by Quite surprisingly, there seems to be a quite sudden competition about the promotion and management of country music concerts in tours in Germany this year. After the Country 2 Country 2019 in Berlin, Semmel Concerts found the Sound of Nashville concert series, which feels to be a very clever marketing label for the genre. In addition, they brought the Country Music Week to Germany with season tickets in the different cities where the different acts will play. Thus, I was very much looking forward to take part at a press event at the Semmel Concerts Cologne offices on 11th September 2019, which also included a show by Logan Mize.
In addition to the pictures in this posting, there is a 151 major size picture gallery in the Concert Galleries.
Logan Mize – About The Artist
Logan Mize is country music artists and songwriter, who is originally from Clearwater in Kansas. Though he is an active musician since 2000, his first album, Logan Mize, is as of 2009. He signed is initial record deal in 2010. He overall released three albums so far. The second one, Nobody in Nashville just made it to the Top 50 in the US Country album charts and placed 15th as peak positions in the US Heat Album charts. In 2015, he released his first EP Pawn Shop Guitar, which had two comparably successful songs. Though it “just” placed 49th as peak in the US Country Airplays, his 2019 song Better Off Gone was a significant boost to Mize’s reputation and presence in the country music scene.
Logan Mize in Cologne
Before the acoustic set, there was a photo shoot with Logan Mize in Cologne’s old town around the Heumarkt square. It was amazing to see how friendly Mize took over that task, and interacted with the press people. Likely, the nicest place for the photo shootings was the Willy Ostermann Fountain, a place which reminds of one of the city’s most important writers and performers of carnival music.
Logan Mize Acoustic Set
After the photo shoot, Mize gave a four set acoustic set in the Semmel office. He started the set with Better Off Gone, followed by the so-far unreleased Prairieville, a song about a fictive town in Kansas, similar to the one he grew up in. Finally, he played Only This Town. Due to a late arrival of one journalist, he added Sunflowers. He was accompanied by his percussion player Jimmy. Amazing to see an artist who has a triple digit number of million streams in that atmosphere.
Sound of Nashville Press Event – My View
It was great to see Logan Mize in that promoting the Sound of Nashville series and the Country Music Week (which will rather be a Country Music Month at its German debut) in the Semmel Concerts offices. Mize was just another proof that country music is straight, handmade and the artists are very close to their fans and people. A fascinating event in a very friendly and intimate atmosphere, which definitely
Sound of Nashville – Concerts
The following Sound of Nashville events are currently running or will take place in the following weeks. Artists in italics do not feature the whole set of concerts given. Shows in bold are the ones I am planning to attend with Flyctory.com. Hyperlinks in the right column lead to concert reports on flyctory.com:
| Main Artist | Support | Date, City, Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Jillian Jacqueline | Lauren Jenkins, Austin Jenckes, Gary Quinn | 09.09.2019 Cologne, YUCA
10.09.2019, Berlin, Franzz Club 11.09.2019, Munich Backstage 12.09.2019, Hamburg, Indra Club 69 |
| Austin Jenckes | Frankie Davis, Joe Buck | 13.09.2019, Cologne, Luxor |
| CAM | Sam Williams | 13.09.2019 Hamburg, Fabrik
14.09.2019, Berlin, Huxleys Neue Welt |
| Old Dominion | Jordan Davis | 06.10.2019 Berlin, Astra Kulturhaus
07.10.2019 Köln, Live Music Hall |
| Sarah Darling
(in the Round) |
Kenny Foster, Robert Counts | 12.10.2019 Cologne, Helios 37
13.10.2019 Frankfurt, Das Bett 14.10.2019 Hamburg, Nochspeicher 15.10.2019, Berlin, Musik & Frieden |
| Daniel Donato | 16.10.2019 Berlin, Privatclub
17.10.2019 Munich, Feierwerk 18.10.2019, Cologne, Helios 37 22.10.2019, Hamburg, Nochtwache |
|
| Scotty MyCreery | Temecula Road, Tebey | 23.10.2019, Berlin, Privatclub |
| Logan Mize | Fairground Saints, Kyle Daniel | 26.10.2019, Cologne, Club Volta
27.10.2019, Frankfurt, Das Bett 28.10.2019, Berlin, Musik & Frieden 29.10.2019, Munich, Feierwerk 31.10.2019, Hamburg, Nochtspeicher |
| Willie Jones | Tyler Rich, Tenille Arts | 29.10.2019, Cologne, YUCA
30.10.2019, Berlin, Musik & Frieden 01.11.2019 Hamburg, Indra Musikclub |
| James Barker Band | Julia Cole | 15.11.2019, Munich, Backstage Club
16.11.2019, Hamburg, Nochtspeicher 17.11.2019, Cologne, Helios 37 18.11.2019, Berlin, Musik & Frieden 19.11.2019, Frankfurt, Das Bett |
| Noah Guthrie | Nik Wallner | 09.12.2019, Cologne, Studio 672
10.12.2019, Hamburg, Indra Musikclub |
| Brett Eldredge | Lauren Jenkins | 24.01.2020, Cologne, Carlswerk Victoria
25.01.2020, Hamburg, Docks |
| Jimmie Allen | A Thousand Horses
Kassi Ashton Filmore |
10.03.2020 Hamburg Indra 64
11.03.2020 Frankfurt, Das Bett |
| Noah Schnacky | Abby Anderson
Tenille Townes |
10.03.2020 Cologne, Club Volta
11.03.2020 Munich, Hansa 39 |
| Lee Brice | 30.06.2020, Berlin, Columbia Theater
01.07.2020, Hamburg, Gruenspan 02.07.2020, Cologne, Gloria Theater |
The venue of Noah Guthrie’s concert in Cologne has been renamed between the announcement and the concert. The new name of Studio 672 is now Jaki Club.
Sound of Nashville Press Event – Gallery
I added 151 pictures of the event to a designated gallery:
Sound of Nashville on Flyctory. com
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I so far featured the German pop artist Sasha only once, with his children album Toto und der Mann im Mond ...
49 Winchester (21st May 2024, Cologne)
Right after I returned from a weekend trip to Norway, my home town Cologne hosted another really interesting country music ...
WFC 3×3 Floorball 2024 – Day 2 Men’s Finals (12th May 2024)
On the men's finals side, I concentrated on two matches of the final 3x3 World Floorball Championships match day. From ...
