Benchmark

Category: By Country

  • Glasgow Airport

    We landed at Glasgow airport and on the way from the gate to the luggage pick up the first Scottish Bench came across. Two wooden benches in an artificial environment. The carpet looking like stones, the. Background pictures showing some sceneries and birds singing out of the loudspeaker. Weird.

  • View to Bunratty Castle

    This is a circular stone bench, it is just opposite of the Bunratty Castle. It is shaped like a gorget (= thin gold collar dating to the Bronze Age), which refers to golden artefacts found mid of the 19th century during the laying of a railway. Most of the pieces have been lost (melted and…

  • Blarney Castle

      Guess, in front of which castle this bench can be found ? (Just read the back rest…) Millions of pilgrims have been climbing the 120 steps to kiss the Blarney Stone and gain the gift of eloquence (including Winston Churchill (July 1912), Oliver Hardy and many other celebrities). Also nowadays there are trillions of…

  • Waiting for the bus in Ennis, Ireland

    At a bus stop in Ennis at the river side, I found these two “benches” next to each other. They definitely do not look Celtic, rather somehow Asian ? Then – returning from a pub, it was already dark – I found the “fiddle player & chair”. On the backside of the “chair” there is…

  • Waterford: view to river Suir

    These benches are “sailing ships”, overlooking the harbor.

  • B&B at Corrib View Farmhouse

    This bench is in the garden of the Corrib View Farmhouse, one of the B&Bs where we stayed during our roundtrip through Ireland. What a extraordinary view! Lake Corrib is the largest lake in Ireland, this B&B is close to Oughtard.  

  • Waterford: married couple in front of Christ Church

    Aoife, the daughter of Diarmaid MacMurrough, the King of Leinster, married a guy known as “Strongbow” in 1170 AD in Christ Church in Waterford. This opened the door for the anglo-norman reign in Ireland. The event is nicely reflected in this “bench for 2” in front of the cathedral.

  • The kindest man of Galway

    This seat is dedicated to Dr. Joe MacHale, “the kindest man in town” 1901 -1977. The bench is overlooking the Galway Bay, where the Corrib River flows to the Atlantic ocean.

  • Surfers’ Paradise at Easkey Bay

    Few things are special about this bench: 1: it is carved out of 1 huge tree 2: Front view: Really spectacular cliffs in the far distance! 3: View from the bench: Don’t be mistaken – this place is really famous in the wind surfer community and known as “Surfers’ Paradise”: Unfortunately it was low tide…

  • Sleeping on a bench ?

    Thomas’ first question was: “Is this guy real ?” I took the picture in front of Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland. And I was not sure either, whether there is a guy sleeping in front of one of the most visited places in Ireland ? Until I got closer ….. And now I’m not…

  • Bridge bench at Stanberg

    I go this bench from Gloria who was walking around Stanberger Lake and saw this kind of bridge-bench close to the lake, with of course… …a fantastic view on the lake with the Alps in the back ground.

  • Newgrange

    1: This bench is on the way to the large Neolithic Passage Tomb, overlooking the river. 2: Not exactly a bench, but still a “sitting area”, located in the visitor center, and – matching the Stone Age subject – it is fully carved in stone. Looks comfortably shaped, but: It is damn cold !

  • Mullaghmore’s Atlantic view

    At Mullaghmore, county Sligo Atlantic view: and just to demonstrate that Ireland is not cold, but windy: This is only 1 km further down the road from the above photo of Mullaghmore’s Atlantic view. A picknick area with palm trees. Hard to believe that this is in Ireland.

  • Churches – St. Patrck, Dublin

    This beautifully carved piece of marble can be found right behind the high altar of St. Patrick. Funny: In the same church you see these “low end” benches – or better “work-arounds”:

  • Slieve League at Donegal

    Slieve League are supposed to be the highest maritime cliffs in the Europe (not true: some cliffs in Scandinavia are higher !), but nevertheless: The view is gorgeous. Some of the benches suffered a bit from the rain (I took the pictures and the sun was shining. Then I went up the last few 100m…

  • Holy Moly Island

    I got this picture from Annabel who was traveling in northern England, near Newcastle and she has sent me this beautiful picture of a bench watching towards seaside. Still need to get more background on the location from her. Here is the picture for now

  • Alles Banane

    “Alles Banane” is a German expression and means something like “everything is ok”. The banana below is meant to be a bench in the German city of Ulm. It is a kind of advertisement for fair trade bananas. Usually Ulm is known for its rustic charm and its church, which is the highest in the…

  • Rustic Wooden Brown

    As more rustic a bench looks, as more the desire to sit on it increases. It might be philosophical but somehow human beings feel more attracted by wooden benches than benches, which are made of artificial stuff. It appears to me that old wood has the potential to calm down the human soul. And sitting…

  • Kaltenberg Knights Festival

    Every year in July there is a medieval festival in Kaltenberg, hosted by the local brewery. Thousands of visitors – mainly parents with kids – come and enjoy a day in a Middle Age, eating and drinking and watching the epic fight of “good and bad”. http://www.ritterturnier.de/ New since this year: Right at the entrance…

  • Art for the National Park Berchtesgaden

    It is the “Day of Pokemon Go” and being (still) very fond of Poke hunting we go for a stroll after dinner to increase our levels. All of sudden I found it – still in front of the craft shop: The ultimate bench: * Hand crafted by one of the local artists (in Berchtesgaden there…