Interesting and rare retro photos of Europe (21 photos)

I present to you a selection of historical photographs that help to learn a little more about the past and lift the veil of secrecy.





Four little girls among plants. Lugano, Switzerland, 1900–1932.



Nazaré, Extremadura, Portugal, 1976.

Largada is a Portuguese festival of letting go of the bulls. In neighboring Spain, this festival is called Encierro.





To school. Sweden, 1971.

Looking at the photo, you might think that the action takes place in the Soviet Union.



Photo session in Berlin on the roof of the Cathedral, 1900.

The artist on the sculpture of the balustrade of the Berlin Cathedral (Spree) is photographed; in the background from left to right: the Red Town Hall, the Town Hall House, the Church of St. Nicholas, the pharmacy wing of the City Palace, the Kaiser Wilhelm Bridge.

Previously, no one thought about insurance in principle. Neither actors nor workers.



Seminarians playing football. Madrid, 1960.

The Spaniards, in a word. Football in the country is not just a sport, but a real passion that is an integral part of the national culture. More than a quarter of the population attends football matches weekly.



Street scene. France, Saint-Tropez, 1959.

Probably the hairdresser's was overcrowded and they decided to take the area outside.



Old clock. Naples, Italy, 1954.



Humorous scene. Switzerland, early 20th century.

Although at that time teeth were treated in a similar way.



A man on the beach in Heemskerk, Netherlands, is fined for wearing a swimsuit that is too revealing, 1931.

Apparently they are fining him for wearing a swimsuit that does not emphasize gender differences. It does look very strange.



Margret Zimmermann walks a tightrope over the ruins of Cologne, Germany, 1946.

Margret Zimmermann was a performer in the Camilla Meyer circus troupe.

For the city's residents, the photo symbolizes Cologne's difficult rise from the ruins left by British bombing.



Transportation of a batch of 2,811 bottles of wine (2.5 liters each) in Florence. Italy, 1935.

About 7 tons of liquid alone + 3 tons of dishes. On a road that is not an autobahn and has descents and ascents. In three ordinary horses, which are not heavy draft horses. I think the photo is staged for advertising purposes.



Women smoking on a sailboat in Normandy, France, early 20th century.



"Watch out for the ladder!" Window cleaners in Noordwijk, Netherlands, 1955.

Teun de Vries and Jaap Koevets used a ladder for their window cleaning business in the small village of Noordwijk in Holland, and carried it around on their bicycles.



"Miss Europe - 1930".

The girl who represented our country was born in Yessentuki in 1911. Her father was a high-ranking official. During the revolution, he died and the girl, fleeing from the Bolsheviks, rushed to Europe. And in 1930, she took part in an international competition, where the winner was a girl from Greece, Alika Diplarakou.

Now the competitions have become completely different, and the standards of beauty have changed a lot.



The Livraria Lello bookstore in Porto, 1906. Along with Bertrand in Lisbon, it is one of the oldest and still operating bookstores in Portugal.



World Pole Sitting Championships. Holland, 1971.



Terrace of the Café de Flore. Paris, 1950.

The famous café opened in 1887 and became famous for attracting an intellectual crowd.



Bicycle tour in Paris, 1989.



Amsterdam, 1934.



Young girls of the early 70s, Budapest.