Thursday, 7 November 2024

On High

 See It On A Postcard's Thursday Postcard Hunt is heading high for urban aerial views

Rheinau, Switzerland (1996)

On the bend of the Rhine River (which forms the Swiss-German border) is the small municipality of Rheinau most of which is forest (54.8%) or agricultural land (26.8%) but here is its perfectly placed village. Rheinau Abbey can be seen on an island, top right. One of Switzerland's many bright yellow postbuses runs a connection from Rheinau to the Marthalen railway station.
2014: Liechtenstein/Singapore Joint Issue - Modern Art
In contrast here are the bright lights of Singapore.  The stamp features a painting by Yens W Beyricht who creates inter-woven symmetries which he calls Hypersymmetrics. One of his themes is the City State.

4 comments:

violet s said...

That is quite the contrast! Rheinau looks to be perfectly placed with a bit of everything (sans skyscrapers)

Lisa said...

Such a lovely calming one of Rheinau, then on to something quite hectic! But, as I've commented elsewhere, cities always look prettiest at night.

marina said...

The Switzerland image is so bucolic and peaceful

Mail Adventures said...

Very different places, indeed. Switzerland sometimes seems like a fairy tale landscape to me!