The metal plate has been released to say ‘auf eigenes Risiko gestattet’ – it usually says just ‘verboten’, I think. But at -15°C, too cold – only two skaters at 13.00.

Meanwhile, here is a warmer headcovering (my upper cheeks have been getting very cold):

And here possibly a Scot:

or two

It’s very cold here at the moment (-10°C but sunny).

The City Center, the hardest-to-renovate shopping centre in Germany, with 351 owners (not a joke), was supposed to have closed on 13 January, and most of it did. A few shops turn out to have longer leases. What’s more, it seems the final agreement of the investor has not been obtained.