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Spring in Germany: The best pictures

2021-02-21T13:52:21.820Z


Paddling on the Main, swimming (!) In the Baltic Sea: temperatures of up to 20 degrees drive many people outside. Here are the pictures.


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Admittedly, the Baltic Sea is still pretty icy in February, even with glorious sunshine.

But on the one hand you have to give spring a chance at the currently very pleasant temperatures - and on the other hand these members of the ice bathing association “Rostocker Seehunde” are not afraid of the cold water anyway.

Photo: Jens Büttner / dpa

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It doesn't have to be the sea, as this photo from Berlin shows: There, quite a few people went on a Sunday excursion to Volkspark Friedrichshain - for example for outdoor sports.

Photo: Jörg Carstensen / dpa

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In addition, the weather can of course also be enjoyed without movement: many strollers strolled and sat in the sun on Wiener Platz in Munich-Haidhausen.

Photo: STL / imago images

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Munich again, a foretaste of summer: As so often in warm weather, many sun-seekers came to the gravel banks on the Isar.

Photo: STL / imago images

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But you don't have to live in Bavaria these days to be able to enjoy spring: This picture shows a stand-up paddler on the Main, who is obviously not cold.

In Müllheim near Freiburg even 20.3 degrees were measured on Saturday afternoon.

Photo: Frank Rumpenhorst / picture alliance / dpa

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Spring mood on the Berghölzchen, a lookout point in Hildesheim, Lower Saxony: moments like this are likely to be even more frequent in the coming days.

"A change in the weather situation is not apparent until next weekend at the earliest," says the German Weather Service.

Photo: Martin Dziadek / Die Videomanufaktur / imago images

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These are also good times for the ailing gastronomy - at least for those businesses that can easily offer their goods to take away.

In front of this ice cream shop in Berlin-Kreuzberg, beatings were already forming.

Photo: Jürgen Held / imago images

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The animal world is now also waking up again, as this photo from Bensheim in Hesse shows: There a pair of storks rattled their beaks in their nest within sight of Auerbach Castle.

Numerous storks have returned to their nests in time for the weather change.

Photo: Arne Dedert / dpa

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It should remain dry and comparatively warm in Saxony in the coming days.

Many passers-by in Dresden already used the weekend to stroll on the banks of the Elbe in front of the backdrop of the old town.

Photo: Sebastian Kahnert / dpa

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The buzzing and humming starts again: Here you can see a bee that perches on a crocus in the Rhine meadows.

In North Rhine-Westphalia, the temperatures are locally climbing up to 20 degrees these days.

Photo: Jonas Güttler / dpa

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Let your soul and legs dangle: Numerous day trippers sat in the sun on the banks of the Main on the high quay wall in Frankfurt am Main.

Photo: Frank Rumpenhorst / dpa

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People also enjoyed the sun in the pleasure garden in front of the Berlin Cathedral.

The high »Ilona« is responsible for the pleasant weather.

According to the German Weather Service, this has settled over Southeastern Europe and makes no move to disappear from there.

Photo: Christophe Gateau / dpa

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Spring idyll over Aachen: ducks fly in formation from their winter camps back to Germany.

Photo: Wassilis Aswestopoulos / imago images

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A week ago the Decksteiner Weiher in Cologne was still frozen over, and now this: Two rowing boats are sailing towards a spring-like day in the warm morning sun.

Photo: Henning Kaiser / dpa

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Blue sky, blue water: At Tegernsee in Upper Bavaria, many people enjoyed the bright sunshine.

How many violations of Corona requirements there were this weekend due to the weather is not yet known.

Photo: Katrin Requadt / dpa

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Source: spiegel

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