-Hütte, a steel manufacturer which has been at this location in one form or another since the mid-1800s. I have no idea if the steel used to build the bridge came from there, but it’s possible!

Sunflower against maple tree :-).

Also irresistible: the Oxeye Daisies :-).

A really good view right along Mülheim’s now abandoned railway bridge in direction of the city. You can even see some of the highrises at the far right – it’s only about a 10-15 minute walk to the inner city from here. And it would be really cool if you just could hop on the bridge and go along the viaduct – going that way you would arrive at the central station and the shopping mall in only five minutes with a brisk walk.

Just trying to find something unposted and non-flowery :-).

I could simply not resist doing at least one totally overprocessed edit of the sunflower :-).

Just because it’s #Caturday and I was playing with some photos from the archives recently.

The view from the western end of Mülheim’s railway bridge over the viaduct, back when there was still occasional trains running there in 2004. There was already plenty of grass growing on the rails and it was not be long before the track closed completely. If you climb down the stairway and go to the left, you end up in the former MüGa area between the Stadthalle and the viaduct, where a big gardening show, one of the Landesgartenschauen was held in the 1992 – this will be a subject of another series sometime.

It has really been (and still is!) the summer and autumn of roses.

We’ve had our balconies for over twenty years, but that’s our first sunflower :-).