WFC 3×3 Floorball 2024 – Day 2 Women’s Finals (12th May 2024)
A German team competing for the medal - the effort of the German national team at the 3x3 Floorball WFC ...
WFC 3×3 Floorball 2024 – Day 1 Men’s Competition (11th May 2024)
After my first posting about the debut event of the 3x3 World Floorball Championships was about the first day of ...
WFC 3×3 Floorball 2024 – Day 1 Women’s Competition (11th May 2024)
In my introductory posting, I already introduced you to the concept of 3x3 Floorball and the first World Floorball Championships ...
WFC U19 Girls 2024 Final: Sweden – Finland 4-2 (1-0, 1-0, 2-2)
Finally, it somehow felt (again) like business as usual. Even though both teams had some semifinal struggles, Finland and Sweden ...
WFC U19 Girls 2024 Bronze Medal Match: Switzerland – Czechia 1-5 (0-2, 0-2, 1-1)
After the Place 7 and Place 9 machtes at the beginning of the day, 12th May 2024 in Lahti solely ...
WFC U19 Girls 2024 Semifinal: Czechia – Finland 2-3 SD (1-1, 0-0, 1-1, x-1)
After the dramatic semifinal between Sweden and Switzerland, 1,700 spectators in Lahti waited for their team battling Czechia for the ...
WFC U19 Girls 2024 Semifinal: Sweden – Switzerland 4-3 (1-1, 2-0, 1-2)
In the world of floorball, running into Sweden is typically the toughest faith you can have. The Swiss Under 19 ...
WFC U19 Girls 2024 Place 13: Hungary – New Zealand 6-8 (3-1, 0-3, 3-4)
While Sweden and Switzerland battled in the first semifinal in the main arena, Hungary and New Zealand battled on the ...
WFC U19 Girls 2024: Italy – Hungary 3-3 (1-1, 2-1, 0-1)
After the Hungarian Under 19 girls showed a brave fight against Denmark the match before, their chance to be successful ...
WFC U19 Girls 2024: Finland – Norway 3-0 (2-0, 0-0, 1-0)
After Switzerland had a lot of trouble with Slovakia before, Finland was aware not too take their final group match ...
WFC U19 Girls 2024: Germany – Singapore 9-1 (2-1, 5-0, 2-0)
By beating New Zealand and Australia, Singapore had already practically saved the spot as the best placed Asian / Oceanian ...
WFC U19 Girls 2024: Switzerland – Slovakia 5-2 (2-0, 2-1, 1-1)
After the Swiss National Team had a rather disappointing last period in their second match against Czechia, it was time ...
WFC U19 Girls 2024: New Zealand – Australia 10-3 (1-0, 6-2, 3-1)
The third and thus last group match day at the Under 19 Girls World Floorball Championships featured the Oceania battle ...
WFC U19 Girls 2024: Canada – Italy 3-11 (1-3, 1-3, 1-5)
After Canada had lost their first match against Hungary, they ran into Italy on 9th May 2024. Especially the small ...
WFC U19 Girls 2024: Hungary – Denmark 2-11 (2-3, 0-3, 0-5)
Denmark has been regarded being the strongest team in Group D of the 2024 Under 19 World Floorball Championships. Not ...
WFC U19 Girls 2024: Sweden – Finland 9-3 (4-1, 3-0, 2-2)
Right after the Czechia vs. Switzerland match, the Under 19 Girls World Floorball Championships hosted the Classico in that sports ...
WFC U19 Girls 2024: Czechia – Switzerland 4-1 (0-1, 1-0, 3-0)
Time to get the (potentially) better spot for the semifinals. The second floorball match on the main court of Lahti's ...
WFC U19 Girls 2024: Slovakia – Latvia 8-3 (2-2, 1-1, 5-0)
While you can hardly expect to beat one of the "big" countries in the top groups of a World Floorball ...
WFC U19 Girls 2024: Singapore – Australia 7-4 (2-1, 2-0, 3-3)
The draw in Group C at the Under 19 Girls World Floorball Championships 2024 in Lahti was a bit of ...
WFC U19 Girls 2024: Hungary – Canada 8-2 (2-1, 3-1, 3-0)
Of course, when a Hungarian women's national team is in the rink, I do get a bit of more emotional ...
WFC U19 Girls 2024: Slovakia – Czechia 1-16 (1-4, 0-5, 0-7)
Slovakia faced Czechia in Group A on Day 1. The neighbor state derby was one of the most interesting match-ups ...
WFC U19 Girls 2024: Latvia – Switzerland 1-8 (0-4, 1-3, 0-1)
Even though the match between Latvia and Switzerland was obviously a match in the top 8 nations section of the ...
WFC U19 Girls 2024: Norway – Sweden 1-16 (0-7, 1-5, 0-4)
The first match of Arena B was the Scandinavian battle between Norway and Sweden. Of course, the yellow and blue ...
WFC U19 Girls 2024: Australia – Germany 1-12 (1-5, 0-4, 0-3)
I over-estimated the travel time from Helsinki, so that I indeed made it to the first Under 19 WFC match ...
Kacey Musgraves (5th May 2024, Cologne)
End of April and beginning of May 2024 featured a couple of very interesting country music gigs in Germany. For ...
Charles Esten (3rd May 2024, Hamburg)
End of April and beginning of May 2024 came with quite some photographic dates for me. Right after the Carrie ...
Carrie Welling & Kasey Williams (2nd May 2024, Hengelo)
After I recently chatted with Carrie Welling about her tour through Germany and the Netherlands, I was happy to be ...
Swedish Floorball Finals (Men) – Storvreta IBK – Pixbo IBK 8-5 (3-1, 1-1, 4-3)
After the women's final already had a duel of two big names of the Swedish floorball scene, the men's final ...
Swedish Floorball Finals (Women) – Thorengruppen IBK – Pixbo IBK 6-3 (2-0, 0-1, 4-2)
World record attendance matches in late April 2024. The Swedish Floorball Federation invited to nothing but that in order to ...
Swiss Floorball Superfinal (Men) – SV Wiler-Ersigen – Zug United 5-6 (0-2, 2-3, 3-1)
Three and a half hours after the women's final's face-off (and just some 40 minutes after its ceremonies), BCF-Arena in ...
Swiss Floorball Superfinal (Women) – Kloten-Dietlikon Jets – Zug United 6-5 SO (1-3, 3-1, 1-1, 0-0, 1:x)
On 20th April 2024, I headed to Switzerland. The Swiss Floorball Superfinals, held in Fribourg for the first time, required ...
