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Munich international airport seemed tiny after huge and busy Heathrow, but hopes to get the luggage quickly and hit the road didn't come true. I spent almost an hour in the luggage area, looking at the packs of 4-5 suitcases jumping out of the "luggage underground" and then interrupted by long pauses of no suitcases at all. Eventually, I got my luggage, got out and into the car. It was 32C outside, but with air conditioning inside I did not really realize how hot it is.
First stop was one of the longest pedestrian bridges in Europe - Highline 179 in Reutte, Austria - built in 2014. I didn't know about its existence until 2 weeks ago, when a friend of my returning from the Europe trip posted some pictures of places he still wanted to go in Europe, one of them being this bridge in Reutte. So I jumped at the opportunity to see something new and interesting and included it into the journey.
The bridge hangs over the highway B179, which is why it is called Highline 179, and connects two local landmarks - leading from the firests where Fort Claudia is situated to to the ruins of the Ehrenberg Castle on the other side of the valley.
The bridge is 406 meters long and hangs 114.6 meters above the highway, it is supported by 4 cables 60 mm in diameter each and it is only secured and the ends, so it literally hangs in the air, rocking from the wind and visitors' steps, and you better not think about it while you walk. It can hold up to 500 people at the same time. We didn't test.
It's called Die Hängebrücke in German and is quite hard to find. We drove past it two times, stopping at gas stations for directions, I practiced my German, and understood about 20% of what was said to me :), so no surprise I only got it right from the 3d attempt.
The views from the bridge are beautiful:
You also have to walk up the hill for quite some time to reach either of the entrances.
The ticket office is open at Ehrenberg Castle until 4 PM, which allows you to buy tickets both for the bridge and the Castle, but we only wanted to see the bridge, so we used the automated ticket machine at the bridge working until 10PM. Adult ticket costs 8 EUR per person, which seems slightly too much for this kind of attraction. We later discovered, that if you are actually OK with cheating a bit, it's possible for 2 people to pass using one ticket easily and thus save some money.
With the sun setting fast we quickly descended back to the road and drove to our first hotel - Föhrenhof in Farchant, just north of Garmish-Partenkirchen. The hotel was amazingly nice and very Tyrolean. It's a pity we could not stay longer, we really enjoyed it.
Next day's plan was to conquer the top of Germany - Zugspitze.
Munich international airport seemed tiny after huge and busy Heathrow, but hopes to get the luggage quickly and hit the road didn't come true. I spent almost an hour in the luggage area, looking at the packs of 4-5 suitcases jumping out of the "luggage underground" and then interrupted by long pauses of no suitcases at all. Eventually, I got my luggage, got out and into the car. It was 32C outside, but with air conditioning inside I did not really realize how hot it is.
First stop was one of the longest pedestrian bridges in Europe - Highline 179 in Reutte, Austria - built in 2014. I didn't know about its existence until 2 weeks ago, when a friend of my returning from the Europe trip posted some pictures of places he still wanted to go in Europe, one of them being this bridge in Reutte. So I jumped at the opportunity to see something new and interesting and included it into the journey.
The bridge hangs over the highway B179, which is why it is called Highline 179, and connects two local landmarks - leading from the firests where Fort Claudia is situated to to the ruins of the Ehrenberg Castle on the other side of the valley.
The bridge is 406 meters long and hangs 114.6 meters above the highway, it is supported by 4 cables 60 mm in diameter each and it is only secured and the ends, so it literally hangs in the air, rocking from the wind and visitors' steps, and you better not think about it while you walk. It can hold up to 500 people at the same time. We didn't test.
It's called Die Hängebrücke in German and is quite hard to find. We drove past it two times, stopping at gas stations for directions, I practiced my German, and understood about 20% of what was said to me :), so no surprise I only got it right from the 3d attempt.
The views from the bridge are beautiful:
You also have to walk up the hill for quite some time to reach either of the entrances.
The ticket office is open at Ehrenberg Castle until 4 PM, which allows you to buy tickets both for the bridge and the Castle, but we only wanted to see the bridge, so we used the automated ticket machine at the bridge working until 10PM. Adult ticket costs 8 EUR per person, which seems slightly too much for this kind of attraction. We later discovered, that if you are actually OK with cheating a bit, it's possible for 2 people to pass using one ticket easily and thus save some money.
With the sun setting fast we quickly descended back to the road and drove to our first hotel - Föhrenhof in Farchant, just north of Garmish-Partenkirchen. The hotel was amazingly nice and very Tyrolean. It's a pity we could not stay longer, we really enjoyed it.
Next day's plan was to conquer the top of Germany - Zugspitze.
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