Benchmark

Tag: Germany

  • 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…

  • Elbigenalp

    What a coincidence to come around the corner, tired from hiking along the Lechweg in the hot sun since some hours and suddenly finding a place to rest in the cool shadow. Shadow that didn’t last for long –  it even  seemed to wait for us….  

  • Formarinsee

    Then of course the exciting bench above the tiny lake “Formarinsee”. The place the Formarinsee connects a little creek running out of another lake, the Spullersee, is called the “source” of the river Lech. Here you see the bench that let us rest and enjoy the beautiful panorama above the Formarinsee on 1793m altitude.

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…