Seegfrörni 1963

 

Not a word I was aware of previously.

That is Swiss German for the great lake freeze of 1963.

During the winter of 1962/1963 it was so cold in Switzerland that Lake Zurich froze over! In Swiss German this phenomenon is called 'Seegfrörni' which simply means 'freezing over of a lake'. For a lake as big as Lake Zurich (about 88 km2 and 136m deep) that's pretty impressive.

Googling didn't seem to find anything on this artwork, tho Ice Yachts were definitely used during Seegfrörni 1963

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Name That 'Plane

 

OK.  It's a difficult one, so there's double points if you name the manufacturer of this distinctive  "Parasol" monoplane.  Quadruple points if you get the model number right.    

OK. Give up??   The Answer

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Meanwhile, In Switzerland

 

Oops.  Admission time.

I nearly forgot to post a slide today.

So, here's a quick grabbed slide, and it appears to be almost certainly Switzerland, in the 1960's.

Or possibly Austria.

Or might be Liechtenstein.

But definitely not The Netherlands.

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"Just Park Where You Like"

 

Can you appreciate the beauty of concrete hotel design sixties and seventies?   I struggle with it.

You might imagine that the Hotel Albarella is located on the Adriatic Coast of Italy, close to Venice.

Alas, no. This one, thanks to some Google-Fu, is located in San Bernardino, Switzerland. 1600metres above the Adriatic, beautiful hills, blighted by this monstrosity

And it looks like it's still there, and (in 2014) still seemed to be its ugly, horrible
self. Yeuch.

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.Bonus 2 - The equivalent of Fibonacci spiral in real life.

"We're not in Norfolk any more Toto"

 

Unless Norfolk has been subjected to tremendous Plate Tectonic forces recently, this is not the area around Norwich.

My guess is Switzerland, but ... do you know?

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Dewoitine D26

So, clever Blog readers, are any of you able to name this plane ?

Go on, have a try, but it's a tricki...

Good Lord.  You're right.
It is a Dewoitine D26


Bonus - FFS

Street Scene

Something about the small details of this slide make me think that it's a scene from Lucerne in Switerland, with a FAUN mini-sweeper.

Nice artwork !

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Hotel Rot-Hut?

Looks like a pretty town.  A bit sterile and fun-sapping, but c'est la vie.I immediately thought it could be Switzerland.

Some research and ...yes, that seems to be Eiseideln.  With the Frauenbrunner Einseideln in the foreground.

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Hotel Grimsel Passhohe

This.

This looks familiar.

Ah, Nope.  I thought this might be this previously featured hotel...but it ain't.

But this one is still in business.

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Refreshing break beside the lake.

Ah, lovely.

You probably recognise this as being the Hotel Flüela Hospiz, near Davos in Switzerland. And yes, it's still in business.

As an aside, 970's fashions / hairdos are awesome.

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Tramcar To Tomorrow

No, I don't think that this is Nottingham.

It looks more....Germanic... to me, even allowing for the pizzeria in the background.

One advert on the tram seems to say Interlabor, so that might indicate Switzerland.

Bonus - "Tramcar To Tomorrow" is a compilation of Be Bop Deluxe tracks, so have this

The Watch Shop

People photograph the strangest things.

A luxury watch shop.

Thrilling.

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Hotel Grimsel Passhohe

Not looking so good now


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Bricks and Wheels

Musik Hug

I believe that Musik Hug are a still-operating music retailerer in Switzerland.

Anyone care to identify the city?

Bonus - So, why did North end up as "up" on a map?

Vertigo - With the Pilatus 2

Like me, I'm sure you recognise this as being the aerial cable way at Fräkmüntegg – Pilatus Kulm.

Pity you can't see Lucerne from this view.

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The Bears of Bern

No info on the slide, but something about it looked familiar.  A search of the SlideGuy noggin, and I realised it was Berne, and the bear pits there.

I recall visiting it/them many, many years ago, and the bear pit was as depressingly crappy as the picture suggests.  Nowadays, the Bärengraben has been extensively refurbished.

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