The views from your windows
Whether you look out at a city skyline, a field of corn or a mountain, Deutsche Welle wants to see the view from your perspective. Send us a photo of what is happening outside your window.
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Niles, Illinois, USA
«This is a view of the side of my house after a storm left 68 centimeters (26.7 inches) of snow outside last year. I sent my teenage son to shovel the side of the house because the snow was starting to come into the windows. I went to go check on his progress after 30 minutes and the picture shows what I found.»
John Mueller of Niles, Illinois, in the United States sent in this picture.
«I come from Kyustendil, Bulgaria. The view from my floor is always so beautiful. In this photo, you can see Osogovo Mountain. Greetings from Bulgaria!»
Svetlina Dimitrova is a 27-year-old living in Kyustendil, Bulgaria.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
«This is a view from Churchill Avenue, one of Addis Ababa’s steepest highways. I always go up and down this street on the way to and from my office, the Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency, the third building from the right.»
Solomon Mengist lives in Ethiopia.
«This is the morning view from my window in the small town of Zapresic, Croatia. After a rainy, stormy night, the sky had a look of milky, silky powder. It was a good view for a late start to the day.»
Tea Vidovic lives in Zapresic, Croatia.
Veracruz City, Mexico
«My name is Antonio Martinez from Veracruz City, Mexico. I’m the saltwater tanks curator at the Veracruz Aquarium. Here is the view from my office window, showing the Gulf of Mexico’s waters. The island you see is the Isla de Sacrificios («Sacrifice Island») from the Veracruz Reef System.»
Antonio Martinez lives in Veracruz City, Mexico.
Lipa City, Philippines
«This is a picture that some see as depressing and others see as magnificent. Once the sun sets, I have this view from my office window. I’m one lucky gal who works at a place that’s far from the hustle and bustle of big city life.»
Sarah Quinto lives in Lipa City, Philippines
«Hello from sunny Kiev! This is a view of one of the most beloved places in the capital, the Obolon district. I live here. The river, the Dnieper, is the biggest in our country. Yachts, golf, romantic evening light and an amazing, peaceful atmosphere: that’s what you find here. Welcome!»
Mari Hugz is a 24-year-old artist.
«We have many pigeons here. This pair of lovers comes to my window almost every morning. Aren’t they charming?»
Günay Gürsoy lives in Ankara, Turkey.
«This is the view from my window in May. I live in Berlin opposite the Berlin Wall and from there you can see the Berliner Fernsehturm. Greetings from Berlin.»
Edewee is 14 years old and lives in Berlin.
Alajuela, Costa Rica
«This is the sight we wake up to. We live on the southern side of the active Poas Volcano in Costa Rica. Our bedroom and door lead onto a balcony with an eastern view. We are early risers and see a spectacular dawn every day. In this photo you can see the smoking Turrialba Volcano, which is part of a chain with the Poas.»
Ingo and Trixie Krommer live in Alajuela, Costa Rica.
«This is the view I had from the window of my aunt’s beloved Opel. This shot was taken in May 2010 during my vacation in Germany. I hadn’t been in Germany for 16 years and always remembered Wuppertal as a city where it was very cold and the sun seldom shone. On this particular spring day however, the sun was out and it was warm.»
Sarah Quinto is 24 years old. She was born in Germany and has been living in the Philippines since 1994.
«A view of the sunset in Sydney from my car window while driving back home from the beach.»
Carolina Kruspe lives in Sydney, Australia.
«Well, it is not the view directly from my window, but it is a window to a view of Texas, not many outsiders see. In spring, depending on the previous winter’s temperature and moisture, the areas west of Houston to Austin and San Antonio, are springing forth with fields of Texas Bluebonnets, a lupin family flower. They are the Texas state flower and beloved by everyone.
The orange flowers are Indian Paintbrush. My husband and I drive through the countryside and take joy in field after field of Bluebonnets, Indian Paintbrush, Daisies and many other wild flowers. Your heart opens up and you forget for a while all the bad and sad things of the world.»