Darius Rucker (19th April 2024, Cologne)
What an honor - Darius Rucker kicked off his Starting Fires Tour World Tour in my home tome Cologne. The Live Music ...
Restless Road, Redferrin & Carter Faith (6th March 2024, Frankfurt)
Right the day after the Sound of Nashville show in Cologne on 5th March 2024, I headed to Frankfurt. Again, ...
Alexandra Kay, Hannah Ellis, Lakeview (5th March 2024, Cologne)
Especially as I could not make it to one of the Country To Country shows the weekend before, I was ...
Dümptener Füchse – UHC Sparkasse Weissenfels 1-6 (0-3, 0-1, 1-2)
Just two weeks after I featured the Dümptener Füchse women's team at Erlensee, I had them on my schedule again ...
Jenn Bostic (20th February 2024, London)
There are not too many artists, which make me travel on a day trip to London. Jenn Bostic did so ...
TSG Erlensee – TSV Calw Lions 8-7 SD (1-3, 4-2, 2-2, 1-x)
The second match in the Großsporthalle Erlensee on 17th February 2024 was a match in the South-West division of the 2nd ...
TSG Erlensee – Dümptener Füchse 0-11 (0-5, 0-5, 0-1)
As part of my initiative to have more sports coverage in 2024, I traveled to Erlensee on 17th February 2024 ...
ISTAF Indoor 2024 Duesseldorf (4th February 2024)
With the ISTAF Indoor 2023, I kicked off my campaign to intensify my athletics coverage in 2023. The more, I ...
Alex Diehl (2nd February 2024, Cologne)
Especially after I reviewed the amazing album Das ist keine Übung in October 2023, I was really looking forward to see Alex ...
Wuppertaler Hochsprungmeeting (Wuppertal High Jump Meeting) 2024
I still feel that in many athletics meetings, the track events are somehow still more in focus than the field ...
ASV Cologne – Floor Fighters Chemnitz 3-13 (0-3, 1-5. 2-5)
Getting into the FInal4, the semifinal and final event of the German Floorball Cup, is likely one of the most ...
Sparkassen Indoor Meeting Dortmund 2024 (Indoor Athletics) – Track Events
After I gave you my report of the field and side events of the 2004 Sparkassen Indoor Meeting in Dortmund, ...
Sparkassen Indoor Meeting Dortmund 2024 (Indoor Athletics) – Field & Side Events
In general, I plan to increase the frequency of my athletics coverage during 2024. The first event of that sports ...
Lejon Zäziwil – Red Lions Frauenfeld 2-1 SD (1-0, 0-0, 0-1, 1-x)
The key reason why I traveled to Switzerland on Saturday, 6th January 2024, was the match between UH Lejon Zäzwil ...
Zulgtal Eagles – Visper Lions 0-4 (0-1, 0-1- 0-2)
There are nowadays not too many opportunities for me any more to see two or more (meaningful) floorball matches on ...
Pixbo Wallenstam IBK – Malmö FBC 8-2 (2-0, 4-2, 2-0)
Yeah, I have to give in, it is really a bit of weird to travel to Sweden for a single ...
Eric Paslay (13th December 2023, Cologne)
His show in Aschaffenburg 2019, the main stage appearance at the C2C Berlin 2020 and now Cologne 2023: Eric Paslay ...
Weihnachts-Wunderwelt Castle Benrath
Chinese lantern shows and other illuminations have become more and more popular in Europe during the recent winter seasons. In ...
Gregor McEwan (6th December 2023, Cologne)
Afrer his very interesting album release Going Solo, I was really curious about how Gergor McEwan would be alike live on ...
Kelvin Jones (8th October 2023, Frankfurt)
After I had the opportunity to see Kelvin Jones at the Heart To Heart show in Dusseldorf and the preparing ...
Ron Pope (23rd September 2023, Cologne)
Busy times: just three days after I saw Home Free in Hamburg and eight days after the Randall King show ...
Home Free (20th September 2023, Hamburg)
Home Free - the a capella country band has built a fan base all over the world nowadays. I was ...
CC 2024: SV Wiler-Ersigen – FbS Bohemians 5-3 (1-1, 2-3, 3-0) – Showdown 1-x
While the first match at Mobiliar Arena between Floorball Köniz Bern and Tatran Stresovice was the first leg of the ...
CC 2024: Floorball Köniz Bern – Tatran Stresovice 2-5 (1-1, 1-1, 0-3)
The Floorball Champions Cup 2024 indeed feels much more like a "real" European Cup competition introducing home and away matches ...
Randall King (15th September 2023, Cologne)
It's been quite a while since I covered the last Sound of Nashville show. On 15th September 2023, the Semmel Concerts country ...
#TrueAthletes Classics Leverkusen 2023 – Track Events
My first posting from the Manforter Stadion at the #TrueAthletes Classics 2023 in Leverkusen has been about the field events. Now, ...
#TrueAthletes Classics Leverkusen 2023 – Field Events
World class athletics in walking distance to my home? The #TrueAthletes Classics in Leverkusen has been on my bucket list ...
Ben Zucker (28th July 2023, Monheim)
The Monheimer Sommer is a small series of open air concerts, driven by the city in the Rheinland region. Apart from ...
German Athletics Nationals 2023 – Day 2 Track (9th July 2023)
With this fourth posting, I am closing my coverage of the German Athletics Nationals 2023. The Auestadion in Kassel hosted ...
German Athletics Nationals 2023 – Day 2 Field (9th July 2023)
I start my coverage of the second day of the German Athletics Nationals 2023 in Kassel with the field events ...
German Athletics Nationals 2023 – Day 1 Field (8th July 2023)
I am a huge fan of the field events in athletics - and thus, I am really glad to also ...
German Athletics Nationals 2023 – Day 1 Track (8th July 2023)
The German Athletics Nationals (or German Athletics Championships... or Deutsche Leichtathletik-Meisterschaften) 2023 in Kassel were truly one of the events I ...
Seepark Biker Days Pfullendorf 2023 – Day 3 Concerts (2nd July)
Closing day in Pfulllendorf - after Saturday came with a long line-up and a lot of acts, the musical side ...
Seepark Biker Days Pfullendorf 2023 – Day 2 Concerts (1st July)
After the great musical warm-up on the first day of the Seepark Biker Days 2023 in Pfullendorf, Saturday was something ...
