You only see what you know (Goethe)
A very dangerous species living in Salzburg City is the rising bollard. Joking apart it is important to know, they are very strong and are able to damage a car if they hit it from below. Not sure if this species will live there forever but for now it is worth a look to check out the attached website.
Have you ever been misguided by your navigation system? People living in Weissenbach an der Triesting are obviously so kind as to give us a hint this is the wrong route. Weissenbach is a small place in the Austrian state of Lower Austria (Niederösterreich).
In Bad Aussee, I discovered several traditional shop signs. The first one is a sign of a shoemaker. On top of it, you read the german name of this profession: Schuster.
The traditional restaurant “Der Kuckuck” uses a cuckoo as its inn sign. I took this photo on a winter day, so some snow covered the cuckoo. You find the restaurant in a building with a 17th-century façade in the 1st district of Vienna.
This notice made me smile. The German text of the notice: ‘Diese Fahrtreppe musste aus Sicherheitsgründen außer Betrieb genommen werden’. Literally translated it says: ‘This escalator has been disabled for reasons of safety’.
This code ‘O5’ is placed at the right side of the main entrance of St Stephen’s Cathedral. It was the code of an Austrian resistance group during World War II. It stands for Ö (Österreich) built by O and the 5th letter of the alphabet (= OE).
Fun! On my trip to Zell am See, I stayed at the Hotel Tauernstüberl. This hotel used socks as “Do Not Disturb” signs at its room doors. This sock is a kind of pun. In German, “You are a lazy sock” means someone is a bit lazy.
Another different style of a portal. The inscription dated 1631 gives me a thoughtful insight into the German of the 17th century: ‘Wer Got vetrauwet hat wolgebauwet’. Today we would write: ‘Wer Gott vertraut hat wohl gebaut’.
Walking through Celle is like reading a book. Sometimes the lines are benedictions, sometimes they describe the purpose of the building. I wonder if there is a guide book listing all these inscriptions?
Fun: On my bike ride through the lovely landscape on the shores of the Neusiedler Lake (Neusiedler See), I entered a region named Hölle (Eng.: hell). What weird names of places do you know?
The façade of this parish building in Podersdorf is decorated with phrases written down by the local people. It reminded me of a Twitter wall, but the phrases on this wall will last longer. The lines touched me as they told me a lot about the hopes and sorrows of the locals.
On my way from the city centre to the railway station of Sopron I came across this sign which showed me the direction to the station. I was really surprised about the design of the locomotive. What do you think? Is this an official sign?