Where do you live and what does it look like?

[pjme]

I live in Antwerp, in a small apartment not far from the city center. Here the old



and the new are mixed



We have a great 19th century Railway Station ( currently being restaured and rebuild for the Amsterdam - Paris train)



We have a river, a huge harbour and a cathedral...





Peter

[mahlertitan]

Here are some views of where I live in Vienna, Austria:

Vienna is stunning, i wish i could be there.

[greg]

Vienna, Oslo, Helsinki.......why can't i live in an interesting place too? 

i'd like to go to ALL of those cities one day, they look really nice

[karlhenning]

Vienna, Oslo, Helsinki.......why can't i live in an interesting place too? 

i'd like to go to ALL of those cities one day, they look really nice

The Sibelius monument in Helsinki:



With someone standing by the mask of the composer, for scale:



(Looks like he's trying to force the composer to open his mouth to breathe . . . .)

[karlhenning]

Here are some views of where I live in Vienna, Austria:

Yeah, well, if that property was in Hollywood, you wouldn't see flowers, because that would have been converted to parking lot forty years ago 

[karlhenning]

Boston Harbor:

[knight66]

Come on now...open wide, time for your happy pill!


Mike

[greg]

looks like he's picking the statue's nose...

metal buggers, i wonder how they taste?

[LapsangS]

Lahti, Finland

Sibelius Hall (the home concert hall of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra)

[BorisG]

[Valentino]

I know where that is, BorisG! Must put on some Vivaldi now.

I lived in Oslo from '93 to '00. Nice city, as rubio describes it. The new opera house will open next spring. Snøhetta architecture:



Luckily Oslo is only 1h 20m by train from my parts.

[Maciek]

Greg, you're disgusting!

I live in Warsaw, the capital of Poland.

What it looked like after World War II:


I guess what I'm trying to say is that if you're into old buildings, and you want them to be the originals - there's nothing much to see here, only a couple have survived. However, if you'd like to see a city rebuilt from scratch (and won't mind what the communists have done while rebuilding it) - it's the place to visit. Personally, I don't like living here very much. But it has several very good libraries and one of the best universities in Poland - all very helpful when you're pursuing an academic career.

I you want to see what it looks like now, go to this site. Or here (same site, different page) for the more modern buildings.

The area I live in has been immortalized in Kieslowski's Decalogue - so if you've seen that, you know where I live pretty well... Here's one photo:


And I'm attaching 2 more - the first one is our kitchen window view.

Maciek

[greg]

i think i see a Survivor from Warsaw....

[karlhenning]

i think i see a Survivor from Warsaw....

[pjme]

I don't want to start an argument...but I can't help finding the Sibelius monument ...an odd, strangely conceived,weirdly proportioned thing.

Peter

[Maciek]

I don't want to start an argument...

So what you left out is that it reminds you of his music, isn't it?

[karlhenning]

Maciek, you're wicked! 

Peter, I agree.

[Maciek]

Maciek, you're wicked! 

0:)

[pjme]

Hmmm, wicked indeed, Maciek.!
To be honest, I do not have a lot of Sibelius'music on Cd  ( I never really strive for completeness...nor feel compelled to own many versions of 1 work..)
Anyway, there's no doubt that he is a great master - I sincerely love the works I know.
I do realise that it is dificult to translate a (musical) character into stone or metal....but what I see on the photographs has the grace of a Stalinistic dinosaur ....

good night to you all!
Peter

[Maciek]

Did you know "stal" (as in Stal-in) means "steel" in Polish?

I think the organ-like part, visible on the first of Karl's photos looks quite good (though not very original - and then what does the organ have to do with Sibelius? other instruments could signify his music a bit better I think...).