Tag: Munich
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English Garden behind Monopteros
This bench has been for quite a while on my radar. It is the so called “Steinerne Bank”, designed by the famous Munich architect Leo von Klenze. It is basically half a circle of a stone bench on a kind of an island behind the well known Monopteros. …and that is basically also the view:…
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Helmut 2008
A walk in the park on a sunny Sunday afternoon. We were taking the tour from St. Emmerams Mill to Schwabing crossing the northern part of the English Garden in Munich. Beautiful weather, sunshine, 28 C. When we wanted to enjoy a bit the park life and rest on a bench we picked one accidently. Well, as…
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Alongside S6 – The Saga continues I
Bench No. 4 from the “Alongside S6 Munich” is history, long live No. 5. Got these days an update from Karoline. Bench No. 4 seemed to be destroyed or dismantled. Very, very unclear situation. Could well be that the original builder of the bench No. 4 just dismantled it – might be he was not…
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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…
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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…
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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…