Basel, Switzerland

30.11.2005

Switzerland is a ridiculously rich nation with very right wing values. (They have absolutely no public health system, for instance). Bikes are more common than cars it would appear.

A Basel street on a regular Friday night

Yes. They are all bikes and it went back further behind where this photo was taken from too.

The vending machine with it all

Aside from the usual, it would also dispense cigarettes and condoms. I just found it interesting.

A traditional street sign

One of the new street signs

Now I don't want to be a compelete nerd but I found it a little ironic that they use Akzidenz Grotesk instead of the relatively

The streets of Basel

Outside Basel SBB

The main train station

A swiss army bike

Heavy.

ID Tag

All the Swiss army bikes still carry the ID number presumably of each officer issued with one.

A bike park

Yes, much like the underground equivalent for cars, this supervised parking point housed thousands and thousands of bikes. Great

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