polytropos' photos with the keyword: HBM

Happy Massive Bench Monday ! (Quasi die UBS der Sitzbänke) ;-) Blick vom Chäserrugg (2'260 m) auf den Walensee. (47.1482, 09.3202); [260°]

Happy Bench Monday ! The highest lighthouse in Europe on the Oberalp Pass. The lighthouse on the Oberalp Pass (2'044 m / 6,700 ft) is located near the source of the Rhine. The tower was built as a symbol of the connection between the beginning and end of the Rhine. The tower is a copy of a real lighthouse that once stood at the mouth of the Rhine in Rotterdam. It is the highest lighthouse in Europe. And after the lighthouse in Puno on Lake Titicaca on the border between Peru and Bolivia (3'800 m above sea level), it is even the second highest lighthouse in the world! :-) Water - the element of life. The four rivers Rhine, Reuss, Ticino and Rhone rise in the Gotthard massif in Switzerland and ultimately flow into three different seas: - The Rhine flows into the North Sea. - The Reuss flows into the Aare -> Rhine -> North Sea. - The Ticino flows into the Po -> Adriatic Sea. - The Rhone flows into the Mediterranean. The 90-kilometre "Four Springs Trail" leads to the sources of these four rivers and can be covered in one-day stages or in a continuous five-day hike. The trail allows you to discover unique landscapes and raises awareness of the importance of water as a valuable resource. The "Four Springs Trail Foundation" was set up to realize and manage the trail. ► Swiss Map ► Leuchtturm Rheinquelle (German) (46.65876, 08.67109); [180°]

Happy Bench Monday ! "reader in an armchair" (Jaroslav Róna) The author said of his statue: “This chair is a soft and soothing rampart that protects us from the pragmatic world around us and allows us to escape into the worlds of imagination and fantasy. It`s a dreamy chair, and the reader is an intentionally anonymous and symbolic figure, easily interchangeable with any reader. At the same time, however, the chair adds monumentality to the statue and reinforces the significance and importance of this so fragile theme. And last but not least, it`s a need to pay tribute to the world of the paper book at a time when it is threatened (and so are we!) by the aggressive world of information technology and neutered ebooks.” (50.08768, 14.41915); [300°]

Happy Bench Monday! (50.08337, 14.42814); [200°]

Happy Big Bench Monday ! (46.19114, 08.78263); [300°]

Happy Bench Monday! – (46.13102, 08.73399); [250°]

Happy Glittering Sunset Bench Monday ! "Auf der Elphi-Terrasse, nachts um halb neun ..." ♪ ♫ Die Plaza ist die Nahtstelle zwischen dem traditionsreichen Hafenspeicher und dem gläsernen Neubau der Elbphilharmonie: Auf 37 Metern Höhe bietet die öffentliche Aussichtsplattform und die umlaufende Terrasse einen Rundumblick auf die Stadt und den Hafen. Die Plaza ist eigentlich das ursprüngliche Dach des darunterliegenden ►Kaispeichers . Da aber aus Gründen des Hochwasserschutzes der Speicher (der zwar noch nicht so alt ist, aber bereits unter Denkmalschutz steht) um ein Geschoss aufgeschüttet werden musste, wurde auf dem Dach ein zusätzliches Geschoss aufgebaut, um die ursprünglichen Proportionen zu wahren. Erst darauf wurde dann die neue Elbphilharmonie errichtet. Um die Last des Konzerthauses zu tragen, wurde der Kaispeicher 2007 komplett ausgehöhlt und zur Verstärkung der Fundamente 650 zusätzliche Pfähle aus Stahlbeton in den Boden getrieben. Architekten: Herzog & De Meuron, Schweiz. Bauzeit: 2007 bis 2016. Eröffnung: 11.01.2017 Baukosten: 866 Mio. Euro (53.54122, 09.98403); [300°]

Happy Back Bending Bench Monday! (53.55335, 10.00596); [80°]

Was ist hier falsch? (53.546255, 09.97110)

Happy Bench Monday ! (46.41782, 09.82095); [280°]

¡Feliz Lunes de Banco Laaargo! Happy Loooong Bench Monday ! ;-) (23.14585, -82.35870); [230°]

Felice Lunedì Di Banca Privilegiata ! (41.90063, 12.47957); [350°]

Happy Bench Monday ! The sign says: "On this bench you are allowed to do nothing. Lie down on the reclining bench and do just nothing. Then stay another 5 minutes and enjoy the Nature Park Gantrisch." (46.83671, 07.47784); [200°]

Happy 'Seaside' Bench Monday ! (46.83671, 07.47784); [160°]

Hyvää Penkki Maanantai ! (HBM ! ;-) ► Felsenkirche Helsinki, Finnland ► 360° Panorama (60.17295, 24.92531); [300°]

Happy Fence Friday & later on Benches a gogo Monday! ;-) In the PIP, you can see the statue of nine-time Finnish Olympic champion and long-distance runner Paavo Nurmi standing in front of the stadium. He gaves the stadium its name. Architects: Yrjö Lindegren and Toivo Jäntti. Start of construction 1934. Opening 1938. ► Olympia Stadion Helsinki ► Paavo Nurmi ( 60.18616, 24.92670 ); [80°]

Havanna – Plaza del Christo (23.1359, -82.3559)

Grüsse von der Sonnen-Bank. HBM! ;-) (Aus "D'Ardennen" von Robin Pront, Belgien 2015)