From Switzerland - the country that brought you Toblerone

[Jeff Crawley]

The residents of Zermatt in Switzerland have been sending out messages of solidarity with a world struggling with C-19 by projecting images onto the Matterhorn. If you've ever been there you'll appreciate how amazing this must be in real life but, as a taster:



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Matterhorn

 

[Pelegrin]

Bien por Suiza !!

 

[VNwalking]

How? That's astonishing.

 

[Mike Blackard]

How cool is that ! ? ! ?
I remember years ago in Madrid they had a light show, like a fountain of lights on some of the downtown buildings. I think they may have had music also. But to light up the Matterhorn!! ?? How do you even do this?

 

[Kathar1na]

But to light up the Matterhorn!! ?? How do you even do this?

I must admit that I am in two minds about this. The mountains should be sacrosanct (to the extent that it is still possible these days). It seems that they simply beam up the image from a mountain hut/station. Here is a screenshot from one of the Zermatt webcams of this evening (Monday 13 April 21:38 local time):

 

[Kathar1na]

And here's what the scene looks like in the morning at 9:30. Needless to say that the town of Zermatt lives from tourism and suffers enormous economic damage and economic loss right now.

 

[jungleboy]

On a somewhat related note re: 'the country that brought you Toblerone', near Nyon in French-speaking Switzerland, there is a WWII-era anti-tank defensive wall where the defences look like Toblerones. You can even walk past them on the Sentier des Toblerones (Toblerone Trail).

 

[Yankeebelle]

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[Deleted member 67185]

That is too cool Plus I love Toblerone. And the Alps.

I do not like some of the Swiss goats, though; I had a bad experience being chased by one during a dayhike near Grindlewald in the '70s, as I was crossing a field. I'm still holding a grudge

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

That is too cool Plus I love Toblerone. And the Alps.

I do not like some of the Swiss goats, though; I had a bad experience being chased by one during a dayhike near Grindlewald in the '70s, as I was crossing a field. I'm still holding a grudge

Don't hold a grudge; hold a cudgel.