How the world has changed in 100 years: before and after photos

The world is certainly changing, this is an undeniable truth. However, these same changes are difficult to notice if you are always in a hurry somewhere — to work, a meeting, to the store or home - and never stop. But if nothing happens during a sudden stop, there is a proven method. Try to remember a place from your childhood where you loved to visit, and go there. There you will see exactly how fast time flies.

In the meantime, using the example of "before and after" photos from different countries of the world, we will show how everything has changed in a whole century.

Riesstad i Setesdal, a municipality of Valle, Eust-Agder, Norway.

Seljestadjuvet Mountain Road, Odda municipality, Norway.

Martin Luther Monument, Dresden, Germany.

Quai Des Nations (Quai des Nations), Paris, France.

Pripyat, Ukraine.

Beer restaurant "Hofbroyhaus" ("Court brewery"), was opened in 1607.

Chaney Glacier, USA.

At the corner of Ratajczak and St. Martin Streets, Poznan, Poland.

Moulin Rouge, Paris, France.

Engabreen Glacier, Norway, - 1889 and 2010.

In Axel Lindahl's 1889 photograph, you can see the base of the glacier, where only ice, glacial gravel, water, and bare rocks are visible in a seemingly cold and hostile landscape. Now, more than 120 years later, the valley has become much more fertile. A birch forest, coastal meadows, willow thickets and swamps appeared, and the glacier retreated back to the mountainside.

Reichstag building, Germany.

Mont-Saint-Michel, France.

Eiffel Tower, Paris, France.

Hammerfest, Norway.

Osnabrück, Germany.

Marcin Street, Poznan, Poland.

Karlstor Historical Monument, Munich, Germany — - 1946 and 2017.

Paris, France.

Frauenkirche Church, Dresden, Germany.

Osnabrück Central Station, Germany.

Nowomiejska Street, Lodz, Poland.

Saint-Gervais Catholic Church, Paris, France.

Paris, 1900 and 2017.

The Seine Embankment during the 1900 World's Fair. Next to the Eiffel Tower, one of the main attractions, is the "Heavenly Globe". This is a monumental structure in the form of a ball with a diameter of 45 meters, in which visitors could sit in a chair and watch a panorama of the Solar System.

Grinnell Glacier, Montana, USA — - 1911 and 2008.

The oldest church in Berlin — Nikolaikirche, built in the XIII century.

Sultan Abdul Samad Building, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Hotel de Ville Town Hall, Paris, France.

Lunch at the top of a skyscraper. The 1932 photo is from New York, USA, and the 2011 photo was taken in London.

Rue de la Paix (Rue de la Paix), Paris, France, — 1871 and 2016.

Lviv, Ukraine.