Hi Mummy,
today we walked along the Korkenziehertrasse (corkscrew route), which is also a former railway track. We started at the former central station of Solingen, only the depots remained there.
This route is called "Korkenzieher" because its course, meandering through the city, reminds of a corkscrew.
We started at "Standort Bahnhofstraße" and walked to Gräfrath.
Here you can also find some artwork, these scissors for example. In Solingen cutlery, utility knifes, scissors and swords are produced for centuries. So this sculpture is a great mixture of a local symbol and the one for the Korkenziehertrasse.
You can also find graffiti along the route. Some are good, some are not. I liked this one, because it's a bunny!
Some chicken escaped from a nearby estate.
One of some tunnels ...
The botanical garden of Solingen is situated close-by the route. Of course we made a short detour to visit the botanical garden.
Here is a sun dial.
Here we found fantastic animal sculptures, made of metal, for example ants, a giant butterfly, a reading raven and more.
This butterfly is so big that you almost cannot find us sitting by its leg.
Here is the reading raven
Do you know that there are existing public bookcases? Here is the only one that Katja has ever seen. You can take any book out of it to take it home, bring it back or keep it. Katja even found a novel written by Michael Crighton here, which she took with her. Next time when she will come here she will put another book into this bookcase.
We learned a lot about insects here. They have "hotels" for many kinds of bees and other insects here.
Back on the Korkenziehertrasse ...
This tunnel does not look inspiring confidence, it looks like an entrance to the sewage system.
Suddenly the city disappeared and there was this rural area.
... back into civilisation ...
We left the route here. This is Museum Baden, a museum of art.
We than took a walk in the district Gräfrath.