Sometimes, a simple sand castle isn’t enough.
“City of the Future” – Yesterday, the 2. United Sand Festival, Germany’s biggest and most established sand sculpture festival came to its end. Over 2,000 tons of sand were used to create 18 fragile sculptures of up to 8 metres in height. They all were made by the best sand artists of the world.
Here are some pictures from the most interesting sculptures of the festival:
Gianni Schiumarini from Italy won the competition of the world best solo scarving with his sculpture "A new sun on te same world"
2nd Place, Joris Kivits (Holland), "Will we let us raise our own children" - http://www.joriskivits.nl
This elephant was part of the "Animal Park" right beside the competition area
"The Dragon", Lena Tempich (Germany), another scultpure of the Animal Park
"Escape from Virtuality" Irina Taflevskaya (Ukraine)
"In the Century of Technology" Ruslan Korokov (Bulgaria)
"The Dream" Natalia Kamenskaia (Australia)
The competition area with the new Berlin Central Station in the background
"The Thinker" Ulrich Baentsch (Germany)
The Berlin Bear, with the Brandenburg Gate and the Fernsehturm in his hand
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