“Women Island” in Chiemsee

This picture was taken in December 2016 on the Fraueninsel, a very small island in the Chiemsee (also known as the  Bavarian Sea), a lake in the very south of Germany – almost kissing Austria.

We were visiting a Christmas market set on this tiny island of 300 inhabitants, spread over a width of 300 meter and a length of 620 meter.

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This pic seems to be a normal sunset scenery, but 2 things make it very special:

First of all in December this area is traditionally covered with snow and you couldn´t get a view on these benches. They normally sleep under a huge cover of snow, but the last winter was extraordinary warm.

The second thing that makes this moment special is the crazy fact, that you don´t see any people there.

During two weekends in December about 50.000 people flood this little island. This was the only place and the only moment that day that you didn`t stumble over a horde of people. They all were directly behind my back.

Needless to say, that the former atmosphere of charming intimacy on the Christmas market there changed into a touristy overloaded event and I definitely won`t visit the place in December any longer.

Nevertheless, here is the link to the Christmas market on the Fraueninsel

http://www.christkindlmarkt-fraueninsel.de/


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  1. Joachim Guth Avatar
    Joachim Guth

    I would like to own a camera which can take pictures in the future. Imagine I can make photos of myself in December 2016. At least I had the guarantee that I am still alive.

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