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Joe Steinbring

Strasbourg

The carved sandstone west front lit gold at dusk, with the great rose window above the portal.
Strasbourg Cathedral, the tallest building in the world for more than two centuries, lit up at dusk.2019 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring
Static offline map showing Strasbourg in France with a location pin.

I spent two days in Strasbourg at the end of April 2019, on my solo trip through France, Germany, and Switzerland, before going on to Stuttgart and Zürich. The old town sits on an island in the river Ill, full of half-timbered houses and café terraces, and the cathedral is lit up after dark.

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  • The river in sunshine, with a stone bridge, weeping willows and old steep-roofed buildings.

    The Ill, which wraps around Strasbourg’s old town.

    2019 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring

  • A bare tree trunk hung with speakers and bells, ringed by microphones and pink ceramic heads.

    An installation by the artist Damien Deroubaix.

    2019 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring

  • Wooden café chairs under white umbrellas on a cobbled square, before tall half-timbered houses.

    Café terraces among the half-timbered houses of the old town.

    2019 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring

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