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It looks just like I picture a Swiss village should look like.
Oh wow, seriously I have literally hundreds more photos coming up of how I picture Swiss villages to look - you are really going to be in for a treat!
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Many years ago my mom had to go for Business there. Not sure which part and she said it was so beautiful....but of course my Mom doesn't take pictures, so I can only take her word on that.
Glad I could finally give you some photos of what she might have seen....
Looks like it had been a busy night but you did a great job getting wonderful photos anyway. I just love the historic feel, the quaint houses lined on small little alleyway size streets. While I guess even the oldest cities must moderinize I feel that the older sections are so more inviting.
Looks like it had been a busy night but you did a great job getting wonderful photos anyway. I just love the historic feel, the quaint houses lined on small little alleyway size streets. While I guess even the oldest cities must moderinize I feel that the older sections are so more inviting.
Busy night, indeed. But you did a great job working around the clean up! Garbage truck is what we call it here.
That photo of the bridge is amazing - very classic looking! And there's that zoom of yours again, right in on that roof. I remember seeing similar roofs in another of your TR's and fascinated by that as well. Very nice looking - much better than just a plain single colored roof.
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Busy night, indeed. But you did a great job working around the clean up! Garbage truck is what we call it here.
D'oh - of course it is, I should've remembered that!
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That photo of the bridge is amazing - very classic looking! And there's that zoom of yours again, right in on that roof. I remember seeing similar roofs in another of your TR's and fascinated by that as well. Very nice looking - much better than just a plain single colored roof.
I like the old and more modern, somehow everything seems to fit. But I like all the photos you post from anywhere. I feel very educated in travel, just reading your TR.
I like the old and more modern, somehow everything seems to fit. But I like all the photos you post from anywhere. I feel very educated in travel, just reading your TR.
Sunday 1 September – part three: the most beautiful building in Basel
Next we headed into the Marktplatz, the traditional market place, which was surrounded by beautiful buildings.
However, none was more beautiful than the Rathaus. The town hall has a brightly and elaborately painted façade and a clock that’s surrounded by figures. The present façade you see here was restored at the start of the 20th century, and my goodness, they’ve done an amazing job with it. They’ve restored it to how it would have looked in the 16th century. I will warn you now, I couldn’t stop taking photos of the place, so prepare yourself for lots of shots.
As we stood outside, taking photos of the exterior of the building, we noticed an Italian tour group going inside, so we followed them in, and inside was just as striking.
Very creative…
Sadly, there are no tours of this place at weekends, which is a great shame.
We headed back through the city…
We found a chocolatier, which sadly was closed as it was a Sunday, but on the first day of September, they were already getting ready for Halloween…
… and back to the room, where we gathered our stuff up, and headed down to the car park, paying our nice small 24 CHF (c. $26) parking fee. Things are not cheap here!
That building looks like everywhere you looked there was something new to see. Just beautiful! And so different. That fountain looked like a rooster dragon to me. Loving all the lovely towns so far.
Glad you can post this morning! They have done an amazing job restoring the Rathaus. I can't imagine how many man-hours it took to do all the painting and carvings on the outside.
The Rathaus is beautiful! I love how the people took the time to put art into the architecture. That is so rare in the states. And now I want chocolate for breakfast for some reason.
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