Cherry Blossom

 

Spring is such an enchanted time of year when we are suddenly surrounded by the magic of colour and fragrance. This year I did a little hunt for cherry trees in bloom.

A well-known point on the cherry blossom map is Olympiapark in Munich. But you have to be aware of the crowds there since the place has become an Instagram hotspot. This is undoubtedly one of the most interesting places to photograph sakura. You can easly achive there a nice composition of the Olympic tower, park paths. It is also one of the first cherry trees that bloom in the city.

 

Another interesting place to admire sakura is the Westpark in Munich. The trees bloom at the same time as at the Olympia. There are much less people but also the area of the Japanese park there is very small.

Sometimes the inspiring frames are being created just unexpectedly. This are really places that you are lucky to discover just for you. Like this tree and car for example                                                                                                

But there are also other more or less hidden, known and unknown places that come into color in spring...

I know one small avenue with the white cherry but this is out of the city so I have to like guess or rather estimate when is it so far that trees are white

This year I was there too early. The flowers had bundles of color barely but I was lucky with some fog that really made a november feeling entirely with the below zero temperatures.

I've almost forgotten to mention another place with a late sakura. That appears one month or even later than cherry in Olimpia. This is a garden of the Dachau Palace near Munich.

You can consider this as a hidden gem. Not so crowded and last but not least the charming location of the Dachau Hofgarten on a ridge offers a magnificent panoramic view all the way to the mountain range of the Alps.

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