Lindmuth Fuller lives in Houston, Texas
«At about 6 p.m., the ladies in my neighborhood gather for their daily aerobics. Lady Gaga’s «Poker Face» and familiar tunes from the Thai Luuk Thung (Thai folk songs) are heard and the ladies with their well-rehearsed steps looked like the back-up dancers for a pop singer. But the real treat is when the sun sets as you can see from the picture. If you look closely enough, a fleet of birds take flight in formation trying not to lose sight of the sun.»
Jimmy Won lives in Bangkok, Thailand
This is the view from my apartment living room. It overlooks Georgetown in the foreground and in the distance the suburb of Air Itam that sits beneath Penang Hill, the highest point of hills that make up most of the interior of the tropical island of Penang.
Felix Yap is a retiree and he lives in Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia.
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«This is a view from my bedroom. It overlooks Blennerville village and Tralee Bay with Slieve Mish Mountains in the background.»
Adam Kowalski lives in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland.
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
«I live in the 15th floor in a building on the main avenue of Belo Horizonte in Brazil. From my window, I see a small stretch of the avenue and the Municipal Park across from my building. During the months of May to August these pink trumpet trees (Tabebuia rosea) bloom along the four kilometers of the main avenue. In the picture, one can see the light poles in the middle of the avenue and the trees on the other side of the avenue.»
Vanda Rosignoli lives in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, where she works as a translator and teacher.
«It’s lighting up time and sunset on my street in the Heaton Norris area of Stockport in England. Looking out of my bedroom window there was a pink glow from the sunset.»
Suzanne Fenby lives in Stockport outside of Manchester in the UK.
Nelson, New Zealand
«This was the view from my window when I was on holiday in Nelson, New Zealand, looking at the top of New Zealand’s Southern Alps from Tahunanui.»
Brett Agnew is 50 and the general manager of a company that specializes in advertising in «ethnic media,» companies that provide media to the immigrant communities of New Zealand.
«This is the view from my bedroom window. I live in central Birmingham about 10 minutes from the city center. I have lived in the UK for 11 years but only recently moved to this pretty spot, Birmingham by the sea. The reservoir was built by Thomas Telford to top up the canals.»
Iris Bertz lives and works in Birmingham as a consultant for a German education project and a British education project.
Columbia, SC, USA
«Thanks for the opportunity to share some of my corner of the world. This picture is of my front porch here in Columbia, SC., where I keep a wood sculpture I created, I hope no one steals it.»
Jesse James Jeter lives in Columbia, South Carolina, USA
«From the window of my apartment, I see the neighboring snow-covered houses and trees. I like it when the snow falls . «
Luisa Bytschkowa lives in Moscow and is learning German with Deutsche Welle.
Lake Constance, Germany
«This is the view from my office window on the island of Mainau on Lake Constance. As Environmental Manager and Security Engineer of Mainau GmbH I have a wonderful job in many ways.»
Heinrich Straub works on the island of Mainau on Lake Constance in Germany.
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«Here is a view from my living room window. Despite a warm and beautiful autumn the winter has arrived. But because of the cold I can enjoy a very wonderful ice jungle pattern on my window.
Darryl Cremasco is from Canada. He is 28 years old and lives in Newfoundland, Canada, where he works as a choral conductor and professional musician.
«When I look out my window, I see the old church in my small village. The church stands on a hill and looks beautiful in the sunset. If I want to calm myself, all I have to do is look out of my window.»
Nagy Eniko lives in Matraszele, Hungary.
«When I look out of my window I can see the Nikolaikirche, the oldest church in Berlin, followed by the tower of the famous Red Town Hall with the Berlin flag on top. And all those great buildings are overlooked by the highest TV-tower (368 meters or 1207 feet) in Germany marking the Alexanderplatz in Berlin-Mitte.
My flat is on the second floor of a so-called Plattenbau; a number of pre-fabricated buildings marking the 750th anniversary of Berlin’s foundation.»
Friedrich Zimmermann is a retired media worker who lives in Berlin.
“This is the view from the fourth floor of the library at the National Taiwan University in Taipei. Taipei is a city crowded with people and vehicles. But at the NTU campus, all we see are bikes and azaleas with an elegant atmosphere. From this angle, Royal Palm Boulevard happened to come into my sight.”
Yully Lin lives in Taipei, Taiwan, and studies at NTU.
«This is the view from my bedroom window. Since childhood, this apple tree has welcomed me in the mornings. It’s beautiful whenever the weather is nice, especially in spring when it blooms. I also like the tree in autumn — the apples will turn red and smell wonderful.»
