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The Chessmen at Uig

After my day in St Kilda, I said goodbye to Harris for now and drove to the Isle of Lewis. It was time to explore the Uig peninsula and the surrounding area. The home of the Lewis Chessmen. Somewhere in the endless dunes of Uig Bay the ancient chessboa...

One last round – St Kilda

We made the last round around the St Kilda islands and stacks, where the men of St Kilda used to, came in the summertime to hunt birds. It is hard to imagine that they stayed in these rocky places in tiny bothies, sometimes for weeks or once even for m...

Die Jagd im hybriden Umfeld zwischen Re-Lokalisierung und digitaler Transformation

Die Jagd hat keineswegs eine Garantie für ihre zukünftige Existenzberechtigung gepachtet. Viele Jägerinnen und Jäger sind sich dessen nicht bewusst. Wir leben und vertreten ein traditionelles Handwerk, das sich im Spannungsfeld zwischen digitaler T...

Seán MacBride Peace Prize for Alexander Kmentt

Date/TimeDate(s) – Friday – Dec 2, 20227:00 pm – 9:00 pm Categories Celebrations Date: Friday – December 02, 2022Time: Vienna/Berlin, 7.00pm – 09.00pmLocation: Vienna – Diplomatic Academy The International Peace Bureau has award...

Bye Hirta – St Kilda

Back down in the village, our time on Hirta was almost over. I met some of the others and the rangers in front of the Manse and we spent the time chatting. The anniversary ladies were telling us more about their work party 50 years ago and the rangers ...

The Gap – St Kilda

I´ve already spent quite some time in Village Bay, but I at least wanted to see a bit of St Kilda from above. There wasn´t enough time to walk up the Conachair, so I chose the shorter but quite steep walk up to the Gap, to see some of the impressive ...

The Village – St Kilda

The first four or five cottages have been renovated and scientists or work parties live in them while working in St. Kilda. The scientists watch and record the local sheep, for example, all the sheep living in Kilda are wild, don´t get fed and are cal...

Arriving in St. Kilda

There was also a surprise waiting for us in St Kilda, it actually is inhabited – there is a military station right on the beach. When we were visiting in 2021 there were almost finished with building the new houses, which were more in line with t...

Dreaming of St. Kilda

Early morning in Harris It was a very. very early morning for me, but it was so worth it! I was lucky enough to go on a day trip to St. Kilda – the magical island in the Atlantic ocean I had read so much about. This was the important phone call I...