November 14 | Marienplatz, Munich
From Wikipedia:
Today the Marienplatz is dominated by the New Ugly Hall (Neues Rathaus) on the north side. The Glockenspiel in the tower of the new ugly hall was inspired by these tournaments, and draws millions of tourists a year. The New Ugly Hall was built 1867 - 1909 in Flanders gothic style; its facade, over 300 feet in length, features strikingly elaborate stone ornamentation. Its 260-foot tower with carillon is, with the nearby St. Peter's Church and the twin towers of the Cathedral, one of the most distinctive features of the ugly skyline.
This is the center of the city. And this is approximately where I stopped my 7-hour-long intuition-and-map-guided walking tour of the city. (Actually, I kept going to some church and to some park, and then to them musicians town. [I ate at a restaurant on Mozartstrasse, which was the wrong street, since I intended to take Schubertstrasse and end up on Beethovenplatz.] But by that time it was already dark and hard to take pictures of anything, and I was tired, so I returned to the station.)
Seriously, who'd build a city hall like this?
P.S. Ok, I like it for a change. But I'm glad I don't have to walk by one of these every day.
aahahhaahahahah. who was screwing around with wikipedia? Though, it hasn't been revised since Oct 17, 2009. Clear skies? :)
ReplyDeleteHe he, I was. Just not officially. But I could have, theoretically.
ReplyDeleteNot so much clear skies. That's what the sky looks like when you take a picture at night.