Seepark Biker Days Pfullendorf 2023 – Day 1 Concerts (30th June)
My first full festival coverage with Flyctory.com - I was really nervous while sitting on the train to Stuttgart and ...
Rock of Ages UK Tour – A Personal Farewell and Thanks
This weekend will be a tough one, a very emotional one for me. After 52 shows with the British production ...
The Deslondes (6th June 2023, Cologne)
Back to the Kantine in Cologne: just less than a month after I saw Kip Moore in their major and ...
Puffin Watching at Hafnarholmi in Northeast Iceland
Puffins are one of my favorite animals. Thus, being able to say hello to them in wildlife conditions is always ...
Saturn Oil Open 2023: R. Ramanathan (IND) / N. Zimonjic (SRB) – D. Brown (JAM) / T. Sandkaulen (GER) 4-6 7-6(4) x-1(9-11))
A 75k ATP Challenger right next to the city where I grew up? Troisdorf near Bonn and their tennis club ...
Kip Moore (14th May 2023, Cologne)
Sound of Nashville time again. Right after I returned from a brief trip through the Nordics, Semmel Concerts and their ...
Traveling on Iceland’s Ring Road (Reprise)
Eight days of traveling along the Icelandic Ring Road are done. The trip was just intense. My wife and I ...
Walking the City Walls of Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik is very often named to be the Pearl of the Adria or the Jewel of the Adria. This is majorly due ...
The Longest Johns (21st April 2023, Cologne)
In 2018, four Bristol guys recorded an old New Zealand shanty, which was about 150 years old at that time ...
Dümptener Füchse – ETV Lady Piranhhas Hamburg 7-4 (3-0, 1-0, 3-4)
Semifinal time in the German floorball playoffs: after I already took you to the first women quarterfinal match between Bonn ...
Rock of Ages Opening Night – Red Carpet Impressions
I have to give in: the red carpet is not my favorite location. Nonetheless, I felt very thankful that after ...
SSF Dragons Bonn – Red Devils Wernigerode 5-4 (2-2, 0-2, 3-0)
Floorball playoff time in Bonn: on 26th March 2023, the SSF Dragons Bonn hosted the first best of three match ...
Matthias Reim (24th March 2023, Oberhausen)
After a lot of tour-chasing Weird Al Yankovic and watching the Pittsburgh Penguins, the first weekend home after quite a ...
Weird Al Yankovic tours Europe 2023 – My Reprise
Ten shows within three weeks - I was just so flattered to welcome Weird Al Yankovic and his lovely band ...
Mitchell Tenpenny & Morgan Evans (3rd March 2023, Hamburg)
Heading to Hamburg for a day just in the middle of Weird Al Yankovic tour-chasing for country music? February and ...
Weird Al Yankovic (19th February 2023, Tilburg)
That day in Tilburg, Netherlands, was some sort of highlight of my Flyctory.com history so far. Almost five years after ...
Julian Taylor (15th February 2023, Cologne)
February and early March 2023 held a couple of concerts and shows for me. Thus, right after returning from the ...
ISTAF Indoor Duesseldorf (29th January 2023)
The ISTAF Indoor in Dusseldorf was truly an sports event I was looking forward to very much. First of all, ...
Kane Brown (27th January 2023, Cologne)
27th January 2023, the first Flyctory.com concert coverage of the new year. I will feature a couple of really cool ...
Red Devils Wernigerode – Berlin Rockets 8-11 (1-2, 2-6, 5-3)
Especially when I wrote my Best Ones 2022 posting recently, I absolutely felt that I should increase the coverage of sports events ...
Red Devils Wernigerode – UHC Weissenfels 6-5 (2-3, 3-1, 1-1)
Back in the Harz region: I loved to be in the area where I used to live for some seven ...
Brett Young (19th November 2022, Cologne)
Quite a lot of interesting music on Flyctory.com in November: after the Alexander Ludwig and Nik Wallner show in Cologne, ...
Milky Chance (18th November 2022, Cologne)
I love country music - but I always feel very gifted when I am able to present you some other ...
Alexander Ludwig (2nd November 2022, Cologne)
Right after coming back from New York City, I headed to the Helios37 in Cologne the same evening. Sound of ...
Five Weird Al Yankovic Shows in Florida – Some Concert Pictures
During the second week of October 2022, I have been tour-chasing Weird Al Yankovic on five stages of his The ...
Davis Cup Norway vs. India: Norway seals the Victory in doubles already
After Norway took the straight lead on Day 1, they were almost mandated to get to the Qualifiers of 2023 ...
Davis Cup Norway vs. India: Norway in the Lead after Day 1
Crunch time on day 1. Some of the hosts felt very sure that Casper Ruud's appearance in Lillehammer might be ...
Davis Cup: Norway vs. India – Preview
One year after being with the Indian team in Espoo, Finland, I was so flattered that it was Davis Cup ...
Carly Pearce & Sarah Darling (12th September 2022, Hamburg)
What a lovely combination of two amazing female country artists: on 12th September 2022, Sound of Nashville presented Carly Pearce ...
Lindsay Ell (with Kyle Daniel & Shy Carter, 23rd August 2022, Cologne)
23rd August 2022 has been a very special day to me. Always great to be able to cover a Lindsay ...
Gipsy Kings & More Than Words (11th August 2022, Cologne)
Legendary Gipsy Kings and one of Germany's biggest potential drivers of country music, More Than Words - I felt really ...
KölnTriangle Cologne View – a great View of Cologne
Okay, I have to give in from the very beginning: I love my home town Cologne - and this my ...
German Floorball Under 15 Girls – Final: Red Devils Wernigerode – Dümptener Füchse 5-4 SD (1-1, 3-3, 1-x)
26th June 2022, Mülheim-Dümpten, Von-der-Tann Straße sports hall, 14:00 hrs local time: The final two teams, fighting through the group matches and ...
German Floorball Under 15 Girls – P3 Match: SG Weissenfels/Jena – FBC Havel 6-9 (1-5)
The second last match of the German Under 15 Girls National Championships featured the two losing teams of the semifinals, ...
German Floorball Under 15 Girls – P5 Match: FC Stern Munich – Sportvg Feuerbach 11-1 (2-1)
From the senior girls to the very young ones: while the Dümptener Füchs from Mülheim, Ruhrgebiet region, just have become ...