My name is Liuba and I am from Kherson, in Ukraine. My city is not far from the Black Sea. I study and in my spare time I like to take photos.
Somewhere over Java, Indonesia
«I took this picture when I was flying on Garuda Indonesia Airways from Jakarta to Bali Island for work. I remember I taking this picture on April 18, 2010 as we flew over Java. The reason I took it was because it was momentous to see clouds gather so whitely under the sunrise. It was very comforting in my eyes and through my soul. It made me realize that we are nothing without God.»
Tita Armadiani is a 29-year-old woman from Indonesia where she is a local television reporter.
Rishal Dandha, Nepal
«This picture is of Rishal Dandha (Lakury Byanjang). Rishal Dandha is about 1750 meters above sea level. From here you can see a lot: The entire Katmandu valley (the capital of Nepal) and the entire chain of the Himalayas, from Mount Manasulu to Everest. It is also a nice village. There are always great people around here, and in the spring we see many beautiful flowers and have plenty of clean, fresh air to breathe.»
Santosh Giri is a guide for Dav-Summit Club, a German alpine club in Nepal.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
«I live on a fifth floor in one of the many buildings that can be found in the city of Buenos Aires. My neighborhood is not as chaotic as it may look like, in fact it’s quite nice and quiet. Today we have a sunny winter day.»
Luciano Quiroga lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
«This is the view from my window . somewhere in Colorado! There’s not much happening outside, besides deer, black bears, foxes, elk, raccoons, squirrels, mountain lions and rabbits marching by!»
Andrea Furniss lives «somewhere in Colorado,» in the United States.
«This is the view my fiancee and I have from the large windows of our living room. We overlook Marsaskala Bay in Marsaskala, Malta. Originally, I am a «Bobbele» from Freiburg, Suedbaden, but given my fiancee is Maltese, we decided to move to Malta.»
Dominik Kalweit is a political scientist working as project and research manager for the Maltese development NGO KOPIN.
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«A little summer cruise ship traffic from my kitchen window here in the village of Evenskjer in northern Norway! (68′ 35 North and 16’34 East). During the summer many ships like this one pass by my home through the Tjeldsund Sound on their way from the Lofoten Islands to the Northern Cape. The mountain on the other side is called Sætertind (1095 metres above sea level) and is on Norway’s largest island, the Hinn Island. As you can see, even though it is summer there is still snow on the top of the mountain!»
Gerhard Mundt is a Canadian of German and Norwegian descent living with his family in this picturesque part of the world.
Quezon City, Philippines
«This is the view from my window every time I come home after work. I live on the 11th floor of a high-rise condominium. The view I have here is that of the skyscrapers and the residential areas of an adjacent city. I love how the colorful sunset always gives me that relaxing feeling after a stressful day in the office.»
Sarah Quinto works as a German travel accountant at IBM Business Services, Inc. in Quezon City, Philippines.
Prague, Czech Republic
«For ten months now, I’ve been living in a dormitory in Prague located on the Vltava River. My room is on the fifteenth floor. Even though the streets below are filled with cars nearly every day, I like the view. It has everything: a bit of the city, a bit of the forest, a bit of the river and a bit of the sky.»
Trang Dothu is 20 years old and a student in Prague.
«I am very lucky to have this view looking from my kitchen window over the Valley in Ashford, County Wicklow, Ireland.»
Brendan Lynch is a taxi driver in Dublin, Ireland.
«I was walking in the Sydney Central Business District and decided to take a picture for Deutsche Welle. This picture is of World Square (well part of it) in the city of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Sorry about the traffic, but I feel the effect of the moving traffic actually gives the picture character :-)»
Matthew Samson is 26 years old and lives in Sydney, Australia.
«This is the view from the balcony on the top floor of a large building, which offers a magnificent view of one of the residential districts of the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Hundreds of thousands of people live here, including me. Every morning many commuters going to work cross the Dnieper River, which divides the city, and in the evenings they return the same way. Therefore the single bridge connecting the residential district with the business district is often the scene of massive traffic jams. But the citizens of Kyiv aren’t too worried by this. Every night you can see hundreds of windows lit up, behind each one, a cozy pocket of life and light.»
