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Flitzpiepe went for a bike ride.
2 days ago
Rheinberg vorrangig mit Underberg in Verbindung zu bringen, wäre etwas kurzsichtig. Ich habe genauer hingeschaut und einen berühmten Sohn kennengelernt: Amplonius Rating de Berka, Arzt, Theologe und vor allem ein leidenschaftlicher Büchersammler. Gelebt und gewirkt hat er im 14. Jahrhundert. Wikipedia erzählt Euch mehr über ihn.
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13.5km/h
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90m
Flitzpiepe went for a bike ride.
February 21, 2026
Heute habe ich auf der rechten Rheinseite die Verschiebung aller bisher zusammengeschweißten Brückenteile in Richtung Rhein mitverfolgen können. In Kürze werden die ersten Brückenelemente über dem Rhein "schweben". Freue mich auf neue schöne Fotomotive
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9.3km/h
70m
70m
February 22, 2026
That little white house must be wobbling when those huge sections are inserted... spooky! So close...
Best regards and thanks for documenting it! 🙋🏻♀️
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January 24, 2026
Almost at the northernmost point of my morning ride this morning – on the "Reitweg" (bridle path) in Vierbaum – a wooden sculpture of a cyclist has been waiting for me for quite some time. He (the cyclist) sits, rather well hidden behind some bushes, on his vintage bicycle, observing the traffic on the
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January 20, 2026
Last Advent season, I had the pleasure of meeting some particularly stubborn dominoes: once bound by a close friendship, they simply stayed with me. They remained loyal even when I "cheated" on speculoos and gingerbread. Just like in real life, I now find some of these "friendships"—including this one
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January 19, 2026
I hadn't been to my old favorite baker in the neighborhood for several months. Her poppy seed rolls were a revelation. Today—International Poppy Seed Roll Day—I naturally had to pay her a visit and ask for some of her magnificent, poppy-crusted creations. I set off shortly after sunrise, and just after
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December 30, 2025
Before the clearing work begins shortly for the construction site of the A59 bridge reconstruction/renovation project, which will require the destruction of large parts of the rose garden, which is so beautiful in summer, I took one last look around and said goodbye. The rose garden in Meidrich's city
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Flitzpiepe went for a bike ride.
December 11, 2025
Nach einem kurzen Schlenker zu Schimmi und den "Mini-RheinOrange-Stelen" in Ruhrort ging es zu den beiden A40-Brücken-Neubauten. Beeindruckend, was die Brückenbauer in den zwei Monaten seit meinem letzten Besuch "auf die Beine gestellt" haben.
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13.7km/h
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100m
December 16, 2025
Beautiful pictures. I'm seeing Schimanski's head for the first time. And it's practically on my doorstep. I haven't been on my bike in ages.
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October 3, 2025
In the past, the north of Duisburg was the Oktoberfest center for the entire Ruhr area, my old neighbor remembers with shining eyes.
The local brewery had laid dedicated lines to the festival grounds; no matter how "thick" they were, they were never enough to serve the guests flocking from all over. There
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September 27, 2025
The route largely corresponds to that of the "Duisburg Cycle Tour 2025" and extends far beyond the current Duisburg city limits. Was the bold tour title and route profile intended to indicate which cities would be considered Duisburg suburbs in the future? Personally, I could find some appeal in certain
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about 14 hours ago
Admittedly, I went to Rheinberg to see and photograph the mural "Siblings." I managed to do that. And then I stumbled across the monument honoring a famous son of the town. The name, which sounds decidedly un-Lower Rhine – Amplonius Rating zu Berka – prompted me to do some research. While I was at it
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