Johnossi (12th June 2022, Cologne)
Home town Cologne instead of Nashville: after my trip to CMA Fest in Nashville had to be cancelled due to ...
Kicking Off The Weird Al Yankovic Tour 2022 (Day 5, 29.4.2022)
Somehow, a sad moment. The last show of Weird Al Yankovic on this trip. Day 5 would take me from ...
Kicking Off The Weird Al Yankovic Tour 2022 (Day 3, 27.4.2022)
Day 3 of my Weird Al Yankovic trip in April 2022 likely had the most relaxed schedule of all. No ...
Grand Ole Opry Show (18th March 2022)
I did do the Opry Backstage Tour before, but ninth day of my Pittsburgh Penguins trip in March 2022 also ...
The F35 Kjölur-Route in Iceland
The F35 - or Kjölur Route is likely the most famous road trip in Iceland, apart from route 1, the Ring ...
KEC “Die Haie” Cologne – ESC Planegg-Würmtal 1-6 (1-2, 0-1, 0-3)
The DFEL (German Women Ice Hockey League) leader traveling to the bottom team of the table (which had, to be ...
SSF Dragons Bonn – ETV Piranhhas Hamburg 4:6 (1:3, 0:3, 3:0)
It's been quite a while ago since I stepped foot into Sportpark Nord, the home arena of the SSF Dragons ...
Flying Norlandair from Akureyri (AEY) (not) to Grimsey (GRY)
I so far did not have too many opportunities to cross the Polar Circle in my life. A few years ...
German Cup: DJK Holzbüttgen – PSV 90 Black Wolves Dessau 14:1 (4:0, 4:0, 6:1)
I could not make it to the World Floorball Championships in Uppsala (Women) and Helsinki (Men, postponed from 2020) this ...
F-Liiga Women: SB-Pro Nurmijärvi – TPS Turku 2-5 (1-3, 0-2, 1-0)
SB-Pro vs. Turku, part 2: just the day after SB-Pro beat FBC Loisto on the road, they hosted their local ...
F-Liiga Women: EräViikingit – SSRA 7-2 (3-1, 1-0, 3-1)
Back to the EräViikingit: after I had visited their home match against Classic two days before, I had another match ...
F-Liiga Women: FBC Loisto – SB-Pro Nurmijärvi 4-6 (3-1, 0-2, 1-3)
The second match of my October 2021 trip took me to Turku, FBC Loisto, the women team of FBC Turku, ...
F-Liiga Women: EräViikingit – Classic 3-1 (1-0, 1-0, 1-1)
The second-placed team against the third-placed one - what a great way to be back in floorball after the Covid-19 ...
Davis Cup Finland vs. India – Some Practice Session Views
Covid-19 and the corresponding social distancing rules make it rather hard to meet with the team before and interact with ...
Davis Cup Finland vs. India, Day 2: “Suomi” advances after Doubles
Hard to argue against that Finland was in the comfort position at this World Group I playoff tie in Espoo ...
Davis Cup Finland vs. India: Finland in the lead after Day 1 Singles
Tennis Davis Cup again. I was really flattered about the first day in Espoo between Finland and India. Will there ...
Flying the PAD Aviation Embraer Phenom 300
Fortunate unexpected upgrade: I originally planned to go from Paderborn/Lippstadt (PAD) to Westerland/Sylt (GWT) to check out a new German ...
MeerExpress – Flying the Air Shuttle to Norderney & Juist
Despite the limited travel situation in Germany due to Covid-19, there are some quite interesting virtual airline projects in Germany ...
Aviodrome Lelystad (Netherlands)
The Aviodrome in Lelystad in the Netherlands calls itself a Luchtvaart Themapark - an "Aviation Theme Park". You can definitely spent as ...
“Zärtliche Chaoten II” – exploring Gran Canaria 32 years later
The critics hated the movie - the cinemas loved it (as it really cashed in a bunch). As a sequel ...
Venice City Sightseeing by Vaporetto
As we used to have a holiday home at Lake Garda, I have been to Venice so many times. Also ...
bett1HULKS Championship 2020: Alexander Zverev (GER) – John Millman (AUS) 6-0 3-6 6-3
After German Alexander Zverev swept his Australian opponent John Millman in the bett1HULKS Championship 2nd round singles match in the ...
bett1HULKS Championship 2020: Sharan (IND) / Sandgren (USA) – Marach (AUT) / Pavic (CRO) 4-6 2-6
Unfortunately, my work schedule on the Championship week Wednesday was a bit busy, so that I had to rush from ...
bett1HULKS Championship: Egor Gerasimov (BLR) – Daniel Altmaier (GER) 6-1 6-0
German wildcard Dennis Altmaier was almost swept by Belarus qualifier Egor Gerasimov. I just saw the second set - the ...
bett1HULKS Championship: Jordan Thompson (AUS) – Gilles Simon (FRA) 3-6 5-7
Right before Sumit Nagal's match against Kecmanovic, I had at least the chance to have a short spot on the ...
bett1HULKS Championship 2020: Sumit Nagal (IND) – Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) 6-3 (4)6-7 1-6
Second week in the Cologne LANXESSarena, second tournament: more or less in parallel to the first week tournament victory by ...
bett1HULKS Indoors 2020: Davidovich Fokina / Verdasco (ESP) – Masur / Molleker (GER) 3-6 6-1 10-8
This first round Men's Doubles match on Court 1 was in fact the first match I saw on 14th October ...
bett1HULKS Indoors 2020: Gonzales (MEX) / K. Skupski (GBR) – Nielsen (DEN) / Puetz (GER) 4-6 6-1 10-5
I just stayed on the smaller Court 1 after Divij Sharan's 1st round match at the bett1HULKS Indoors in Cologne ...
bett1HULKS Indoors 2020: Sharan (IND) / Withrow (USA) – Herbert / Mahut (FRA) 3-6 3-6
Due to all the Covid-19 regulations and local restrictions the male tennis ATP Tour set up some new tournaments in ...
Imperial War Museums Duxford
The Imperial War Museum operates five sites throughout Britain. While I already visited the interesting Churchill War Rooms, I was ...
Arcen Castle & Garden
At least in the Cologne area where I live, Castle Arcen in the Netherlands, close to the German border, is ...
Vliegtuigsuite Teuge (NED) – Sleeping in an Ilyushin IL-18
Some of my hobbies are travelling, civil aviation incl. historic planes and hotels - so having a plane which has ...
