Chapter 369: Fascinating Details
Ye Chao really fell in love with this exotic city. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
It is a modern city, but it has the breath of history, and most importantly, it has not been polluted by modern workers......
Every plant and tree, animal and human here has the breath of nature.
Nestled in the midst of green hills and green waters, Bern does not show its aura and domineering at all, on the contrary, it is quaint with a warm rural atmosphere.
Located in the central mountains of the western Swiss plateau, Bern sits on a natural bend in the Aare, a tributary of the Rhine, and the rapids of the river surround the old town of Bern on three sides, forming a peninsula.
Ye Chao strolls along the streets of Kram in the heart of Bern's old town.
The old-fashioned houses, narrow streets, pointed towers, shops with corridors, and colorful stone fountains in the center of the street all show an ancient and elegant style.
The streets are lined with corridors and arches, and they are long and winding, a style of architecture that is characteristic of medieval culture. In the Old Town, such arcades are seven or eight kilometers long.
Today's arcades are home to large shopping malls, fashion stores, jewelry stores, antique shops, watch shops, craft shops, confectionery shops, chocolate shops, coffee shops and restaurants.
Ye Chao came here on a Sunday, and all the shops were closed, just in time, so that he could put aside his greed for material things and quietly enjoy the bright sunshine and ancient streets.
The demonic Ye Chao also has a natural side, and the devil also likes a bright and pure atmosphere......
The air here is so pure and transparent that you can see the sun's rays with the naked eye, shooting towards the world like the light of the stage.
Suddenly, Ye Chao's eyes were attracted by an ancient clock tower......
Yes, it's the clock tower.
There is a world-famous ancient clock tower on the street of Kram, when the clock is struck, under the huge clock dial, there will be a small robot covered in gold to open the door and come out, hit the bell on the head with a hammer, tell the time, at the same time, there is a "time old man" waving the pipa in his hand, a rooster crows and flapps its wings, and a pair of bears pass by like a marquee, the whole performance is extremely wonderful and interesting.
Ye Chao admired it pleasantly, this is a very exquisite ...... The artwork, yes, the clock tower is too exquisite.
Or call it the Clock Tower. The Clock Tower is the oldest building in the city.
At the same time, it is also the most attractive tourist attraction in the city. Every hour, when the bell rings, the golden rooster on the bell leads the neck to chirp, a group of villains come out in response, and finally, the top villain rings the copper bell.
Visitors from all over the world come to Bern, and the bell tower is a must-see.
If you have the chance to go up and have a look, you will be amazed by the 13th-century machinery of Switzerland.
The mechanism of this clock was made in Switzerland in the 16th century and is still in good condition and in perfect working order. The ancient bell tower is not only a symbol of technological development, but also of the Swiss watch industry.
It can be said that the whole of Bern is a work of art, which has been carefully crafted by generations of craftsmen, and the magnificent buildings (Medieval, Gothic, Baroque) are wonderfully dependent on each other.
It is such an unpretentious city, but it has a pivotal position in the world.
Although there is also a street called Bahnhof, in Bern the greater pleasure comes from the corners of the streets.
Ye Chao likes to go to those streets and alleys, even if there are hooligans there...... Well, he's not afraid, he's not afraid of hooligans, many times, he's more hooligans than hooligans.
This time, Ye Chao is gone, that's right, in this city, walking is a pleasure.
You can see beauty all the time, and maybe you can also say that you can see art all the time...... However, it is okay to say that it is technical, and Swiss horological technology is serious and delicate enough to be regarded as art.
That's right, that's a work of art.
Ye Chao's eyes did not hide his love for Bern.
Yes, he likes her small and low-key as a capital, likes the quiet ancient city that still maintains the old appearance of the Middle Ages, and likes the turquoise and clear water of the Aare River to hug the ancient city in the crook of his arm with a big U-shape; Loved sitting under the arcade and watching the moon or stars peek out from the back of the bridge.
The entire old town has been declared a World Heritage Site.
Until now, it still has only a small airport about 10 kilometers from the city, with routes to some countries in Western Europe.
The people of Bernese are reluctant to expand the airport because they don't want the noise of the planes to disturb the old city, and more often than not, they prefer to drive for more than an hour or take the train to another city to take a plane.
The train station is Bern's transport hub: a building that combines history and modernity, and just a few steps east of it is the longest ancient arcade in Europe, affectionately called Lauben by the Bernese.
Today, the six-kilometre-long arcade brings together the most of Bernese lifestyle: antique shops, craft shops, independent design shops, galleries, jewellery shops, and cafés and restaurants frequented by locals.
Ye Chao admires the mentality of the people in this city, this is a really good city. Unlike domestic cities, which blindly pursue the tall, they have lost the nature and the true character of the city.
Many cities in China are progressing and modernizing, but at the same time, they are actually losing ......
The Bernese people have preserved the city's true character and nature.
Bernese people love a laid-back, stop-and-go way of shopping, regardless of the weather.
In fact, Ye Chao liked this method very much in the past, remembering the days when he used to even struggle to walk, it was really like a dream.
There is a world of difference between the past and the present.
Ye Chao didn't know whether it was the 6-kilometer-long arcade that made the Bernese way of life, or the Bernese style of life that created the long arcade.
Anyway, when he saw someone dragging a blue-green box towards him in the old town of Bern, he felt that this way of life was very kind.
It's not that they can't afford to get a car, it's just that they like to do what they can.
Unlike people in China, it seems that a gift box weighs and you have to take a taxi for hundreds of meters or thousands of miles, or call a friend to drive to pick it up. Or, squeeze into the bus stop......
For a suitcase controller, such a case means a lot - it is not a style that can be seen all over the street, but it has unusual elegance, special colors, and at the same time a meticulous and considerate humanized design and a very reliable sense of quality.
What's even more gritty is that it's really cheaper than a lot of luggage.
The arcades here also have a unique structure with a cave: at the door of each small section of the arcade, there is a small slope, and the slope is a thick wooden door, which can be opened during the day to lead to the underground shops.
Ye Chao looked very interested......
These wine cellars of the wealthy are now underground shops with a chic design and full of character.
Plenty of space and no basement cramped feeling at all.
Some shopkeepers have changed the side of the stairs leading to the ground floor into a slide where children can slide down. Such layered and uniform buildings seem to be found only in Bern, and they seem to have been born for the pleasure of exploration!
That's what makes Bern so fascinating......
Anyway, Ye Chao felt that this was a very charming city, and the place where bears haunted was really different.