Europe and beyond: Places where autumn glows brightly
Who says New England has a lock on fall colors? If you are headed to Europe this month, check out some of these venues for breathtaking reds, oranges and yellows.
Germany
Joggers run on a path covered with colorful autumn leaves at the English Garden in Munich. The garden, bigger than New York’s Central Park, covers about 1.5 miles in the center of the city.
Read more on Germany: Germany, Europe’s sleeping beauty (Lukas Barth / EPA)
Russia
A temple is reflected in a rain puddle in the city of Novgorod on the Volkhov River in northwestern Russia.
Read more on Russia: Roaming Russia: St. Petersburg, with guide and without (Sergei L. Loiko / Los Angeles Times)
Belgium
Wine vines change to autumn colors on the facade of the Auberge du Moulin Hideux, a Relais et Chateau inn that sits below a forested ridge, in Noirefontaine near Boullion in southern Belgium.
Read more on Belgium: Belgium’s gentle fall (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
France
Strollers enjoy a sunny autumn day in a public garden in Montpellier, a city in the south of France.
Read more on France: Paris, City of Light, brightest during the holidays (Guillaume Horcajuelo / EPA)
England
Women walk their dogs through the orange leaves of Burton’s Court in the Chelsea area of London, England. Many parts of the country are beginning to see the first signs off autumn after one of the wettest summers on record.
Read more on England: 15 tips for London on the cheap (or cheaper) (Dan Kitwood / Getty Images)
Switzerland
Strollers and cyclists enjoy the mild weather at the Bastions public park in Geneva, Switzerland, as the autumn sun illuminates the seasonal colored trees.
Read more on Switzerland: At the Vals spa in Switzerland, a duet of water and stone (Laurent Gillieron / EPA)
Austria
A bird’s-eye view of the Bregenzer forest in the Austrian Alps. The photo was taken with a camera placed atop a glider looking down a paraglider flying over the colorful landscape.
Read more on Austria: A modern light shines on Vienna, Austria (Dietmar Stiplovsek / EPA)
Norway
Shades of golden yellow dominate the quiet surface ot the river Drammenselva river near Drammen in southeastern Norway.
Read more on Norway: Oslo is Norway’s grand prize of a cosmopolitan city (Lise Aserud / EPA)