Frankfurt Airport during Covid-19
Apart from some hiking and a number of drive-in cinemas, I did not generate any new contents for Flyctory.com on ...
Planespotting at In-N-Out Burger Los Angeles Airport
The Californian In-N-Out Burger chain is generally quite well known under West Coast tourists. Aviation nerds especially praise the restaurant ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 3 (08.03.2020) – The Main Stage
The last four big acts of the C2C Country To Country in Berlin 2020 - the three days have been ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 3 (08.03.2020) – The Side Stages
Sunday, 8th March 2020, the third day in Berlin. Already that typical mixture of feelings: looking forward to the last ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 2 (07.03.2020) – The Main Stage
After a good start on Main Stage on Day 1 with Luke Combs, Jimmie Allen and Darius Rucker headlined the ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 2 (07.03.2020) – The Side Stages
After the the first side stage acts on Day 1 of the C2C Country To Country 2020 in Berlin, Day ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 1 (06.03.2020) – The Main Stage
Time for the big party - after the side stage artists of Day 1 have cheered up the audience, it ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 1 (06.03.2020) – The Side Stages
C2C Country To Country in Berlin 2020 - time to start the second edition of the festival on 6th March ...
De Havilland Aircraft Museum (London Colney)
The De Havilland company is a huge name in the aviation history, especially regarding British aviation history. Close to the ...
Olivia Lane (8th February 2020, Hassocks / Brighton)
Going to Hassocks, a village North of Brighton, was a very special moment to me on Saturday, 8th February 2020 ...
Brett Eldregde / Lauren Jenkins (29th January 2020, Amsterdam)
Five days after I saw Brett Eldredge and Lauren Jenkins at the Carlswerk Victoria show in Cologne, Germany, I traveled ...
Brandy Clark (29th January 2020, Amsterdam)
Right after the show of Brett Eldredge and Lauren Jenkins in the large venue of the Paradiso, the Dutch Sound ...
Brett Eldredge / Lauren Jenkins (24th January 2020, Cologne)
The first Sound of Nashville show of the year - it felt really good to be back close to the ...
SB-Pro Nurmijärvi – Classic Tampere 4:2 (0:1, 4:1, 0:0)
SB-Pro Nurmijärvi vs. Classic Tampere - this has been the traditional match setup for years, when it comes to the ...
SB-Pro Nurmijärvi – Koovee Tampere 7:2 (2:1, 3:1, 2:0)
The match on 18th January 2020 was likely a tougher one for SB-Pro: trailing 0-5 against Swiss champtions Kloten-Dietlikon Jets ...
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Abu Dhabi
Name the Emirates Palace, think Yas Island with Ferrari World or be historic and say it's the Louvre Abu Dhabi ...
Mount Washington and the Pittsburgh Inclines
Pittsburgh is not only the city of the three rivers and countless bridges - on the southern bank of Monongahela ...
Noah Guthrie (9th December 2019, Cologne)
Right after I returned from Pittsburgh, Sound of Nashville and the German country music scene came back on my schedule ...
Sharjah Al Mahatta Historic Airport Museum
If you look at the mega-airport of Dubai International nearby, it is hard to believe that Sharjah once was the ...
James Barker Band (20th November 2019, Zurich)
After I visited a couple of Sound of Nashville shows in Cologne and surroundings, I felt lucky to do my ...
Mrs. Greenbird (Frankfurt, 7th November 2019)
One of the few German country/folk acts, which gained some international reputation in the past is Cologne-based Mrs. Greenbird. Before ...
Ben Zucker & Van De Forst (6th November 2019, Cologne)
I have to admit that I had been very nervous before that concert. The LANXESS arena, Germany's largest multiplex arena ...
Willie Jones & Tyler Rich (29th October 2019, Cologne)
An eventful debut of the first German Country Music Week presented by Sound of Nashville ended in Cologne with the ...
Dusseldorf Airport Photo Tour
Though it just processes about a half of the number of passengers of Munich Airport and even just a third ...
Logan Mize (26th October 2019, Cologne)
While the Sound of Nashville October started big with the the concert of Old Dominion. One day after the big ...
Scotty McCreery (24th October 2019, Cologne)
I had a quite unfortunate timing with the debut of the German Country Music week. I missed some shows due ...
Andy Clark (19th October 2019, Dusseldorf)
As I really enjoyed to listen to Andy Clark's new album I Love Joyce Morris, I was really hoping to manage ...
Sarah Darling, Kenny Foster, Robert Counts (13th October 2019, Frankfurt)
Right after I returned from a vacation trip to Tenerife, I headed from Frankfurt Airport to Das Bett (literally: The Bed), a Frankfurt ...
SSF Dragons Bonn – MFBC Leipzig/Grimma 0:3 (0:1, 0:0, 0:2)
Before I went to Zons and watched the German interpretation of Rock of Ages at the Zons Open Air Theater, ...
DJK Holzbüttgen – SSF Dragons Bonn 9:8 (2:4, 3:2, 4:2)
A day after SSF Bonn's ladies home match versus Leipzig/Grimma, I watched the men's team in Holzbüttgen. Sunday Night Floorball ...
Rock of Ages (Zons / Germany, 28th Sep 2019)
Rock of Ages is my favorite musical. At the time of writing, I saw it 30 times, in four countries ...
Loganair From Glasgow To Barra Airport (BRR)
Barra Airport is a very special place for any aviation enthusiasts: the airport located on the largest island of the ...
Exploring Barra With Barra Island Tours
Flying to Barra - an aviation nerd's dream came true on 7th September 2019, when I visited the Scottish Island ...
Lauren Jenkins & Austin Jenckes (16th September 2019, Amsterdam)
Just one week after I had seen Lauren Jenkins together with Jilian Jacqueline and Gary Quinn at the YUCA in ...
British Country Music Festival – Day 3 (15th Sep 2019)
The final day of the British Country Music Festival differed significantly from the two days before: the program started slightly ...
British Country Music Festival – Day 2 (14th Sep 2019)
After Sarah Darling's amazing performance on Day 1, Saturday evening had a massive Ballroom line-up, featuring Twinnie, The Adelaides, Honey ...
British Country Music Festival – Day 1 (13th Sep 2019)
Friday, the 13th - not the most luck-calling date for the first day of the debut of this new country ...
Jillian Jacqueline & Lauren Jenkins (9th September 2019, Cologne)
The Sound of Nashville series of concerts more and more established in the German country music scene. While I visited one ...
