Silke Gondolf // Europe
2023 Moldova & Ukraine
Moldova 2023 – incl. Transnistria, Gagauzia and Odesa
2021 Germany: Mecklenburg Lake District
Mecklenburger Seenplatte: one of Germanies main tourist destinations.
2021 Swedish Lapland
Traveling January 2021 from Lulea to Kiruna.
2021 Stockholm
Stockholm Winter 2020/2021
2019 Iceland
Iceland in December – short days in the South and West
2019 London
“Ayes” or “Noes” – visiting London. People have enough of politics, they just want it over with (Brexit) and continue their lives.
2018 Russia
Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kanonerka, Kaluga, Wolgograd, Rossoschka
Russia just before the Soccer World Cup in 2018, a surprising positive mix of people and circumstances.
2016 Georgia (Country)
Tbilisi, Svenetia, Tsvirmi, Mestia
Driving through the North Kaukasus during spring time is an adventure. Stones breaking lose from the mountains blocking the roads.
2016 Denmark
Aarhus
Danish men take out their shorts and T-shirts when it is 8 degrees Celsius. Vikings!
2016 Austria
Vienna
The only country I know, where TOAST is something so special, that restaurants post it specifically.
2015 Bulgaria
Varna, Balschik
Cheap Thrills: Golden Sands Tourism. This is the place where European schoolkids party and things get out of control – intentionally.
2015 Moldova
Chisinau, Dorotcaia, Crocmaz
Moldova’s simplicity is comforting. Spending a couple of days in a public school, at the border of Transnistria, was inspiring. Moldovans have solutions for almost everything.
2015 Poland
Galiny, Bartoczyce, Wegorzewo
The north of Poland, with its tree-lined avenues, the never-ending horizon and storks nesting in small villages. Peaceful.
2014 France
Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis
Europe, a construction for which no one has a feel.
2014 Italy
Umbria Cobblestone streets, fantastic food and landscapes to make your jaw drop.
2014 Belgium
Brussels Europe, a construction for which no one has a feel.
2014 Poland
Warsaw Working on a reportage for ARTE – womens rights, abortion rights in Poland.
2014 Poland
Warsaw, Praga
Dark tempting alleys in Praga.
2013 France
Strasbourg, Colmar
Markets filled local cheese and sausages, lots of empty houses everywhere.
2008 Spain
Gran Canaria
Filled with German and British package tour tourists, but beside that, wonderful nature to be discovered.
2006 Netherlands
Amsterdam
Christmas in Amsterdam – precious.
2006 Spain
Gomera
It is very difficult to find decent lunch in Spain around 1pm. Beautiful countryside, breathtaking road trips to the hills.
2006 Poland
Krakow
Wintertime in Poland, foggy cobblestone streets.
2003 Hungary
Budapest, Tot
Budapest has the nicest café houses and a laid back atmosphere, lots of small mom and pop stores with local specialties, boot makers on every corner.
2001 France
Paris
Winter in Paris.
1999 United Kingdom
London
Piccadilly Circus, buses, Hyde Park, pretty grass, snobbish people, horses, rain, feeling not British.
1993 Malta
Valletta, Rabat, Gozo Island
Mixture of cultures in a very condensed space.
1992 United Kingdom
London, Cornwall, Porthleven
The light is most special here, for painters and photographers.
1990 Germany
Thüringen
After the wall came down, my first contact with the former DDR in Thüringen. I was surprised to see the chaos and poverty.
1988 France
Paris
Spontaneous decisions are the best: 6 hours drive to Paris.