Today, I´ll let the pictures do the talking. Like I said before, Odessa is often portrayed with pictures from the Opera House or from the Potemkin stairs. Here are a few other spots in the city, taken in order for you to be able to get a taste of Odessa. I normally try to clean the pictures up a bit in Lightroom before publishing them but this time I haven´t done anything with them except changing format. A couple of the pictures are taken with my cell phone.

A few short facts about the city. Odessa was founded on September 2, 1794. It´s highest point is 65 metres above sea level. The city´s population is just over a million people. From a Swedish perspective it´s interesting to know that Alfred Nobel´s brothers were here in the end of the 19th century, dealing with oil. It´s estimated that about an eight of the Nobel fortune, which of course is the foundation for the annual Nobel prizes, comes from the Nobel brother´s business in and around the Black Sea.

Anyway, here. A few pictures from Odessa.

Polskyi uzviz

The Virgin Mary Assumption Church

Zhvanetskoho

Southern end of Pushkinska

Richelievska

Red moon night

Pushinska

Pushinska

Potemkin Stairs (a few of them at least)

Polskyi uzviz

Off Kanatna

Mick ONeills pub

The Captain Morgan bar