Hopefully you had a few spare moments to catch up on my last post from a recent visit to Switzerland and getting the most out of limited time to see the city sites in a hour. Also on on my list of sites worth seeing is the train station public art. Switzerland is one of the most rail connected countries in Europe so it makes complete sense they’d make the train stations more than just basic. In this case graffiti art at the bike racks in the Zug train station.
Luv the vivid colors and the morphing of one art piece into another along the wall. The character art is really interesting too from the familiar to the abstract! I’m always amazed at spray can wielding artists who can make crazy good art from less than precise paint.
In case you’re wondering, yes there was a great plaque which I’m guessing explained the artwork -but of course it was in German. Next time I’ll have to be techno savvy and take a photo with Google goggles to see if it can work it’s magic to tell me what it is. The Zug train station also had a large light installation which appears at dusk.
The other thing you might notice is there are a ton of bikes – this was about a 50 foot long wall all with bike racks and nearly full. This goes along with my luv of all things related to public transportation art by train or bus. So many people bike in Swizerland that it makes the US West Coast biking capitals (Seattle, WA; Portland, OR; San Francisco, CA) look a little lite on pedal power. I’d be perfectly ok with biking to a train station, have a little R&R on the train going to and from work and take in a bit of art, instead of battling the freeway jungle.
Enjoy your next trip by bike and catch a bit of art!
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