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Baltic cruise, June 2009
Page 3: Hanseatic towns
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Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Tallinn.
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Spire of the Lutheran cathedral, Tallinn.
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Looking down on the red roofs of Tallinn.
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Towers along the city wall.
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Town square, Tallinn.
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Streets in the lower town.
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Town wall.
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House of the Brotherhood of Black Heads, a medieval guild.
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The Great Coastal Gate and Fat Margaret's Tower, Tallinn.
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Gdansk: on the right of the picture is the medieval wooden crane (claimed to be the oldest piece of technical equipment in Europe).
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The main street in Gdansk.
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Buildings on the main street.
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Plaques showing photos of Gdansk in 1945. The old part of the city was almost completely destroyed in the war, and has since been painstakingly rebuilt and restored.
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The beach at Sopot, near Gdansk.
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Sopot: crowds at a parade for Corpus Christi Day.
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The Holstein Gate, Lübeck.
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Typical alley in Lübeck, entered through a narrow tunnel.
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Hospital of the Holy Spirit, a medieval almshouse.
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Lübeck Town Hall.
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The main square in Lübeck.
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Transporter bridge over the Kiel canal.
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Passing another boat on the canal.
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Further along the canal.
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The lock gate at Brunsbüttel opens to let us through (slightly wobbly sequence of photos!).