Completed 16th November 2025

300 Pieces (-1)

Oldway Mansion, Paignton 

The mansion is located in Devon. It was built as a private residence for Isaac Singer (1811–1875).

A vintage jigsaw puzzle by Whitman, Vista series, made in England.

 

 

Completed 26th October 2025

  

500 Pieces

Young cat

Photography by Rolf Hinz

Vintage jigsaw puzzle by FXSchmid 

 

Completed 2nd September 2025

 

500 (-1) Pieces

Two-masted schooner

Ravensburger (1984) 

 A schooner (/ˈskuːnər/ SKOO-nər) is a type of sailing vessel defined by its fore-and-aft rig on all of two or more masts and the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. The most common variants are gaff-rigged and staysail schooners.

 The term "schooner" first appeared in eastern North America in the early 1700s. The term may be related to a Scots word meaning to skip over water, or to skip stones.

 

 

 

Completed 16th August 2025

 

750 Pieces

Pnom Penh

 The capital of Cambodia with 2.3 million citizens. This building is the king's palace.

 Vintage Schmidt Spiel und Freizeit GmbH, approx. 1970+ (King Series)

Completed 21st February 2025

  1000 Pieces 

Florenz mit Arno (Florence with river Arno) 

FXSchmid, Germany

vintage jigsaw puzzle

 

The river originates on Monte Falterona in the Apennines and takes a southward curve. The river with a length of 241 kilometres turns to the west near Arezzo passing through Florence and Pisa, flowing into the Ligurian Sea.

 

The "Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze"

Santa Maria del Fiore

 

The Palazzo Vecchio

Under construction: vintage F.X.Schmid Panorama > Florence (completed 21st Feb.)

 When I was a child, I spent time with my grandfather's sister and we enjoyed assembling jigsaw puzzles.

Must be late 1970ies until the late 1980ies - a long time ago, but I think she ignited the spark that started my love of puzzles and the time I spend assembling them. It was her joy and patience with the pieces and a little girl that felt chosen to help putting so many pieces together.

I remember that she once assembled a view of the italian city Florence. This view was kept in my memories until I found a vintage jigsaw puzzle at Ebay, offered by a private seller in my hometown. It was during the Covid pandemic and we decided to organise the pick-up in the fresh air due to social distancing. I paid a fair price for this vintage jigsaw puzzle and I was happy. I kept the puzzle in my stash for a few years and decided it was time. Now!

A Super Panorama jigsaw puzzle by FXSchmid, a German manufacturer of playing cards, board games and puzzles. It is named "Florenz mit Arno" - the river that flows from east to west. 

Florence is the capital of Tuscany with about 360.000 inhabitants. The city is best known for the Uffizi Gallery, the Palazzo Vecchio and Palazzo Pitti as well as the Ponte Vecchio. Florence was the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance. It was economically and culturally one of the most important cities in Europe and the world from the 14th to 16th centuries!

So here we go, starting from 15th February.

The red coloured dome of the cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore ("cupola del Brunelleschi")  has been build by Brunelleschi in the 15th century. 

 

 The end is near... 😉

 

 

Completed 17th Januar 2025

 

3x 40 Pieces

(no title available) 

Three vintage jigsaw puzzles, maybe 1970ies

Completed 14th January 2025

 

3x 49 Pieces

The Treasure-Trove by Janosch

(C) Diogenes, Zürich

Ravensburger, 1989

Completed 3rd and 4th August 2023

 Two vintage jewels

280 Pieces

"Wum" is a cartoon dog created by german comedian Loriot (1923-2011).

 On the television series Unsere Besten (Our Best), Loriot was ranked the 54th best German ever. In a special comedy episode of Unsere Besten, he was ranked as the most famous German comedian ever. 

 

The jigsaw puzzle was made by Ravensburger and dates back to 1973.

The puzzle cost 7.80 DM - 1.50 DM was a charity share for the benefit of the Aktion Sorgenkind campaign

The Aktion Mensch ("Mensch" means "human") registered association (up to 1 March 2000: "Aktion Sorgenkind", Sorgenkind can be translated as "children in need") is a German social organisation which was formed on the initiative of the ZDF, a German television channel, in 1964 and is financed from the Lottery. The organisation supports inclusion, which may be defined as equality for all in the community.

126 Pieces (-3)

"Das große Mainzelmännchen Puzzle"

The Mainzelmännchen are six comedic cartoon characters used as mascots for German public service television broadcaster ZDF. They first aired on television in 1963 as a way to accommodate a government regulation disallowing confusion between advertising and content. The cartoon characters served as a transition between the two.

 

The jigsaw puzzle was made by Ravensburger and dates back to 1968.

Finished 30th September 2022

 

500 Pieces

The blue Mosque at Istanbul

 41° 0′ 18.86″ N, 28° 58′ 36.77″ E

 Built in the early 17th century by Sultan Ahmed. Find out more here

Manufacturer: MB, Series: Promenade

 

Finished 26th September 2022

  

500 Pieces

Sirmione at Lake Garda

 45° 29′ 33″ N, 10° 36′ 30″ E

Photo: Bildagentur Kinkelin

Ravensburger, 1990

Finished 4th June 2022

 

 500 Pieces

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021), was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he was the consort of the British monarch from her accession as queen on 6 February 1952 until his death in 2021, making him the longest-serving consort in history. 

 Double-sided jigsaw puzzle by Philmar, commemorating the silver jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II 1977

 

Finished 26th February 2022

 

500 Pieces

Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Watercolour by Detlev Nitschke

Vintage MB "Aquarell" Series, 1985

Finished 19th February 2022

 

1000 Pieces

 Naval Battle of Lissa, 1811, by George Andrews (active 1794-1813)

Otto Maier Verlag, Ravensburg, 1970

 A view of the Battle of Lissa (or Battle of Vis), fought on 13 March 1811 between a combined French and Venetian squadron and a smaller British squadron, resulting in a British victory.

 The Amphion, shown in the foreground was a 36-gun frigate. The other three British frigates, shown to the right of this view, were the Cerberus, Active and Volage.

Find out more about the Battle of Vis here

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

Finished 2nd April 2021

 

500 Pieces

Brissago, Lago Maggiore (Switzerland)

F.X. Schmid with really thick and special-shaped pieces

Finished 12th November 2020

 

600 Pieces

 Munich, Hofgarten 

 The Hofgarten (Court Garden) is a garden in the center of Munich, Germany, located between the Residenz and the Englischer Garten. The garden was built in 1613–1617 by Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria in the style of Italian Renaissance garden.

48°08'34.0"N 11°34'48.0"E

A vintage F.X.Schmid jigsaw puzzle

 

Finished 1st November 2020

 

500 Pieces

 

Cannobio, Italy

a vintage MB-jigsaw puzzle (Belvedere Series)

 

Finished 11th September 2020

 

1000 Pieces

Charlottenburg Palace

A vintage "Royal" Ravensburger jigsaw Puzzle

Charlottenburg Palace is a Baroque palace in Berlin, located in Charlottenburg, a district of the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf borough.

The palace was built at the end of the 17th century and was greatly expanded during the 18th century. It includes internal decoration in baroque and rococo styles. A large garden surrounded by woodland was added behind the palace, including a belvedere, a mausoleum, a theatre and a pavilion. During the Second World War, the palace was badly damaged but has since been reconstructed. The palace with its gardens is a major tourist attraction.

Finished 9th September 2020

 

500 Pieces

Long-eared owl (Asio otus)

Picture by Mauritius

A vintage F.X.Schmid jigsaw puzzle, dated 1984

find out more about this common owl here