The Hanseatic League was a confederation established by different merchant guilds and the market towns where they operated for the purpose of mutual defense and commercial trading. Between 1400–1800, it dominated trade in the northern coasts of Europe. The German city of Stralsund was one of the most important cities of this confederation.

Yesterday I had the opportunity to visit the city where I took this picture.

Last Friday, when I went to the airport to catch a flight, I was able to capture this nice shot of the Berlin airport with the spring sunlight.

May 1st was chosen to be the International Workers' Day in order to commemorate the events that happened on May 4, 1886 at Haymarket in Chicago. The police tried to disperse a public meeting during a general strike demanding an eight-hour workday, when an unidentified person threw a bomb at police. The police responded by firing on the workers, killing four protesters.

This day is celebrated in many countries either today or tomorrow.

One of the last vestiges of the Berlin Wall in the Topography of terror in Niederkirchnerstraße.

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