Showing posts with label Bernd Natke. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bernd Natke. Show all posts

2026-04-19

Completed 18th April 2026 (incl. a link to a livestream of a whale rescue)

  

500 Pieces
 
Kiel
 
by Bernd Natke
Made by MOCA 
 
 Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein. 
With a population of around 250,000, it is Germany's largest city on the Baltic Sea.
The city of Kiel was founded in 1233 as Holstenstadt tom Kyle  
 
I can't believe that my previous trip to Kiel to take a cruise with AIDA was already 4 years ago 

Since march 2026 a humpback whale stranded four times on four different spots. Screenshot CNN 
Since friday, a rescue team tries to safe the whale a remove him from his near-coastal place. 
 
If interested, please watch the livestream of NDR 
Update 27th April: the rescue is still underway 
 

 


2023-04-02

Completed 2nd April 2023

  

500 Pieces

Mannheim Adler (Eagles)

A German Icehockey Team since 1994


MOCA333

2022-04-24

Finished 24th April 2022

 

500 Pieces 

KARLSRUHE, Germany

49° 1′ N, 8° 24′ O

by ART333, MOCA

depicting the castle, the town and the stadium football club KSC (Karlsruhe Sports Club, 2nd Bundesliga)



2022-01-15

Megamarathon, the 19th edition - 7th > 9th January 2022

 Oh yes, it was Megamarathon again. Seems like the 18th edition took place just a few weeks ago ...  as time goes by.

We pulverized our previous all-time-record of approx. 203k pieces and managed to assemble 271,413 pieces all together. My slice of this cake were 5.018 pcs which is a personal record :-)

Here we go with the jigsaw puzzles

200 pcs.
Copy of a byzantine icon
Adoration of the Magi by Michail Damaskinos, 17th c.

300 pcs.
Flowers in New York
Photo by Lewis Miller
Ravensburger

260 Pieces
Día de los Muertos
an important festive day in Mexico to commemorate the deceased. 
Celebrated between 31st october and 2nd November
MITstudio/Shutterstock
Bluebird Puzzles, Turkey

192 Pieces
High-speed Craft "Halunder Jet"
A SeaBus built in the Philippines in 2018 and used to travel between Hamburg and the island Helgoland


204 Pieces
Hummingbirds
Ravensburger
 

500 Pieces
"Lady in Hat"
Castorland

294 Pieces
A TugBoat in Antwerp, Netherlands
GrafikaKids

200 Pieces
Christ the Winetree
Copy of a byzantine icon

500 Pieces
DEG Metro Stars at Düsseldorf, Germany
Artist: Bernd Natke
MOCA333

50 Pieces
Travelling through the skies
Sergej Adeew, 2008
Wooden jigsaw puzzle by DaVici, Russia

500 Pieces
St. Peters from Tiber River, Rome
MB Belvedere, 1968

500 Pieces
Venice, Italy
by D-Toys, Romania

1000 Pieces
 Eiffel Tower
by D-Toys


2018-07-12

Finished 8th July 2018

 120 (-1)

Dubai
A MOCA333-jigsaw puzzle


 
 10x 54 Pieces
Children on tour and in space :-)

 54 Pieces
Angry Birds "Star wars"
A Trefl jgsaw puzzle

 
3x 54 Pieces
various planes and seaplanes
Also made by Castorland

304 Pieces
Daisies and Gerbera
MB, 1975

 104 Pieces
Beauty and the Beast

75 Pieces
Marsel van Oosten: Brave Elephant (Detail)
find out more about this award-winning photography taken at Victoria Falls
HEYE

 
40 Pieces
Recurring Rudolph - by (c)iStockphoto

 
 40 Pieces
The Puzzle that ruined Christmas
by Bigstock


 40 Pieces
It's Snow Fun - by Greg Giordano (2012)
* I already assembled this one before *

 40 Pieces
Jolly like a Pug - by (c) existentist
* I already assembled this one before *

 40 Pieces
Coffee

40 Pieces
Noah's Ark - by Peter Barrett
 * I already assembled this one before *

 40 Pieces
Copies much sought after
* I already assembled this one before *

 40 Pieces
The Cock and Bull by Stony Stratford
 * I already assembled this one before *

my final Megamarathon jigsaw puzzle

500 Pieces

Emmental, Switzerland
Photo: Kirsch (2003)
Ravensburger

2017-07-23

Finished 14th July 2017 - Mega Marathon Summer 2017 - Part 1

Oh yes, it was Megamarathon-Time again and I tried to solve as many pieces as possible during a whole weekend with friends

500 Pieces

Egyptian Prncess
Schmidt Spiele, Germany


&

 336 Pieces

Krefeld, Germany
MOCA

&

204 Pieces

Noah's Ark
 by Richard Henson
Ravensburger 1997


&

300 Pieces

Dancing with the King of the Apes (jungle book)
The Walt Disney Company
Ravensburger 1993

"I wanna be like you-hoo-hoo" (youtube)
 
&

 300 Pieces

Place of Harmony
Günther Marks
Ravensburger, 1992



&

 5x 54 Pieces

The Avengers
Trefl jigsaw puzzles

&

4x 54 Pieces

Storm Troopers
Star Wars
Trefl jigsaw puzzles