Thompson Square (5th September 2019, Cologne)
September 2019 is a country music concert months full of highlights. Just one day after I returned from my Aschaffenburg ...
Eric Paslay (3rd Sep 2019, Aschaffenburg)
Eric Paslay and his song Friday Night was one of the first songs, which really made me get in touch with ...
Flugausstellung Peter Junior (Hermeskeil)
The next cities around are Trier, Sankt Wendel or Idar-Oberstein - the small city of Hermeskeil could be seen as ...
Wade Bowen (6th August 2019, Cologne)
The second half of 2019 features a massive lineup of country music stars in Germany. As you can see in ...
SV Menden – 1. FC Köln 3:5 (0:3) (31st July 2019)
Same procedure as last year? Same procedure as every year! The traditional women soccer pre-season test match between my home ...
Weird Al Yankovic, Strings Attached Tour (Bank of NH Pavilion, Gilford, 18th July 2019)
String Attached - the 2019 tour of Weird Al Yankovic is backed up by (local) symphonic orchestras. I traveled into Gilford, ...
Elvis Presley’s Graceland – The Exhibitions
After I dealt with visiting the Graceland Mansion in a separate posting, the second part of my review of Graceland ...
Elvis Presley’s Graceland – The Mansion
Even if Elvis was born in Tupelo and there are so many other great musicians (which you can for example ...
Maren Morris & RaeLynn GIRL Tour 2019 in Amsterdam (22nd May 2019)
While country music feels to have a first boom in Germany, the Netherlands are slightly ahead and have a quite ...
Two Light Shows at Marina Bay
Singapore's Marina Bay is known as one of the poshest destination in the city state - not just because of ...
Visiting the Abu Dhabi Presidential Palace
The Presidential Palace in Abu Dhabi (Qasr Al Watan) has been built in just seven years. It is one of ...
National Emergency Services Museum Sheffield
Ever dreamed of becoming a fire fighter or a policeman? Maybe the National Emergency Services Museum in Sheffield is the ...
UHC Laupen U21 – Red Ants Rychenberg U21 7:1 (2:1, 4:0, 1:0)
Just some sixth month I had a match between the Red Ants Rychenberg and UHC Laupen in the Women NLA ...
SSF Dragons Bonn – TV Schriesheim 5:8 (1:1, 3:1, 1:6)
At the beginning of April 2019, the floorball seasons worldwide were already about to reach their climax. On 6th April ...
Country 2 Country in London 2019
After my 2018 debut at the London Country 2 Country and the first-time German event in Berlin the weekend before, ...
“Sound of Nashville” in Cologne (6th March 2019)
How to spent the time best between Country 2 Country 2019 in Berlin and Amsterdam and the "main events" in ...
Country 2 Country 2019 in Berlin
I visited Europe's biggest country music festival, Country 2 Country (C2C), for the first time in 2018 in London. I immediately ...
Flying with Southern Airways Express
Travelling to the NHL Stadium Series match of the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Philadelphia Flyers in late February 2019, I ...
Dubai Miracle Garden – A flowerful Wonderland
Miracle Garden is a unique park on the edge of Dubai, which is having figures, items and buildings covered with ...
Danielle Hope at “The Crazy Coqs” (London, 17th Feb 2019)
The first time I saw Danielle Hope on stage was in the female lead character Sherrie in my favorite musical ...
WFCQ 2019: Germany – Russia 8:4 (4:1, 3:3, 1:0)
Sunday morning in Trencin started with a clash between Russia and Germany. The winner of that match would get the ...
WFCQ 2019: Finland – Austria 37:0 (12:0, 10:0, 15:0)
Austria had the tough task in their final match to learn against Finland and maybe gain some experience towards the ...
WFCQ 2019: Hungary – Netherlands 4:1 (1:1, 1:0, 2:0)
On the road to Neuchatel, Hungary and Netherlands had quite bad positions, but at least the advantage that they knew ...
WFCQ 2019: Slovakia vs. Latvia 5:3 (2:1, 3:2, 0:0)
Slovakia and Latvia were both already qualified for Neuchatel when they competed in the second last match of the Trencin ...
WFCQ 2019: Netherlands – Latvia 2:11 (1:5, 0:2, 1:4)
After the Netherlands showed a good fight against Slovakia, they had to compete against likely the strongest team in their ...
WFCQ 2019: Slovakia – Hungary 12:1 (3:0, 5:1, 4:0)
After Slovakia had quite some trouble with the Netherlands the day before, the neighborhood battle between the hosts and the ...
WFCQ 2019: Russia – Finland 1:18 (1:2, 0:13, 0:3)
In the third match of Saturday, there was absolutely no discussion about the roles: Finland was the absolute favorite against ...
WFCQ 2019: Austria – Spain 5:5 (2:0, 3:2, 0:3)
While the match between Austria and Spain was majorly the battle against the last place in European Group 2, it ...
WFCQ 2019: Austria – Russia 4:13 (1:3, 1:5, 2:5)
Russia was the clear favorite for this second Friday match of the World Floorball Championship Qualification. Austria suffered from a ...
WFCQ 2019: Netherlands – Slovakia 2:8 (0:1, 1:5, 1:2)
Slovakia had their third match on Friday evening, concluding the first round of matches of Qualification Group 4. Being nominally ...
WFCQ 2019: Spain – Germany 3:6 (0:1, 1:3, 2:2)
After I made my way from Germany to Vienna and headed on to Trencin by car, the match between Germany ...
Red Lions Frauenfeld – Kloten-Dietlikon Jets 3:12 (0:4, 1:5, 2:3)
It's been quite a while since I have been in Frauenfeld. The key reason for visits with unihockey-pics.de has been ...
Floorball Riders DBR – UH Appenzell 5:4 (3:2, 2:1, 0:1)
Saturday, 19th January 2019, featured an interesting match in the Women Floorball Swiss Nationalliga B: The Floorball Riders hosted Appenzell, ...
Täby FC – Pixbo Wallenstam IBK 7-0 (3-0, 2-0, 2-0)
The last match of my January floorball trip to Sweden lead me to Täby in Northern Stockholm. It was the ...
FBI Tullinge – Hagunda IF 4-5 SD (0-1, 1-2, 3-1, 0-1)
A day after the Floorball Club Champions have been determined without any German competitor, I went from Scandic Hotel Gävle ...
