Coma 1,766 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coma 1,766 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 And I'd like to add, piss on Hansa Rostock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Coma 1,766 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 4 minutes ago, Tommy said: Nice. I've been to both cities last year. Karl Marx Stadt is now called Chemnitz. Not a pretty city. The city center is okay, but as soon as you leave it, it's a real dump. And they have a random giant Karl Marx head in the middle of the city. Aue and the direct neighbour regions in the Erzgebirge are quite nice though. Have you ever been to Jena? We got our eyes checked last week and the lens machine was Carl Zeiss, made in Jena. I told my boy that we just had a German football moment at the eye doctor. He said I was a loser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rucksackfranzose 4,387 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 6 minutes ago, Tommy said: Nice. I've been to both cities last year. Karl Marx Stadt is now called Chemnitz. Not a pretty city. The city center is okay, but as soon as you leave it, it's a real dump. And they have a random giant Karl Marx head in the middle of the city. Aue and the direct neighbour regions in the Erzgebirge are quite nice though. Nothing random about it, indeed that head was built, because Chemnitz was renamed Karl-Marx-Stadt in the GDR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,624 Posted December 18, 2022 Moderator Share Posted December 18, 2022 Just now, Coma said: Have you ever been to Jena? We got our eyes checked last week and the lens machine was Carl Zeiss, made in Jena. I told my boy that we just had a German football moment at the eye doctor. He said I was a loser. Nope. Only Aue, Chemnitz and Zwickau. It was my first time in the former GDR. But yea, Carl Zeiss are a very famous and historical company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,624 Posted December 18, 2022 Moderator Share Posted December 18, 2022 1 minute ago, Rucksackfranzose said: Nothing random about it, indeed that head was built, because Chemnitz was renamed Karl-Marx-Stadt in the GDR. Yea, I meant more like random because it was in front of some random house. Not a big plaza or in the middle of the city center. You wouldn't necessarily expect it where it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rucksackfranzose 4,387 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 11 minutes ago, Tommy said: Yea, I meant more like random because it was in front of some random house. Not a big plaza or in the middle of the city center. You wouldn't necessarily expect it where it is. If so, they put it to another place, in the last 30 years. When I was in Chemnitz (in 1992, when we were promoted to Buli for the last time) it was directly ahead of the district council, were the SED party bureau was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,330 Posted December 18, 2022 Author Subscriber Share Posted December 18, 2022 22 minutes ago, Coma said: Have you ever been to Jena? We got our eyes checked last week and the lens machine was Carl Zeiss, made in Jena. I told my boy that we just had a German football moment at the eye doctor. He said I was a loser. Carl Zeiss is a massive name in optics of all kinds, I'm mostly familiar with it from photography and astronomy. Their lenses are brilliant. I had old Contax and Rollei cameras that used their lenses; it's top stuff. Fun fact: the photos during the Apollo 11 Moon landing were taken using Zeiss lenses on Hasselblad cameras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,624 Posted December 18, 2022 Moderator Share Posted December 18, 2022 30 minutes ago, Rucksackfranzose said: If so, they put it to another place, in the last 30 years. When I was in Chemnitz (in 1992, when we were promoted to Buli for the last time) it was directly ahead of the district council, were the SED party bureau was. It's still there apparently. That building looked like nothing to me, so I was not aware of the historical context. 18 minutes ago, nudge said: Carl Zeiss is a massive name in optics of all kinds, I'm mostly familiar with it from photography and astronomy. Their lenses are brilliant. I had old Contax and Rollei cameras that used their lenses; it's top stuff. Fun fact: the photos during the Apollo 11 Moon landing were taken using Zeiss lenses on Hasselblad cameras. At Bares für Rares they often have a lot of old stuff with Carl Zeiss involved. Like 100+ year old stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coma 1,766 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 Thanks for not giving up on me @Tommy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,624 Posted December 19, 2022 Moderator Share Posted December 19, 2022 4 minutes ago, Coma said: Thanks for not giving up on me @Tommy That's not far from here. I remember visiting the Zoo in Krefeld as a kid, and the stadium is right next to it. Had quite a few self inflicted troubles in recent times with shady investors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coma 1,766 Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Wouldn't mind catching a match here next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bandito Burrito 28 Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 Right next to the city’s airport. Also has a city wide tram/light rail system that serves the stadium. Great place to visit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Coma 1,766 Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 BFC are a big club in Berlin and I'm sure they have distanced themselves from this but I still associate them with this era, rightly or wrongly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Moderator Tommy 12,624 Posted December 26, 2022 Moderator Share Posted December 26, 2022 17 minutes ago, Coma said: BFC are a big club in Berlin and I'm sure they have distanced themselves from this but I still associate them with this era, rightly or wrongly. Erich Mielke is also a prominent character in a Netflix series I'm watching at the moment. It mixes fiction with facts, and I really recommend it. It's called Kleo. 16 minutes ago, Coma said: First time I've heard of Rotation Bad Schlema! Bad Schlema is where I stayed last year for a few days when I went to Aue vs. Fortuna. It's a bit of a Spa Town, so I'm surprised they had a football team at all. I need to do some research on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandito Burrito 28 Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 6 hours ago, Coma said: unfortunate and the lady all the way on the right with the fellini hair looks like a dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 German football fact Germany has not progressed further than England in a major international tournament since the last decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,624 Posted December 27, 2022 Moderator Share Posted December 27, 2022 3 hours ago, Bandito Burrito said: unfortunate and the lady all the way on the right with the fellini hair looks like a dude Well, she's not there to look pretty for you. Pretty sure she's there to play football. 26 minutes ago, Beelzebub said: German football fact Germany has not progressed further than England in a major international tournament since the last decade. Since the last decade? Define that. I'm fairly certain Germany won the World Cup 8 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandito Burrito 28 Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 2 hours ago, Tommy said: Well, she's not there to look pretty for you. Pretty sure she's there to play football. Since the last decade? Define that. I'm fairly certain Germany won the World Cup 8 years ago. ye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,624 Posted December 27, 2022 Moderator Share Posted December 27, 2022 5 minutes ago, Bandito Burrito said: ye k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rucksackfranzose 4,387 Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 11 hours ago, Tommy said: Erich Mielke is also a prominent character in a Netflix series I'm watching at the moment. It mixes fiction with facts, and I really recommend it. It's called Kleo. First time I've heard of Rotation Bad Schlema! Bad Schlema is where I stayed last year for a few days when I went to Aue vs. Fortuna. It's a bit of a Spa Town, so I'm surprised they had a football team at all. I need to do some research on that. Indeed? Every village with 300 inhabitants has one after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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