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Anti-terror training

28.10.2009

German navy personnel on Eckernfoerde Bay in the north of the country take part in a training exercise meant to simulate an attack by pirates in speedboats. Around 2,000 personnel from 13 countries are taking part in the "Northern Coast 09" anti-terror military exercises, which run until Friday.

Replica of the Caravela Pinta.

Returning from the hunt in Papua New Guinea - photo by Kent St. John

High and dry in Dresden

18.09.2009

The unusually low level of the River Elbe means no boat trips for tourists visiting the city of Dresden for the time being. The water level currently stands at 80 cms (31.5 inches)) instead of around two meters.

Faraway destination

24.08.2009

A woman waves as the German frigate "Karlsruhe" sails out of its port in Wilhelmshaven on Monday, August 24. The ship set sail for the waters off the coast of Somalia, where it will take part in an international mission to fight piracy.

odoh, pa sta bude

Kids at sea

14.08.2009

Young sailors took to the waves in Kiel, northern Germany, on Friday, Aug. 14.

Maritime festival on the Baltic Sea

09.08.2009

On Sunday, the 19th Hanse Sail festival draws to a close. It's one of the biggest maritime spectacles in Germany. More than 230 traditional sailing vessels, tall ships and museum ships from 12 different nations were in Rostock, with hundreds of thousands of spectators coming to see the ships. The parade has however felt the pinch of the global financial crisis. The number of reservations by companies to partake in day trips dropped by 30 percent, as companies have less money going around

Prag

Stormy Seas

25.07.2009

A tug boat secures the overbalanced front end of the ferry "Tor Freesia" of the DFDS Tor Line at the MWB shipyards in Bremerhaven, northern Germany, on Saturday, July 25, 2009. The bow capsized during a thunderstorm at about noon. According to the police, nobody was injured. Stormy weather has been sweeping over many parts of Germany, darkening along with the skies the moods of those who'd rather be on summer picnics in the park than stuck indoors.

A horse race on the seabed

19.07.2009

A jockey riding his horse at the tideland race in Duhnen, Lower Saxony, Germany on Sunday, July 19, 2009. Around 150 horses, watched by some 30,000 spectators, took part in various events throughout the day. The tideland race takes place on the seabed once it has been exposed by receding tides. It is the only race of its kind.

a moze i da se vozamo

German pirate hunters return

17.07.2009

The German frigate "Emden" on July 17 returned to its home port of Wilhemshaven after spending 166 days at sea. The warship took part in the anti-piracy mission "Atalanta" off the coast of Somalia.

Size matters

20.06.2009

A tug boat seemed miniscule next to the new cruiser Celebrity Equinox of the shipyard Meyer in Papenburg, Germany, which went down the river Ems near Gandersum on Saturday, June 20. It is 317 meters (347 yards) long and 36.80 meters (40 yards) wide and is made for about 2,850 passengers.

German summer

08.06.2009

A cyclist, apparently unimpressed by the sight of the Gorch Fock naval training ship, braves rainy, chilly weather, as he cuts through the harbor in the northern German city of Kiel on Monday.

What have I done to deserve this?

06.06.2009

Scottish highland cattle was loaded onto a float to cross the Lanker Lake at Preetz, northern Germany, as temperatures reached 14 degrees Celsius (57.2 degrees Fahrenheit) on Saturday, June 6. The cattle will graze on an island during the summer.

drugarice pozuri, oni nas cekaju

Star light, star bright

20.04.2009

Kayakers and other boaters were out in force Monday on the Aussenalster, or Outer Alster, one of two artifical lakes in central Hamburg.

It's a dog's life

19.04.2009

A couple gave their dog a sunshine shelter as they paddled their boat over the Schwentine River near Kiel, northern Germany. The spring of 2009 has been unusually warm, much to the pleasure of humans and canines alike.

Sailors get boats shipshape

06.04.2009

Sailors around Germany, like this man in the northern city of Kiel, took advantage of sunny weather on Monday, March 6, to prepare their boats for the summer season.

Inching Through

21.02.2009

The new cruise ship AIDAluna started its trip from the shipyard to the ocean with what will likely be one of its closest passages on the narrow Ems River on Saturday, Feb. 21. The 252-meter (827-foot) long ship will make its first voyage in the North Sea then go back to the docks for a final check.