Valentin Bondaruk lives in Kyiv where he studies International Business and Management at the Kyiv Vadym Hetman National Economic University. He is an amateur photographer who enjoys taking photos of cityscapes.
«When I just peep out from my window I can see these hot chillies spread to dry as the temperature risesin our city.
Once this city used to be very cool and it would be always raining but God knows what has happened; the temperature has reached 38 Celsius here.»
C. Pavan lives in Dharwad, a city in the Indian state of Karnataka.
«This is the view from my window to the inner courtyard of the building where I’m living in Turin, Italy. One of my neighbors pegged out clothing and I found this particular item interesting and funny.»
Martin Bruckmanns has lived in Turin since 1993 after moving from Germany to study in Italy. He is a professional photographer.
I must say I was very amazed by each photo published, so I thought I’d submit one myself. This is the view from my window on a sunny day from the apartment where I am staying during my university studies in Skopje, Macedonia, taken while I was studying for my upcoming exams.»
Ljubica Todorova is in her third year of studies in English language and literature at the University of Skopje.
«I live in a slum called Kyangombe in Kenya so as I am seated outside enjoying the breeze, I see these three little boys playing along the railroad tracks in the dirt. It reminds me of the innocent months of yesteryear.»
Mutua Alex Michael lives in Kyangombe, near Nairobi, Kenya.
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«I spend much of my time on the patio during the warmer months here in Tampa, Florida. The flowers are Amaryllis. They originally began as just one bulb several years ago and I brought it with me when I moved to Tampa. If one allows the flowers to go through their entire cycle eventually there will be seed pods which develop. Within each pod are many seeds which can be easily started, taking three to four years to grow their own flower stocks.»
Larry Zollner lives in Tampa, Florida, in the USA.
Joan Pierce lives on a bluff overlooking the main channel of the Mississippi River near St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
«This is the view from my window at work early in the morning in Mazatlan, México. While I wait for a ship to enter the port and dock, I get to feel the early sunshine :)»
Chamely Orona lives in Mexico.
«This is the view of a student neighborhood with two children playing on concrete spheres in Leipzig, 2010.»
Alexander Araya is a Costa Rican sociologist and he is in Germany to get his Ph.D. at Freie Universität Berlin.
«This is the view from my little balcony in a roof apartment on Montmartre that I bought about a year ago. Sick of paying high rents, I’m finally a proud owner — and this view towards the Panthéon, the Centre Pompidou and the Louvre had some impact in the decision to buy this place. The balcony is just big enough for one chair and a little tray, but finally, this is my home . yeah!»
Jochen lives in the Montmartre area of Paris in France. He is originally from Germany but has lived in Paris for the past eight years.
«I live in Pune, India. The area where I live is very green. This is a view from the window of my bedroom. There is a huge tree outside my apartment. I live on the first floor and sometimes the branches of the tree enter my room through the window. I simply love the tree and the view.
Every morning I wake up to the sound of birds chirping on the tree. Many species of bird sit or have made their nests in the tree. The most common ones are pigeons, crows, cuckoos and sometimes I have even seen a kingfisher or two sitting on the branches.
Many times I have watched quietly and seen two crows or pigeons sitting together perhaps talking to each other in their own language. I find this so awesome. There are lots of squirrels on the tree and sometimes one of them loses its way and ends up in my room through the window, but eventually manages to find its way back to the tree.»
Preeti Bhardwaj lives in Pune in the Indian state of Maharashtra. She works as a translator of German to English.
Hebron, West Bank
«I live in Hebron, in an area known as ‘Tarqoumya.’ This is the view from my window at night with a little bit of mist .»
Hasan Mraqtan lives in the West Bank city of Hebron.
Tuen Mun, Hong Kong
«I live in Hong Kong, in an area known as ‘Gold Coast»’ in Tuen Mun. This is overlooking the GGold Coast Marina and Castle Peak Bay further down. On a very clear day you can even see Macau in the distance.»
Nana Listl is an Indonesian-German living in Hong Kong with her husband since 2006 due to their employment. They love living in Hong Kong, she writes.
>»This is the view from my window. We have many trees on our street where every day we see more beautiful birds. It’s a little woodpecker.» 19.06.2015
