I almost forgot about those until I got recently reminded by Shop Eastern Block. A lovely bit of vintage upcycling from the 1950‘s, 60‘s or 70‘s and very popular in Central Europe: Fences and gates made from leftovers of the... More
Well, those aren't actually Nutcrackers but they were just too good a photo opportunity to miss. Funnily enough though I seem to have driven past the world's largest operating nutcracker More
Today's treasure are a couple of pictures of lovely old East German motorbikes!! More
As you know I like a bit of writing occasionally. Unfortunately I don't do enough of it but when I get asked, I'm usually more than willing to oblige. So I was more than thrilled to write this little... More
When I was in Poland recently I was so happy to see some K67 Kiosks. I was introduced to them a few years ago on a trip to Slovenia. The K67 Kiosk was designed in 1966 by the Slovenian architect and... More
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I’m Thorsten and this is my blog about stuff that grabs my attention.
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