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The city park of Antwerp is not big but very cosy. Many old trees create nice quiet atmosphere. Yong people can play soccer here. Older people enjoy reading newspapers and books. There are a lot of rabits, ducks and white and black swans. It is really surprising how they can survive in the middle of such a busy and noisy city.
Monschau is a old little town in the Eifel national park in Germany. It is a touristic town with plenty of souvenir shops, cozy cafes and restaurants. Many houses are built in traditional German style and famous for their unique architecture called “timber framing”. The structure of houses is formed by the jointed together timbers that you can see on the front part of the houses. It makes houses unusual and unique, that is why many tourists from different countries come here.
The town is also well known for the castle of Monschau which was built in the 13th century. Nowadays the main building of this castle is used as a youth hotel. The inner yard of the castle is used in summer time for opera concerts. In the center of Monschau you will find a so called “red house” which was built in the baroque style in 1756. Through the city flows the Rur river and some buildings stand literally in the water.
As a whole Monschau can be described as a romantic fabulous place to go to.
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Veluwezoom National Park is a part of the forest and heaths between Arnhem and Dieren (Gelderland, Netherlands). It is one of the oldest national parks of The Netherlands. Many animals feel at home here due to the large area (5000 hectares) and the varied landscape. In this area the herbivorous animals are common: Scottish Highlanders, Icelandic horses, deers. The largest mammal of the Netherlands is elk. But smaller animals also find home here such as boars, hares, foxes and squirrels. In future Veluwezoom will be connected to the Oostvaardersplassen area in Flevoland, Netherlands and wild nature areas in Germany.
Veluwezoom in summer time
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The Zypendaal park is situated not far from the center of Arnhem (Gelderland, Netherland). The park is hilly and wooded with old trees and meadows. Through the park runs the St. Jansbeek river , which forms in some places little ponds.
The Sonsbeek park is lying to the south of Zypendaal park. There are also many ponds and brooks, where numerous herons, ducks and swans feel at ease.
These two parks and a few other parks make Arnhem one of the most beautiful cities in the Netherlands.
Turgoyak lake, Chelyabinsk region, Russia
Zyuratkul national park and Zyuratkul lake, Chelyabinsk region, Russia
In May of this year we visited the city of Kumasi in Ghana. It is interesting city where live about one and a half million people. The city is well known for its market, which is the largest market in Ghana and on which goods are brought from all over the country. There are many banks and they are located in the most beautiful buildings. The rest of the city consists of private houses which are built usually of plywood or boards. Sometimes these houses are very small and do not even have the windows. This is certainly surprising.
But the impression is smoothed by abundance of vegetation. Kumasi really is a garden city. Right along the streets grow bananas, palms, mango, papaya, orange trees, cacao trees, cassava and simply beautiful and unusual trees. Banana gardens are very popular, as a rule they adjoin the wealthier homes. Directly in the city you can see the mango and orange farms. Everyone in Ghana knows that Kumasi is a place of the fascinating, flourishing trees and plants. We have never seen before such a green city!
Pictures of Kumasi and its surroundings (photos made by Jan Jansen and Elena Kaledinova):
There are places where the boundary between the park and the city is missing: either park in the city, or town in the park?
How, for example, in the small town of Haan, which is twenty kilometers from Dusseldorf. Houses delicately intrude into the landscape, trying not to disturb the forest variety. Only bright spots of flowers and playgrounds forced to call the forest park.
Park named after Yuri Gagarin, Chelyabinsk, Russia
One might say the industrial city Chelyabinsk is lucky, it is surrounded by the numerous lakes and the forests, many of which became parks. The park named after Yuri Gagarin, first cosmonaut, is one of the most favorite parks of townspeople. The total area of park makes up 1200 hectare. Practically there is no boundary between the city and the park; park is inalienable part of the city.
In the park there are many quarries. Once they were used to extract stones for buildings. The main stone is granite.Some quarries, until now, remain “wild”. On the park paths you can see people on the bicycles, the rollers, and even on the horses, while on the narrow paths they prefer to walk on foot. In winter main entertainment is skiing. The dear place for the families to enjoy skiing are small hills called ‘’Monks’’. From one side of the park the Shershnevskoe water reservoir is located. In summer time townspeople bathe and become sunburnt here, in winter it is a favorite place for fishermen. Many urban events are conducted on the territory of park. The Day of harvest is a kind of Ecological festival. It is held in autumn, and everything which is represented on it, is grown by people living in Chelyabinsk.
Photographs by Marina Volkova and Anatoly Baskakov.
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Forests in Germany don’t look like the forests in Russia. German forest is nearly the park, well maintained and clean. In this forest you will not find any dry twig or a fallen tree. Dried parts of trees are neatly stacked in piles covered with polyethylene. Such an exemplary state of forests is directly linked to issues of ownership: the majority of forest lands is private property. Wood does not bring much revenue, but brings a lot of work and hassle. But being an owner of forest in Germany is prestigious, that is why the forests look as cozy as a lawn in front of a warm house.
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