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81 Before & After Pics Showing How The World Has Changed Over Time By Re.Photos
We are a group of people who love re-photographies (“before and after”, “then and now”) because of their potential to tell fascinating stories with just two pictures. There wasn’t really a central hub for this kind of art so we got to work and built re.photos. It’s a website that enables people to browse hundreds of pictures or upload and align their own.
Today we would like to share our excitement with you and show you some of the best pictures (in our opinion) our users contributed. Hopefully, these comparisons are as exciting for you as they are for us!
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#1
Rysstad, Norway, 1888 - 2013
#2
Seljestadjuvet, Odda, Norway, 1887 - 2014
#3
Martin Luther Statue, Dresden, Germany, 1958 - 2014
Misterscooter 7 years ago
There are probably some crazy before and after photos of Dresden related to the war.
#4
Hofbräuhaus München, Germany, 1910 - 2017
#5
Quai Des Nations, Paris, France, 1900 - 2017
just a thought ! 7 years ago
The before had beautiful buildings , but the fact that there are trees there now makes me feel it's changed for the good .
#6
Corner Of Ratajczaka And Św. Marcin Streets, Poznań, Poland, 1945 - 2017
Krzysztof Guzowski 7 years ago
It's corner of Ratajczaka and Św. Marcin Streets. "Skrzyżowanie" means "crossroads" in Polish. :)
#7
Pripyat, Ukraine, 1986 - 2016
Misterscooter 7 years ago
Context: Top photo is shortly before the Chernobyl meltdown (this is the nearby town where the employees and their families lived).
#8
Chaney Glacier, USA, 1911 - 2005
#9
Engabreen Glacier, Norway, 1889 - 2010
Axel Lindahl’s picture of Engabreen from 1889 shows the foot of the glacier, where there was only ice, glacial gravel, water and bare mountainsides in a seemingly cold and hostile landscape. Now, more than 120 years later, the valley has become far more fertile. Birch forest, shore meadows, willow thickets and marshland have established themselves, while the glacier arm has retreated far back up the mountainside.
#10
Moulin Rouge, Paris, France, 1900 - 2016
Alexandru Bucur 7 years ago
The first picture is definitely not from 1900. Judging by the cars, it was taken around 1930. This is what the place actually looked like in 1900, before a fire destroyed the building in 1915: Moulin-Rouge-1.jpg 
#11
Horse Cart And Steam Locomotive, Mont Saint-Michel, France, 1908 - 2016
#12
Reichstag, Germany, 1945 - 2012
#13
Hammerfest, Norway, 1889 - 2004
#14
Frauenkirche Dresden, Dresden, Germany, 1897 - 2010
Franco La Torre 7 years ago
The original construction was destroyed almost entirely in WWII. The current one was completed in 2005. The black bricks in the new church are some that were part of the original construction.
#15
Tour Eiffel, Paris, France, 1910 - 2016
#16
Marcin Street, Poznań, Poland, 1945 - 2017
#17
Osnabrück, Germany, 1904 - 2016
Mark Smallman 7 years ago
Interesting how the original field boundaries ended up forming the streets and roads .
#18
The Karlstor, Munich, Germany, 1946 - 2017
#19
Osnabrück Central Railway Station, Germany, 1965 - 2015
Martin Forbes 7 years ago
I think it would look better without all these bikes, although it is a healthier way of getting around compared to cars tbh.
#20
Nowomiejska Street, Łódź, Poland, 1874 - 2016
#21
Paris, France, 1900 - 2017
#22
Szyperska Street, Poznań, Poland, 2006 - 2017
#23
Kjeåsen Railway Bridge, Kjeåsen, Norway, 1927 - 2008
#24
The Eiffel Tower, Paris, France, 1900 - 2017
The Seine bank during the world’s fair of 1900.
Next to the Eiffel Tower, the “Globe Céleste” was one of the main attractions. It was a monumental heavenly globe of 45 meters in diameter, in which visitors could sit in a chair, while panoramas of the solar system were passed over. The ball was carried by 4 pillars, between which stairs and elevators allowed the visitors the ascent.
In the “Marerama”, the building with the four corner towers to the left, visitors were simulated to be on the deck of a ship with a panorama of the large Mediterranean ports.
The exhibition pavilions located directly on the shore on the left were dedicated to navigation, trade and navigation.
