Finished 28th July 2019 ** Salzburg

500 Pieces

"Spring"

leads us to Mirabell Garden in Salzburg (Austria), 

watching the castle Hohensalzburg through a wrought ironwork 

A vintage Ravensburger jigsaw puzzle (the final one? 😉 )

Finished 28th July 2019 ** Copenhagen

500 Pieces

Copenhagen

The capital city of Denmark since the early 15th century

you see the Vesterbrogade with Frascati (italian restaurant) in front and the SAS hightower

as well as the Axelborg with the copper cupola close to it.

A vintage Ravensburger jigsaw puzzle

Finished 27th July 2019 ** Amsterdam

500 Pieces

Amsterdam

52° 22′ 28″ N, 4° 53′ 1″ E

The church is "The Westerkerk". Rembrandt van Rijn and his son are buried here.

A vintage jigsaw puzzle by Ravensburger

Finished 27th July 2019 ** Notre dame de Paris ... + news about its restauration

 500 Pieces

"Paris" a vintage jigsaw puzzle 

by Ravensburger (World Wide Serie)

 A "bateau mouche"

okay, this is new: I saw imprinted articlenumbers on MB jigsaw puzzles, 

but not on Ravensburger jigsaw puzzles. Maybe a misprint?

***

three months before a huge fire destroyed parts of the old vault and interior of this amazing cathedral.
See pictures of the efforts made by then to clean up and gain an overview HERE (german language)

Finished 25th July ** Travelling to Switzerland

500 Pieces (-1)

Engadin, Switzerland

I just found out, that this is the church Sils-Maria at Sils im Engadin

46° 26′ 0″ N, 9° 46′ 0″ E

 A vintage MB jigsaw puzzle (1977)

Finished 22nd July 2019 ** going to Tyrol

500 Pieces

A typical house in Tyrol

Finished 21st July 2019 ** historic windmills and houses in the Netherlands

500 Pieces

Zaanse Schans, Netherlands

52°28′26″N 4°48′59″E

 Zaanse Schans is a neighbourhood of Zaandam. It is best known for its collection of well-preserved historic windmills and houses. From 1961 to 1974 old buildings from all over the Zaanstreek were relocated using lowboy trailers to the area. The Zaans Museum, established in 1994 near the first Zaanse Schans windmill, is located south of the neighbourhood.

21st July 1969 - 50 years after one small step - one giant leap

50 years ago, Neil Armstrong (1930-2012) left 'Eagle' to set his first step on the moon,
followed by Buzz Aldrin.

See the original NASA video coverage here 
and a video of the LRO to explore the landing site here

... and all my posts related to the moon (jigsaw puzzles and photographies) here 

Finished 19th July 2019 ** visit a german market place

500 Pieces

Market in Lüneburg

53° 15′ 9″ N, 10° 24′ 52″ E

The Hanseatic Town of Lüneburg in Lower Saxony. The Townhall was built in the 13th century and never faced any destroying since. Some interior designs are still in place since 14th century!

The jigsaw puzzle is a very old one manufactured by Schmidt Spiel + Freizeit, Germany. 

It was pure fun assembling it although there are many signs of age. 

It has thick cardboard pieces which fit perfectly.

Assembled during a marathon within 2.5 hours

after 1.5 hours....

Finished 15th July ** by my husband

300 Pieces

Silesia

edited by Aufstiegs-Verlag, Munich and manufactured by Ravensburger

Silesia is a historical region of Central Europe located mostly in Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is about 40,000 km², and its population about 8,000,000. Silesia is located along the Oder River. It consists of Lower Silesia and Upper Silesia.

Finished 12th - 14th July 2019 ** it's Megamarathon time again = 4386 Pieces for me

We celebrated "Megamarathon" again - one weekend filled 

with as many jigsaw puzzles as possible

1008 Pieces

"Africa" (Clementoni)

 3x 60 Pieces 

(DJECO)

 2x 46 Pieces

"Stella" Sagittarius and Taurus (by Curiosi)

 54 Pieces

a cute Ravenburger finger exercise

 120 Pieces

"The church at Auvers" by Vincent van Gogh 

(MOCA333, Tin Box)

 500 Pieces

London Bridge (vintage Ravensburger)

 500 Pieces

Tegernsee (lake), Germany

Vintage Ravensburger

  

2x 300 Pieces

6x 204 Pieces

*missing titles will be added soon!*

Operation Nightwatch - 350th anniversary of Rembrandt

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn 

15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669

 was a Dutch draughtsman, painter and printmaker. He is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in the history of art and the most important in Dutch art history.

Remembering his 350th anniversary of death in 2019

the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam starts a restauration of this masterpiece of 1642 live and online.

"Commissioned in 1642 by the mayor and leader of the civic guard of Amsterdam, Frans Banninck Cocq, to create a group portrait of his shooting company, the Night Watch is recognised as one of the most important works of art in the world today and hangs in the specially designed “Gallery of Honour” at the Rijksmuseum. It is more than 40 years since the Night Watch underwent its last major restoration, following an attack on the painting in 1975.

The Night Watch will be encased in a state-of-the-art clear glass chamber designed by the French architect Jean Michel Wilmotte. This will ensure that the painting can remain on display for museum visitors. A digital platform will allow viewers from all over the world to follow the entire process online continuing the Rijksmuseum innovation in the digital field." (source)

Explore it on https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/nightwatch

  and here :-)

Finished 7th July 2019 ** Dinosaurs meet human beings

1200 Pieces

Stone Age

Schmidt Spiele, Germany (1985)

unknown artist