Then and now: have the cities of Europe changed much in a hundred years?
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By Pictolic https://www.pictolic.com/article/then-and-now-have-the-cities-of-europe-changed-much-in-a-hundred-years.htmlA hundred years ago, in the 1920s, the German photographer Kurt Hilscher actively traveled around Europe, releasing several albums with beautiful views of cities and countries. In the early 2010s, Kasper Molenaar, a Dutch student studying the history of Eastern Europe at the University of Amsterdam, found these books and visited the same places that are depicted in Hilscher's photographs. by comparing the photos, we will see how much Europe has changed over the century.


Kasper Molenaar took Kurt Hilscher's photo from the same angles 100 years later for several years.

City Gate, Trogir, Croatia, 1926-2019
Bled. Slovenia, 1926-2018

Forum. Rome, 1925-2016

Dubrovnik, 1926-2019

Venice. bridge of sighs, 1925-2018

Perast. Montenegro, 1926-2018
New Bridge, Ronda, Spain, 1926-2018

Limburg An der Lahn, 1924-2019

Charles Bridge, Prague, 1941-2020

Alcala de Guadaira Castle, Spain, 1914-2019

Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1926-2018
Quedlinburg, Germany, 1924-2020

San Sebastian, Spain, 1914-2019

Litomerzyce, Czech Republic, 1941-2020

Camerlengo Castle, Trogir, Croatia, 1926-2019

Grovchansky Bridge, Kratovo, Macedonia, 1926-2018
Potes, Spain, 1914-2018

Sinan Pasha Mosque, Prizren, Kosovo, 1926-2018

Sibenik, Croatia, 1926-2019
Keywords: Cities | Comparison | Then and now | Photo archives
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