#25
Palais Im Großen Garten Dresden, Germany, 1900 - 2005
#26
St. Matthew Evangelical Church, Łódź, Poland, 1937 - 2017
#27
Osnabrück, Germany, 1953 - 2015
#28
St-Gervais-Et-St-Protais, France, 1918 - 2017
Priscilla Winslow 7 years ago
I assume this is a church? A church where they evidently don't want you to sit for very long...
#29
The Grinnell Glacier, Montana, USA, 1911 - 2008
The 1911 photo shows Grinnell Glacier poised at the top of the waterfalls in the foreground and joined with what is now called Salamander Glacier in the background. Grinnell described this wall of ice as being 1,000 feet high in 1887. As of 2008, that wall of ice is gone and Grinnell Glacier is not even visible in the contemporary photograph. Instead, it is behind the buff-colored ridge just above the waterfalls. Salamander Glacier lies along the Garden Wall below the ridgeline. This glacier is thinning in the middle so rapidly that it will probably be in two pieces within a few years. To the upper left is the small, rounded glacier, Gem Glacier, that until recently had not shown signs of retreat. It, too, is now becoming smaller.
#30
Karlstor, Munich, Germany , 1910 - 2017
Millard Fillmore 7 years ago
It's a shame how a lot of the ornate detail gets lost when buildings are renovated
#31
Köln Domplatte, Germany, 1945 - 2011
#32
Gymnasium, Osnabrück, Germany, 1870 - 2015
Jayne DonVito 7 years ago
Interesting how they put the attic into use by adding the dormers (when the roof was replaced?).
#33
Łódź, Poland, 1887 - 2015
#34
Hôtel De Ville, France, 1871 - 2014
Jayne DonVito 7 years ago
Top photo must show the destruction from the uprising mentioned a few photos earlier. Very interesting.
#35
Notre Dame, Paris, France, 1850 - 2016
#36
Rue De La Paix, Paris, France, 1871 - 2016
Barricade of revolutionary Paris Commune in 1871 in the rue de la Paix (confluence Place Vendôme).
In spring of 1871, it comes for an uprising in Paris of the workers and soldiers of the National Guard against the conservative government. In spontaneous elections a Paris city council (commune) is formed, whose members (communards) try to enforce the transformation of France into a socialist union of sovereign communities against the will of the central government. After bloody clashes the communards finally gain control of Paris.
#37
St. Nicholas' Church, Berlin, Germany, 1939 - 2013
#38
Poznań, Poland, 1977- 2016
#39
Lunch Atop A Skyscraper, New York, Usa, London, England, 1932 - 2011
Stephen Treffman 7 years ago
I have never liked the photo from 1932 because every time I've seen it my abdomen tightens involuntarily! The one from 2011 would suggest that construction safety standards continue to need more study.
#40
Shepard Glacier, USA, 1913 - 2005
#41
The Place Des Victoires, Paris, France, 1914 - 2017
Ryan Wilkins 7 years ago
I love how beautiful most of the structures are in Europe.....and if they were in the USA, they would have been torn down a long time ago for Trump Towers and Malls and Starbucks and Drug stores.
#42
Rudolstadt Marktstraße 54 Amtsgericht, Germany, 1906 - 2015
Amber Tackett 7 years ago
Sweet!! We have a tree now! But honesty, I love that the original architecture was not lost on this. Restore, repair, retain, not remodel..
#43
L'viv, Ukraine, 1943 - 2017
Rūta Šližytė 7 years ago
L'viv, Rynok Square. Strange to see this place so empty. It's (OK - wasin September 2017) much more crowded
#44
Bereich Um Das Brandenburger, Germany, 1928 - 2015
#45
Römerberg, Frankfurt, Germany, 1910 - 2017
#46
Karl Johan Street, Norway, 1899 - 2007
Arren Schroyer 3 years ago
Is seems they have gotten rid of trolley tracks everywhere but its still great to see that the buzzing of people walking about and enjoying the town has not changed.
#47
Sultan Abdul Samad, Malaysia, 1941 - 2016
just a thought ! 7 years ago
The now image looks kind of photoshopped even though it may not be the case
Sören Weber 7 years ago
It isn't, I can vouch for that since my girlfriend took the picture. ;-) Kuala Lumpur is a very diverse city and especially in that part of the town you can see colonial time buildings next to modern buildings.
