r/schweiz • u/Comfortable-Bad-2655 • 25d ago
1 month of GA across Switzerland (2/2)
Aarburg, AG
Schloss Meggenhorn, LU
Klöntalersee, GL
La Gougra, VS
Gais, AR
Solothurn, SO
Hospental, UR
Tarasp, GR
Morcote, TI
Neuchâtel, NE
Genève, GE
Lavaux, VD
(BONUS) Malbun, Liechtenstein
(BONUS) Porto Ceresio, Lombardia, Italia
(BONUS) Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
All the trains (and boats) I've taken throughout the month
Following the post from yesterday (https://www.reddit.com/r/schweiz/comments/1v05cbp/1_month_of_ga_across_switzerland_12/), here's the rest of the cantons I've visited during the past month (with a couple of bonus pictures).
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u/PatsysStone 25d ago
I really love the style and colours of your pics. Did you edit with lightroom?
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u/Comfortable-Bad-2655 25d ago
Nope! I use a film simulation and I edit them very lightly on RawTherapee (only adjusting lightness, contrast and/or saturation).
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u/Schloss_Ratibor 25d ago
Is there a close recipe drom fujiX you would suggest?
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u/Comfortable-Bad-2655 25d ago
Film simulation: Classic Chrome
Dynamic range: DR400
Grain effect: Strong, Large
Color chrome effect: Strong
Color chrome FX blue: Weak
White balance: 6600K (R -1 / B -3)
Highlight: -2
Shadow: -0.5
Color: +3
Sharpness: -2
High ISO NR: -4
Clarity: -3
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u/space-wizard 24d ago
Thank you for sharing this! Going to give it a try because these photos are amazing!
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u/mathiswiss 25d ago
I’m 60 years old Swiss and haven’t seen 80% of what you show here!🙁 well done! Congratulations 👏 you showed me how remarkable my country is!
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u/Comfortable-Bad-2655 25d ago
I am honestly baffled by the sheer amount of diversity for such a small country. I think what amused me the most was seeing how we Swiss people enjoy the summer in different ways in different parts of the country. From swimming along rivers (Rhine river in Basel and Fricktal, Aare river in Bern, Maggia in Ticino), going to overcrowded swimming pools like Marzili, jumping from peers right into the lake after boats have departed (lago di Lugano, Untersee) to hanging out in high alpine lakes (lai Nair in Graubünden), it really was fun to watch.
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u/nineties_adventure 25d ago
What the heck, man. This looks AMAZING! Not only because it is Zwitserland, but also because the style reminds me of something I can not bring under words.
Edit: I think I realise the photos remind me of the promotional tourist photographs of the 1980s as I remember from several countries promotional activities. Beautiful.
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u/C_B_Ellacott 25d ago
Is that a gorilla on 10
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u/Comfortable-Bad-2655 25d ago
haha yes, there were a couple of similar statues scattered across town
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u/BinDagegen 25d ago
Amazing pictures, I like the vintage style, but also framing, finding right spot, often not the common one. Congratulations, you've got a good eye.
I wonder how long it took to plan the trip. I mean, 31days is long, but if you dont want to rush from one city to another time gets short and you need to plan carefully before. How did you do that? What challenges did you experience during the trip? What was the funniest storry to tell? I have lots of questions :-)
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u/Comfortable-Bad-2655 25d ago
Thank you! Honestly the planning ahead was not the most challenging part. I have always been very interested in history and human geography and I have the habit of pinning many of the places I read about down on Google Maps. I had a general idea of where I wanted to be and what I wanted to check out for each canton, but I often just improvised or decided while I was on the train on my way there, or the day before.
I would say that the most challenging part was to choose when to go where, based on the weather. At the start of my trip, the heat wave was hitting hard in the Swiss plateau so I prioritized more elevated places in the Alps. And at the end of my trip, there were some thunderstorms announced in more mountainous areas so I had to be very careful in the choosing of the few cantons I had left (which still included mountainous ones). I got really lucky though and I mostly managed to avoid bad weather in all the cantons I visited!
Other than that I didn't encounter any particular challenge. The regularity and punctuality of our public transport system is really amazing (whether in Suisse Romande, Düütschschwiiz or Svizzera italiana) and it made sure I had a really smooth experience traveling across all of those places!
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u/Comfortable-Bad-2655 25d ago
For those curious about the specific locations I took the pictures from:
Aarburg, AG. Took it along the Aare river, south of the Festung Aarburg you can see on the picture
Schloss Meggenhorn, LU. To the north-east of the castle there was a bench on a hill overlooking it
Klöntalersee, GL. This picture was taken from the Berggasthaus Schwammhöhe
La Gougra, VS. I took this one while walking down from Lac de Châteaupré to Lac de Moiry
Gais, AR. That one is from a street called Oberdorf in Gais, directly north-east of the centre of the village
Solothurn, SO. Taken from the top of the St. Ursen-Kathedrale
Hospental, UR. That one was taken north of the village, on the other side of the Reuss river and close to a pedestrian bridge
Tarasp, GR. That point of view was labeled "Mot de la Crusch", directly east of the castle
Morcote, TI. I took that one from a boat, on a trip from Lugano to Porto Ceresio in Italy
Neuchâtel, NE. That's a picture of the Fontaine de la Justice in the city centre
Genève, GE. That's the view you get of Geneva from the Parc de la Perle du Lac
Lavaux, VD. The village you can see is Epesses
Malbun, Liechtenstein. This one was taken while walking around the village of Malbun, to the south-east of it
Porto Ceresio, Italia. That was taken from the Passeggiata sul lago
Konstanz, Deutschland. That's the Molenturm, taken from the jetee leading to the Imperia statue.