CC 2019: Men’s Final: Storvreta IBK – SC Classic 3-10 (1-3, 1-3, 1-4)
After IKSU did what they expected to do (and stayed unbeaten), it was up to Storvreta to complete the Swedish ...
CC 2019: Women’s Final: Vitkovice – IKSU 3-8 (1-2, 2-4, 0-2)
IKSU have been beaten the last time in a compulsory match in December 2017. How you include that in Vitkovice's ...
CC 2019: Men’s Place 3: Florbal Mlada Bolesav – Floorball Köniz 2-9 (1-4, 1-3, 0-2)
After both teams had no chance against their Scandinavian opponents in the semis, the Place 3 Match felt to have ...
CC 2019: Storvreta IBK – Florbal Mlada Bolesav 10-5 (2-0, 3-3, 5-2)
The semifinal day of the 2019 Floorball Champions Cup concluded with the 2nd Men Semifinal. Swedish Champion Storvreta IBK faced ...
CC 2019: Women’s Place 3: SB-Pro Nurmijärvi – Piranha Chur 5-3 (2-1, 0-1, 3-1)
The matchup for the Women Bronze Medal match was quite unexpected, but also very interesting. After SB-Pro did not manage ...
CC 2019: IKSU – Piranha Chur 11-5 (6-1, 1-1, 4-3)
Playing the Swedish champion and reigning Floorball Champions Cup holder IKSU from Umea was likely the most unfortunate task Swiss ...
CC 2019: SB-Pro Nurmijärvi – 1. SC TEMPISH Vitkovice 4-5 SD (2-0, 1-4, 1-0, 0-1)
Two days, two matches for each team to win the title - I already summed up the compressed route to ...
CC 2019: SC Classic – Floorball Köniz 7-1 (3-0, 1-1, 3-0)
Finnish Champion SC Classic from Tampere and Top-of-Switzerland Floorball Köniz opened the Men Tournament of the 2019 Floorball Champions Cup ...
Speyer Technology Museum
After I visited the Sinsheim sister museum in February, I have been very curious about visiting the Speyer Technology Museum ...
Emirates National Auto Museum
The area feels like nomansland in the desert - but when you take a 30 minute Southbound drive from Abu ...
Red Ants Rychenberg – UHC Waldkirch-St.Gallen U21A 4:3 (2:1, 1:1, 1:1)
Right before the NLA match against UHC Laupen, the Red Ants Rychenberg hosted UHC "WaSa" Waldkirch-St. Gallen. The Ants placed ...
Red Ants Rychenberg – UHC Laupen 2:4 (2:1, 0:3, 0:0)
The Winterthur, Switzerland, traditional women team Red Ants Rychenberg was one of the first teams I regularly worked with during ...
Finnish Aviation Museum (Suomen Ilmailumuseo)
As an aviation nerd, I just had to visit the quite well-rated Finnish Aviation Museum (Suomen ilmailumuseo), which is located ...
SB-Pro Nurmijärvi – Koovee Tampere 11-3 (4-0, 3-2, 4-1)
Back to Nurmijärvi: on 6th October 2018, I headed to Finland to see my favourite women's club team, SB-Pro, out ...
Catherine McGrath at Arts Club Loft Liverpool
As part of her "Talk of this Town" tour, Catherine McGrath presented her equivalently named album. I visited the tour ...
Davis Cup Serbia vs. India: Day 3
With the suprising Serbian doubles rubber upset on Day 2, the Sunday match just featured a dead rubber. It was ...
Davis Cup Serbia vs. India: Day 2
Trailing 0-2, India was under pressure for the second day which features the doubles. However, the guests having the best-ranked ...
Davis Cup Serbia vs. India: Day 1
The first day in Kraljevo: The teams' number ones were under special pleasure as it more or less their "mandatory" ...
Davis Cup Serbia vs. India: Preview
Thursday evening in Kraljevo. The city some two hours away from Belgrade is ready for the Davis Cup playoffs. It ...
Floorball Bundesliga: DJK Holzbüttgen – ETV Piranhhas Hamburg 2:7 (1:3, 0:4, 1:0)
9th September, first matchday of the Men Bundesliga. One of the most interesting teams of the new season is likely ...
US Open (Tennis) – 1st September 2018
I was looking forward to my second day of visit at the US Open. Divij Sharan's match was of course ...
US Open (Tennis) – My Day – 31st August 2018
My fifth visit at the tennis US Open is the shortest one - arriving on Thursday afternoon by British Airways ...
Casa Loma (Toronto)
Casa Loma in Toronto is North America's only full sized castle. Though it might not be that well-known here in ...
Riding the Hogwarts Express
The "Jacobite" connecting the Scottish villages of Fort William and Mallaig has always been regarded to be one of the ...
CN Tower and Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada
The Ripley's Believe it or not Museums are quite well known. As I never visited one so far, I was even ...
Bata Shoe Museum
Just some sneakers and high heels? The Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto promises much more than that and wants to ...
SV Menden – 1. FC Köln 0:1 (0:1) (2018 pre-season)
Visiting the women soccer pre-season between SV Menden, a team from my home town St. Augustin near Bonn, and the ...
Willemstad – the Colorful Capital
The island's capital is definitely a must-visit when you are on Curacao: here are some impressions and a review of ...
Kura Hulanda Museum – Not just about Carribean Slavery
The history of Curacao is closely linked to the history of slavery. Curacao was an outpost and trading station for ...
Curacao Ostrich Farm
Just having started as an "ordinary" farm at the edge of Willemstad, the Curacao Ostrich Farm is now one of ...
One Day in Bonaire
The ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao) are more and more becoming of the Carribean's top destinations. Staying a full week ...
Visiting the Home of the Curacao Liqueur Factory
For cocktail lovers, the name Curacao is strongly linked to a liqueur named after that island - as a tourist ...
Willemstad – Maritime Museum and Harbour Tour
Being a UNESCO World Heritage for its famous colorful city center and harbor area, it is not that surprising that ...
Finnish Superfinal (Men): Classic – Happee 6:2 (0:2, 4:0, 2:0)
While the Women match-up for the Superfinal has been the expected one, Happee as fourth-placed team in the regular season ...
Finnish Superfinal (Women): Classic – SB-Pro 2:3 (0:0, 2:2, 0:1)
One has to admit that betting on that pairing of the two dominators of Finnish Women Floorball would not have ...