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Rah Soft 7 years ago
it was a former court( not sure if its still in use) my wife( a lawyer) used to attend there it sits on the edge of merdeka square( my late father in law attended the independence declaration there)
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Most Kłodny, Poland, 1900 - 2013
#49
Notre-Dame, Paris, France, 1944 - 2017
Mick Fowler 7 years ago
The vehicle in the 1944 pic was a self-propelled howitzer called a "priest." Also the men next to it.
#50
Portobello Beach, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1919 - 2016
Christina Waide 7 years ago
Where did everyone go? I mean, I guess they all had 97 years to find their way home.
#51
Japanese Troops Advancing Through Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1942 - 2016
#52
Blick Vom Kap, Germany, 1961 - 2009
#53
Warmenhuizen, Holland, 1950 - 2016
#54
The Eiffel Tower, Paris, France, 1888 - 2017
#55
Near Poznań, Poland, 1936 - 2017
Sherrie Glendening 7 years ago
If that building could only talk, imagine what it has witnessed.
#56
Pont Notre-Dame, France, 1910 - 2017
#57
Svartisen Glacier, Norway, 1989 - 2017
James Frost 3 years ago
2.4 billion years ago (Huronian Period) this would have been solid ice, then it melted, no humans in existence. 850 million years ago (Cryogenian Period) this would have been solid ice, then it melted, no humans in existence. 430 million years ago (Andean-Saharan Period) this would have been solid ice, then it melted, no humans in existence. 360 million years ago (Karoo Period) this would have been solid ice, then it melted, no humans in existence. 3 million years ago (Quaternary Period) this would have been solid ice, then it melted, no humans in existence. Now it's doing the same thing its always done ALWAYS and it's our fault?? LOL Imagine a car dealer selling a car. Every 3 days it breaks down and wont start. It's always done the same thing, since new. Then you buy it and on the third day it breaks down and everyone convinces you its your fault. Look, Earth needs to vary course in space by 0.001% for our temperature to adjust by 20c. We are not on rails!
#58
Osnabrück, Germany, 1914 - 2013
#59
Opera Hanoi, Hanoi, Vietnam, 1945 - 2015
Karen Winslow 7 years ago
Most people seeing this pic will not realize they are seeing the start of the Viet Nam war there
#60
St. Stephen's Green Shopping Centre, Ireland, 2004 - 2013
#61
Poznań, Poland, 1925 - 2016
#62
Nordkap, Norway, 1975 - 2015
Sherrie Glendening 7 years ago
Are these the same people, perhaps on their honeymoon in the top picture?
#63
The Old St. Louis County Courthouse, St. Louis, Illinois, 1865 - 2015
#64
Brandenburger Tor, Berlin, Germany, 1976 - 2005
Dragomir Boiadzhiev 7 years ago
Attention, you are now leaving West Berlin...may be they should have left the sign...for historical purpose.
#65
Pavillons Of The Nations, Paris, France, 1900 - 2017
Sherrie Glendening 7 years ago
It seems a shame all the ornate buildings are gone, but they were probably just temporary attractions.
#66
Rentforter Straße, Germany, 1945 - 2017
#67
National Textile Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1971 - 2016
#68
Checkpoint Charlie, Germany, 1961 - 2009
Final score:
14points
#69
San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, California, 1980 - 2007
#70
Osnabrück, Germany, 1953 - 2015
#71
Cityscape, Montreal, Canada, 1996 - 2015
#72
Rue De Rivoli, Paris, France, 1900 - 2016
#73
Victory Gate, Munich, Germany, 1925 - 2017
#74
Ludwig's House And Weavery, Łódź, Poland, 1873 - 2015
#75
Kyrkö Mosse, Sweden, 1980 - 2015
#76
Rue St. Placide, Paris, France, 1944 - 2016
#77
Poznań, Poland, 1968 - 2017
#78
Seine From Pont De L'alma, Paris, France, 1900 - 2017
#79
Poznań, Poland, 1968 - 2017
#80
Höffken House, Essen-Burgaltendorf, Germany, 1951 - 2016
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moli.2 7 years ago
I like the topic of time travelling so looking at these pictures was somehow satisfying. Thank you for posting it.
Stef Brajter 7 years ago
If you liked this visit https://www.facebook.com/ReFotografieStefanaBrajtera
Load More Replies... Alusair Alustriel 7 years ago
I found it very interesting to see those pictures. I'd like to see more of before and after but excluding the WWII ones - it's obvious that the those years will result in huge changes. In short: the most interesting for me were the ones were the ones not affected by war, like the ones dating to 1900 or earlier.
