Thomas Heising

Visual science communication
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Heritage Week 2026 done!

Geology
2026 | Cork, Ireland
Another geological heritage tour of Cork city done and dusted!
Yuhu

Thanks to everyone who made it!

Showing Cork city's geology off to the public

For the fourth time in a row, Cork’s annual Heritage Week remains a blast and great fun!

To see that people are so keen on learning about geology and the natural environment in the city of Cork is so uplifting – especially in these times of widespread apathy. 

Leading 25 people through the vehicular carnage of Cork for two and a half kilometres, participants got to learn about the local geology through seeing the rocks, playing with some plastic toys and strenuously hiking up Patrick’s Hill!

In turn, I got to learn from participants who were knowledgeable about Cork’s economic and architectural history. Finally, a city tour is never complete without talking about mass extinctions and ecological collapse.

Honestly, I wish I could offer the tour during other parts of the year. Maybe down the line.

Once again thanks to Cork City Council’s Heritage Office, helpful volunteers and the Heritage Week-organisers for a brilliant opening day!

As always, you can learn more on Hardcore Cork’s website.

Visit Hardcore Cork

Also, the boyfriend to a friend of mine has these beautiful crinoid fossils and placed them next one of my postcards from last year.

Truly epic use of my work!

Postcard with crinoid
A bit about me
Hiking in killarney

Thomas Heising here!

I’m originally from Denmark, but now living in Cork, Ireland and working with visual science communication. You may have found this post because you were curious about this page or wanted to know more about the topic at hand – in any case: welcome.

There are more writings, visuals and videos around here about geology, the weather, our planet, Ireland, Denmark and other things that interest me.