May 2025
We went to the Palace of Contemporary Art in Gluckstadt on our second full day in Hamburg to see the exhibit of a Korean German artist. Founded on the banks of the Elbe River as a Dutch settlement in the early 17th century, Gluckstadt is just a little over an hour drive toward the North Sea from Hamburg.
Our Hamburg cousins’ close friend, Hyun-Sook Song, is a well known artist in Germany whose art works are “too expensive for us to buy,” according to the cousins & that was good to hear.
“Palace” may sound like a rather ambitious name for an art venue in a small town of 12,000 people, but it once was some noble man’s palace, and the exhibition rooms were quite spacious with good lighting. We were impressed by all the volunteers there to guide visitors, and there was a constant stream of groups coming in. Thankfully, the chairman of the town’s arts foundation volunteered to be our guide since he could speak decent English.
Gluckstadt itself was an attractive town well worth a stroll.
We had not-so-light afternoon snacks at an outdoor cafe in the town’s main square.
Since it was a riverside town, there had to be a boat themed bar. But Moby Dick? Why not? Good literature knows no boundaries, right?
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