Jeffrey Dean 7 years ago
Glaciers recede it's what they do has nothing to do with global warming
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Deborah Madison-Leister 7 years ago
I absolutely LOVE this! I live in Los Angeles where our idea of a historical building is one from the 1960’s, lol!
Ged Maybury 7 years ago
I've always noticed - looking back at cities in the past - there were NO TREES! The streets were stark and naked. Very sterile places. Now we have a lot more trees inner-city. DOING ONE THING RIGHT!
Jeffrey Keffer 2 years ago
#63 The old St.Louis county court house , St.Louis ..... Illinois?!?!?! Its in St.Louis Missouri not Illinois two entierly diffrent states
Sarjana Lastname 6 years ago
So sad everything seems to be dead compared to past, WW2 made world dead please, Hitler didnt get to power but ideology from Austria- Germany continues victorious steps. They dont admit that how devastating ideologies are controlling politics and workers inside European hierarchical superstructure. Europe is nightmare. All those roads and concrete buildings no decorations but dead inside out, cars no humans.
Audrey Segrue 6 years ago
I would like to inform the writers that the old court house in St. Louis is in Missouri, not Illinois. Please double check your locations.
Jere Ikongio 7 years ago
more a submission or addition than a comment: http://www.jereikongio.com/juxtaposed/
Al Naclerio 7 years ago
All fun to see. Possible date problem with the Moulin Rouge original. Those style of cars weren't around in 1900. Early 20s, maybe?
Izabella Potter 7 years ago
I wonder if the author knows there are other cities in Poland besides Poznań and Łódź...
Stephanie Stoddard 7 years ago
The date for the Paris World's Fair is incorrect. The fair took place in 1889
Stephanie Stoddard 7 years ago
The date of the Paris World's Fair is incorrect. The fair was held in 1889.
Shannon Creamer 7 years ago
The St. Louis County Courthouse (number 71) is in Missouri, not Illinois.
Lyone Fein 7 years ago
I know that many people--especially you younger folks--will react negatively to what I am about to say, but I am going to go ahead anyway. Seeing pictures of Germany and Poland looking all lovely and spiffy with nary a scar compared with those WWII photos, well it just makes me feels sick inside. As though it is somehow wonderful for all of us to forge ahead and forget WHY the destruction happened in those places. The Germans ended up killing over 11 million people in their concentration labor camps alone during the war. But they specifically built all 13 of their "death camps" in Poland. These 13 camps were different in both operation and intent from the concentration camps: the death camps existed for the sole purpose of killing Jewish men, women and children. The Nazi leadership knew that the people of Poland, unlike Germans, would not complain one bit about the notion (or realities) of factory slaughterhouses for Jews.
John Whyman 7 years ago
There is a website does this exact same thing: http://www.whatwasthere.com/
Scott Mason 7 years ago
Sure wish you morons would've put the comparing pictures side-by-side. Y'know.. like most monitors are? Horizontal? So that both could be seen at the same time?
Nishant Gupta 7 years ago
Here is another my album of some past and presents...... https://www.facebook.com/pg/nishantphotos/photos/?tab=album&album_id=846423352073785
Arn Castor 6 years ago
Many people have the mental illness referred psychologically as Denial, Denial is the refusal to accept reality or fact, acting as if a painful event, thought or feeling did not exist. This is the reaction of climate deniers, and many others who are "set in their ways". Please, don't wast your time in trying to convince these individuals, it's comparable to trying to talk to a pet about how difficult it is to write a computer program, your pet will just look at you, and not understand absolutely nothing of what you are talking about.... the same thing with these folks...they lack the mental capacity to understand what you are talking about.
Rob Chapman 7 years ago
The SJW are upset about the glacier images, but couldn't give a rat's a*s about all the destroyed landmarks from the WWI images. Now THAT'S sad. I'm guessing they all came here form Buzzfeed.
Abby Rexroth 7 years ago
Why is the "global warming" all human created? Absolutely none of it is natural??? I call BS!
moli.2 7 years ago
I like the topic of time travelling so looking at these pictures was somehow satisfying. Thank you for posting it.
