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selenakWhich is what liraen wanted to know. I have to admit I had to google the word first. Well, one of them certainly is on my balcony of my Munich apartment, not least because I have my fridge with various bottles right at hand there, ditto for my tea, and while the balcony doesn't face the west and thus the setting sun (it faces the south), it's nice and lovely to sit on in the summer. However, for a combination of great sunsets and the consumation of beverages in summer, some other selections come to mind. Luckily, I have pictorial evidence, to be seen under the cut.
Just far enough for a nice walk to give you the idea you've stretched your legs from where I live is the Olympiapark, aka one of the legacies of the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. It's great for sunsets, because if you go to the highest spots there, and the air is clear, you can see the sun setting over the alps. Even if it's cloudy, which it was last summer when I was trying to catch a super moon, you get sunsets like this, sitting in the grass on one of the hills:
Absolutely ideal for great sunsets is the beach section on the island Sylt which is usually referred to as Rote Kliffe. (Though you have to bring your own drink along if you want to have one.) I mean:
And that's the reverse view on the same spot:
When I was a child, my parents used to visit Sylt with us each Pentecost holidays, which was ideal for various reasons. Firstly, unlike Bavaria, Northern Germany didn't have Pentecost holidays, whichi means it's not overcrowded, while it was still late enough in the year so it was warm and you could swim in the ocean, and secondly, a friend of my parents, who was a photographer, actually was the proud owner of an apartment on Sylt, which she let us use during said time for free. (Sylt not being exactly cheap, this was terrific for my parents, who were still young and saving money.)
While I can't decide betweeen these two for No.1, I do have an all time favourite spot from which to watch the rising moon. That's on the shores of Lake Tegernsee. You can either sit on a bank or on the rocks or in the grass, and you do have to bring along your own drinks, but what you see is this:
Lastly, not really personal No. 1 because I saw it only once, but certainly No.1 for Louis XIV: Versailles, to be specific, the gallery of mirrors. Courtesy ofshezan, I once was able to experience the setting sun at Versailles while there was a countertenor concert by Philippe Jaroussky in the gallery, singing the arias the great castrati were famous for. Yes, it was every bit fabulous as it sounds:
(Just so you see the reason for us being there: )
As a post script, not a sunset but my favourite spot for a sunrise, on Good Friday, to be precise, is from the Altenburg hill in Bamberg:
The other days
liraen wanted to know. I have to admit I had to google the word first. Well, one of them certainly is on my balcony of my Munich apartment, not least because I have my fridge with various bottles right at hand there, ditto for my tea, and while the balcony doesn't face the west and thus the setting sun (it faces the south), it's nice and lovely to sit on in the summer. However, for a combination of great sunsets and the consumation of beverages in summer, some other selections come to mind. Luckily, I have pictorial evidence, to be seen under the cut. Just far enough for a nice walk to give you the idea you've stretched your legs from where I live is the Olympiapark, aka one of the legacies of the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. It's great for sunsets, because if you go to the highest spots there, and the air is clear, you can see the sun setting over the alps. Even if it's cloudy, which it was last summer when I was trying to catch a super moon, you get sunsets like this, sitting in the grass on one of the hills:
Absolutely ideal for great sunsets is the beach section on the island Sylt which is usually referred to as Rote Kliffe. (Though you have to bring your own drink along if you want to have one.) I mean:
And that's the reverse view on the same spot:
When I was a child, my parents used to visit Sylt with us each Pentecost holidays, which was ideal for various reasons. Firstly, unlike Bavaria, Northern Germany didn't have Pentecost holidays, whichi means it's not overcrowded, while it was still late enough in the year so it was warm and you could swim in the ocean, and secondly, a friend of my parents, who was a photographer, actually was the proud owner of an apartment on Sylt, which she let us use during said time for free. (Sylt not being exactly cheap, this was terrific for my parents, who were still young and saving money.)
While I can't decide betweeen these two for No.1, I do have an all time favourite spot from which to watch the rising moon. That's on the shores of Lake Tegernsee. You can either sit on a bank or on the rocks or in the grass, and you do have to bring along your own drinks, but what you see is this:
Lastly, not really personal No. 1 because I saw it only once, but certainly No.1 for Louis XIV: Versailles, to be specific, the gallery of mirrors. Courtesy of
shezan, I once was able to experience the setting sun at Versailles while there was a countertenor concert by Philippe Jaroussky in the gallery, singing the arias the great castrati were famous for. Yes, it was every bit fabulous as it sounds: (Just so you see the reason for us being there: )
As a post script, not a sunset but my favourite spot for a sunrise, on Good Friday, to be precise, is from the Altenburg hill in Bamberg:
The other days
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