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Learn what this space is all about here There are times when faking it might be better than the real thing Photographer Reiner Riedler’s series Fake Holidays, currently on view at Clerveaux-cité de l’image examines the human obsession with artifice specifically when it comes to travel and entertainment Riedler’s book, published by Moser Verlag is filled with page after page of brightly colored examples of bizarre human behavior The introduction gives a brief but fascinating overview of several predecessors to the theme park of today and recreation weren’t readily available until well into the 19th century the ability to travel abroad or have great adventures is unrealistic or impossible and places like these give them a semblance of experiencing the real thing Riedler began this project after visiting the temporary beaches in Berlin and Hamburg He was surprised to find it took just a few elements (sand and cocktails) to create the artifice of an actual beach holiday—right in the middle of landlocked cities He began visiting these places around the world in search of cracks between reality and artifice When asked about weird situations he may have encountered while working you don’t want to know how I was dressed during my work in swinger clubs I have to say that my outfit needed to be adapted to the special surroundings Maybe the funniest things are connected to my appearance It always depended on if I had permission or not In water parks I wore a bathing suit with a towel around my shoulders In Las Vegas I was chased by security dogs after I entered private property In Turkey they wanted my film because I photographed a worker who was spraying insecticides I had permission but wasn’t allowed to shoot this After working for about eight years on this project you’d think Riedler would have endless anecdotes to share about his explorations “When I came home to my family (especially after long trips to China or Japan) I found that I had a lack of stories to tell,” he said “It was strange because normally my trips are all little adventures and I meet many interesting people with great stories and so many things happen I learned that in leisure parks there were stimuli but no content There were no (real) adventures; there was just consumption.” Riedler’s photos of these odd places give the sense that you are almost there—almost All photographs © Reiner Riedler. Courtesy Sous Les Etoiles Gallery, New York, Heartgalerie, Paris, and Anzenberger Gallery This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Peggy McMullen, The OregonianView full sizeAP Photo/dapd/ Philipp GuellandCrazy houseHere are some interesting things I found moseying around the Web this morning: Los Angeles Times weekly column about "newly built remodeled or redecorated home with commentary from the designer" this week features 3,500-square-foot traditional home The 1905 home had been in the wife's family for years and was much beloved but needed updating for a modern family of four." The Johnson Partnership added bookshelves as well as new cabinets for the family of readers "Though the owners could not find a match for the existing red linoleum their second choice -- reclaimed French tile -- reminded them of their time living in France The new French oven was also a tribute to the old room They updated the existing pantry and expanded the room with an eating nook Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, (updated 8/1/2024) and acknowledgement of our Privacy Policy, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 1/1/2025) © 2025 Advance Local Media LLC. All rights reserved (About Us) The material on this site may not be reproduced except with the prior written permission of Advance Local Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site YouTube's privacy policy is available here and YouTube's terms of service is available here Ad Choices We have put together for you thecurious sights of Lüneburg Heath The Bison is a very typical animal inLüneburg Heath; at least in Essel, in the south. There is a whole bison herd in a pasture You cansee these mighty animals up close behind a secure fence every visitorgets a Wild West feeling right away Walking with llamas promotes deferenceand respect, says pedagogue Werner Schröder, who several times a month takes visitorson the walk with llamas. Or you can go across the countryside with alpacas from Lüneburg The Ginseng Gardens at Flora Farmin Walsrode is the only place in Europe where Korean ginseng has been grownfor more than 30 years. This medicinal plant used to be reserved only for kings;now you can go on ginseng tours and buy ginseng locally Iserhatsche - that's the mad one.So says the founder himself, the crazy visionary Uwe Schulz-Ebschbach, who hascreated a refuge of madness in Bispingen with his Iserhatsche. An artificialmountain, an ark, a bell-tree, its own volcano and a collection of hearses.Yes, Iserhatsche is bizarre,but really worth seeing Another regional product is chilli,which is also grown in Lüneburg Heath. At the Chilli Factory in Soltau youcan buy chilli products that are hand-processed What on earth is a Stoppomat? Road cyclists mayknow. The Stoppomat is a timepiece that records the departure time and arrivaltime of a cycling race. In Suderburg, there is the first Stoppomat circuit in northernGermany There is a special playground forbig boys in Munster – the German TankMuseum. Crammed with tanks and armoured vehicles it makes every former soldier'sheart jump a bit Upside down with a leaning tower and the water miracle withthe donkey The craziest photos in LüneburgHeath are taken at the Crazy Housein Bispingen. That’s because everything here is upside down. The house, theequipment, the toilets. You can walk through the House and the illusion willmake you feel upside down It is not only Pisa that has aleaning tower – Lüneburg has one too And all thevisitors like to hear story of the builder and then broke his neck while celebrating in the pub Thanks to a donkey, Lüne Abbey in Lüneburg is whereit is today. And the donkey also saved all the Benedictine nuns fromstarvation. 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Ski Halls is absolutely the new trend nowadays In the recent years ski halls became especially popular in the regions situated far from the mountains and with people who want to ski and snowboard even in summer Ski halls are also popular with people for whom it is also not always possible to make a journey to the Alpine regions Ski halls are also the rescue for the ski with the stigma of “distant Birth” – the regions situated away from the snow mountains Manmade snow covers the sloping floors of the closed Ski Halls Skiing and snowboarding are here all year round The German ski halls are distributed across the country They are particularly successful and situated close to the big cities The famous German ski halls are situated in Neuss (all year round winter world Wittenburg (Snow Funpark Wittenburg) and Bispingen (Sno Fun Park Bispingen) The remaining space can be German indoor ski but refrain – the Swiss and the Austrians have enough opportunities for skiing to your mountains particularly the halls of the Benelux countries should be mentioned it seems it is here there are many ski admirers But in Spain also they can ski in summer far away from the mountains the largest ski hall in Spain is situated in Xanadu Shopping Centre It is rather exotic to see the ski halls in the desert. There is a ski hall (Dubai Skiing) right in the centre of Dubai In Abu Dhabi one can also ski during hot summer months (Snow World Abu Dhabi situated in the Marina Mall) China is also in the range of modern Ski Halls in big cities: skiing is possible in Chinese Shanghai and the Olympic city Beijing So far the longest indoor ski run in the world is 640 meters and it is situated in Bottrop The first indoor ski slope “The Red Slope” with the gradient of 31% is currently situated in the Wittenberg Snow Fun Park There is also a halfpipe for snowboard competitions here The indoor halfpipe is even suitable for the International Ski Federation competitions (Federation Internationale de Ski the first International German championships were held in this halfpipe in October 2007 Skiurlaub-infos.com presents some of the big ski halls skiurlaub-infos.com (c) 2007-2019in network Holiday Homes