Stef Brajter 7 years ago
If you liked this visit https://www.facebook.com/ReFotografieStefanaBrajtera
Load More Replies... Alusair Alustriel 7 years ago
I found it very interesting to see those pictures. I'd like to see more of before and after but excluding the WWII ones - it's obvious that the those years will result in huge changes. In short: the most interesting for me were the ones were the ones not affected by war, like the ones dating to 1900 or earlier.
Jeffrey Dean 7 years ago
Glaciers recede it's what they do has nothing to do with global warming
Load More Replies... Deborah Madison-Leister 7 years ago
I absolutely LOVE this! I live in Los Angeles where our idea of a historical building is one from the 1960’s, lol!
Ged Maybury 7 years ago
I've always noticed - looking back at cities in the past - there were NO TREES! The streets were stark and naked. Very sterile places. Now we have a lot more trees inner-city. DOING ONE THING RIGHT!
Jeffrey Keffer 2 years ago
#63 The old St.Louis county court house , St.Louis ..... Illinois?!?!?! Its in St.Louis Missouri not Illinois two entierly diffrent states
Sarjana Lastname 6 years ago
So sad everything seems to be dead compared to past, WW2 made world dead please, Hitler didnt get to power but ideology from Austria- Germany continues victorious steps. They dont admit that how devastating ideologies are controlling politics and workers inside European hierarchical superstructure. Europe is nightmare. All those roads and concrete buildings no decorations but dead inside out, cars no humans.
Audrey Segrue 6 years ago
I would like to inform the writers that the old court house in St. Louis is in Missouri, not Illinois. Please double check your locations.
Jere Ikongio 7 years ago
more a submission or addition than a comment: http://www.jereikongio.com/juxtaposed/
Al Naclerio 7 years ago
All fun to see. Possible date problem with the Moulin Rouge original. Those style of cars weren't around in 1900. Early 20s, maybe?
Izabella Potter 7 years ago
I wonder if the author knows there are other cities in Poland besides Poznań and Łódź...
Stephanie Stoddard 7 years ago
The date for the Paris World's Fair is incorrect. The fair took place in 1889
Stephanie Stoddard 7 years ago
The date of the Paris World's Fair is incorrect. The fair was held in 1889.
Shannon Creamer 7 years ago
The St. Louis County Courthouse (number 71) is in Missouri, not Illinois.
Lyone Fein 7 years ago
I know that many people--especially you younger folks--will react negatively to what I am about to say, but I am going to go ahead anyway. Seeing pictures of Germany and Poland looking all lovely and spiffy with nary a scar compared with those WWII photos, well it just makes me feels sick inside. As though it is somehow wonderful for all of us to forge ahead and forget WHY the destruction happened in those places. The Germans ended up killing over 11 million people in their concentration labor camps alone during the war. But they specifically built all 13 of their "death camps" in Poland. These 13 camps were different in both operation and intent from the concentration camps: the death camps existed for the sole purpose of killing Jewish men, women and children. The Nazi leadership knew that the people of Poland, unlike Germans, would not complain one bit about the notion (or realities) of factory slaughterhouses for Jews.
John Whyman 7 years ago
There is a website does this exact same thing: http://www.whatwasthere.com/
Scott Mason 7 years ago
Sure wish you morons would've put the comparing pictures side-by-side. Y'know.. like most monitors are? Horizontal? So that both could be seen at the same time?
Nishant Gupta 7 years ago
Here is another my album of some past and presents...... https://www.facebook.com/pg/nishantphotos/photos/?tab=album&album_id=846423352073785
Arn Castor 6 years ago
Many people have the mental illness referred psychologically as Denial, Denial is the refusal to accept reality or fact, acting as if a painful event, thought or feeling did not exist. This is the reaction of climate deniers, and many others who are "set in their ways". Please, don't wast your time in trying to convince these individuals, it's comparable to trying to talk to a pet about how difficult it is to write a computer program, your pet will just look at you, and not understand absolutely nothing of what you are talking about.... the same thing with these folks...they lack the mental capacity to understand what you are talking about.
Rob Chapman 7 years ago
The SJW are upset about the glacier images, but couldn't give a rat's a*s about all the destroyed landmarks from the WWI images. Now THAT'S sad. I'm guessing they all came here form Buzzfeed.
Abby Rexroth 7 years ago
Why is the "global warming" all human created? Absolutely none of it is natural??? I call BS!
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