Benchmark

Category: Germany

  • Alongside S6 Munich

    The following series is a “donation” from my dear colleague Karoline. The story is a weird and strange one but I believe it is true as Karoline is not a person who makes things up. So, here is the story: she told me that she is doing here jogging exercise regularly alongside the S6. That…

  • Highgladly (Hochgern)

    Hiking in the Bavarian Alps is a challenging exercise for a bencher. There are so many benches on the way up to the hill. You can’t post them all. You need to make choices. Select which ones gonna make it to the blog. Which ones do have it, comfort and view and/or something special. Roughly on half way…

  • Easter Lakes (Osterseen) – Ivy bench

    South of Munich there are a couple of lakes. A bit further south of the famous Starnberger Lake you can find the Osterseen (Easter Lakes). This is a moor area with more than 20 small lakes, created during the last ice age when the glaciers were melting (well, unfortunately they still are melting) Every now and then you…

  • Tegernsee

    This bench is frequently used, since one doesn`t have to walk too far to get there.

  • Bench disappeared at Kampenwand

    Here ist a picture of a bench on the “Kampenwand”, a well known place for hikers in southern Bavaria. The bench invites us to look toward the Austrian Mountains. The funny thing with this bench was, that we hiked a little further and when returning back to this bench an hour later, it was gone. This was…

  • L for Lechweg bench

    Another bench grabbed my attention. It is a boring typical wooden bench you can find everywhere in the mountain area. Except that something very small, an attached metal sign made it to a very special proud bench. It is the little sign of the “Lechweg”, a letter “L” that you find on trees or stones…

  • Lechwoodswing

    There is a fairly new constructed hiking path in the “Allgäu”, in the south of Germany. The hiking route leads 125 km through a beautiful mountain area. The path leads from the source of the river Lech, upon 1800m of hight, to the waterfall in Füssen, close to the Forggensee, a huge lake into which…

  • Three Big Brothers

    Since some time I do some running exercise. Mainly on the weekends. My usual running course is in Munich along the Isar which is a view meters away from my home. I am doing that now already for some time and the course is more or less the same, at least the first part. The…

  • Sunny & Shady

    Some hikers might like more the sun, some might like more the shade. Here is the alternative. Usually one of those two benches is blessed with sunshine while the other is always covered by shade. During the summer 2015 it was so hot, that we preferred the bench in the shade. In winter times I…

  • No. II – Expection of the rule

    Here comes another exception bench. The bench is located in Munich in the famous Gärtnerplatzviertel. So in the center of the city. Could at least serve the purpose of having a rest. But the bench does not really look very comfortable. No backrest, no armrest basically just half of a tree. The view: Come on…

  • The bench and the fountain

  • No. I – Exception of the rule (What-makes-a-bench-a-good-bench)

    While I in general agree on the rule of “What-makes-a-bench-a-good-bench” (Comfort and view), I have to admit that there are exceptions as for any rule. And here is the first one: This is the bench in the garden of our apartment where we stayed in Berchtesgaden. As the bench was located in the private garden of…

  • Park Bench

    On my last visit to Germany I visited the Europa Park, one of the major and biggest leisure parks in Europa. You can forget about Disney Park, this is the place you got to go if you want to become a roller coaster expert. There are enough benches to sit in case your legs are…

  • Near Lake “Koenig”

    This little bench crossed my path while making a walk at Lake “Koenig”. It looked nice, it’s feet were made of tree logs, but I didn’t sit on it. A bit too low to get up easily considering my back pain. And the view was not great either as it was in the middle of…

  • Old Lady

    This is a bench which has served many ass’ in its life. I found it in a quiet sideroad of Berchtesgaden. Berchtesgaden is a famous German village in the German Alps, known for it’s great location for tourists to conquer the various mountains in the region. I like this kind of simple benches as they…

  • Picnic

    Solid robust and without doubt, this bench is square, practical, rightsized and made to sit. The bench itself sits under a tree with amble shade. Good shade to prevent the hot summer sun to spoil the picnic.

  • Something Special

    It is not common practice to show and talk about the extraordinary in the very beginning of an unfolding story. I want to defeat a bit of gravity and show you the special one first. The bench shown is both, special in form and special in location. I myself have spent a sunny afternoon on…