SWITZERLAND July 2019
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| Bern: street Markgasse with Zeitglockenturm: city gate |
Bern: medieval astronomical clock with chimes on the tower |
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| Bern: Holländerturm, named after hirelings in Holland service |
Bern: barbershop in medieval cellar below the arcades |
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| Bern: top part of a fontain 'Kinderfresserbrunnen' (child eater) |
Bern: view from upper city upon the rivier Aare and a suburb |
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| Bern: street in the center 'Gerechtigkeitsgasse' |
Bern: building with statues |
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| Bern: upper city and lower city upon the river |
Bern: lower city |
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| Bern: building in the lower city |
Bern: Bundeshaus from 1902, seat of Bondsraad (Swiss governement) |
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| Lucerne: Wasserturm (tower) from about 1300 and covered wooden bridge |
Lucerne: Altes Rathaus (town hall) from 1604 with a roof like a farmhouse |
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| Lucerne: building with family tree |
Lucerne: wall paintings on a building |
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| Lucerne: paintings on a farmacy |
Lucerne: flood gate, a wooden bridge and the Jesuit church |
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| Lucerne: city wall and towers from 1400 |
Lucerne: view from a tower on the city and the lake Lucerne |
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| Lake Lucerne and the mountain range Pilatus Kulm |
the cogwheel train to the top of the mountain Pilatus |
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| view from the train on the mountain hill of the Pilatus |
on the Pilatus: view upon higher mountains |
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| on the Pilatus: view upon the Lake Lucerne |
on the Pilatus: the highest top Tomlishorn 2132 meters high |
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| Interlaken, on the hill Hartherkulm: view upon the Thunersee (lake) |
Interlaken, on the hill Hartherkulm: view upon the Brienzersee (lake) |
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| near Interlaken on the Brienzersee |
near Interlaken small castle and waterfall at the Brienzersee |
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| mountain pass Kleine Scheidegg: view upon the Jungfrau |
mountain pass Kleine Scheidegg: view upon the Silberhorn |
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| on the Jungfrau, on an altitude of 3475 meters |
the top of the Jungfrau, 4158 meters high, in the clouds |
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| on the Jungfrau, the clouds flow away |
on the Jungfrau: the Aletsch glacier, 22 km long and almost 1 km dense |
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| Lauterbrunnen with the valley with 72 waterfalls |
Lauterbrunnen: two of the waterfalls, 300 to 400 meters high |
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| Zermatt: small street with chalets, stables and barns 16th-17th century |
Zermatt: the poles and flat stones keep mouses away |
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| Zermatt: heavy flowing river and the Matterhorn |
on the crest Gornergrat on an altitude of 3089 meters |
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| on the Gornergrat with bad visibility because it is snowing |
on the Gornergrat: fine colours in the rocks, red is containing iron |
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| on the Gornergrat, somewhat lower, at about 2800 meters, the Riffel lake |
on the Gornergrat: it has stopped snowing and the clouds flow away |
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| Gornergrat, some of the 39 mountain peaks of over 4000 meters high |
view from the Gornergrat: the Matterhorn, 4478 meters high |
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| near Andermatt: artificial lake Oberalpsee, altitude about 2000 meters |
nea Ilanz: ravine with the Rhine |
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| Sankt Moritz: former school from 1909 |
Sankt Moritz: leaning tower from 12th century of a demolished church |
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| Sankt Moritz: confectionay Hanselmann |
Sankt Moritz: one of the luxurious hotels |
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| Sankt Moritz: the lake |
Sankt Moritz: the lake at sunset |
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| on the mountain Muottas Muragl, 2456 meters high with work of art "drop" |
on the mountain Muottas Muragl: view on Sankt Moritz and the lake |
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| Muottas Muragl, a Rhaeto-Romance name, the language in the south east |
on the Muottas Muragl: view on the Bernina massif, 4049 meters high |
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| Basel: city hall, the central part is from the 16th century |
Basel: balcony on the tower from about 1900 of the city hall |
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| Basel: clock on the city hall |
Basel: frescoes in the courtyard of the city hall |
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| Basel: houses from 15th and 16th century |
Basel: 'blaues Haus', blue house from 1770, baroque |
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| Basel: the Rhine |
Basel: Augustiner Hof |
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| Basel: the Münster, cathedral of red sandstone |
Basel: the Münster, rose window depicting a wheel of fortune |
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| Basel: buildings in jugendstil (Art nouveau) |
Basel: facade, jugendstil |
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| Basel: steep passage in the old center of the ity |
Basel: city gate from 1398 |
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| Basel: contempary art |
Basel: to the right the Bank for international settlements |
© Kees Hiddinga. Copying only with permission.