These are some pictures I took while exploring Dornbirn with my roommate, Svaťa earlier this week. The river is frozen and there’s lots of snow everywhere. Click the thumbnails to see bigger pictures and descriptions.
A strange artwork statue outside some kind of art museum on Sebastianstrasse
This is the biggest church in Dornbirn and was designed by protestants for catholics. The tall tower on the right was there before the rest of the church was built and is visible from most parts of Dornbirn, as well as from the webcam.
Some grafitti on the street outside the street basketball “cage” in Dornbirn
A house in Dornbirn with some nice looking architecture
The heads of the people on this sign have been replaced with moustaches as a joke
The pillars on the biggest church in Dornbirn, as can be seen from the webcam
It looks like somebody went took the time to translate Puss in Boots to German, now available as der Gestiefelte Kater at the local Dornbirn cinema in 3D
A fancy looking balcony on a red house in Dornbirn
Another red house in Dornbirn
A red house in town in Dornbirn; apparently a lot of these red houses were painted red using ox blood
Shop here to instantly increase other people’s opinion of you! It’s probably just a repair shop though.
A crack along the riverbank with running water in it
A hole in the river’s ice through which you can see the running water underneath
A view along the frozen river in Dornbirn, taken from the river itself
The frozen river in Dornbirn from the river bank where you can walk on to it
The frozen river in Dornbirn from a bridge that passes over it
The beginnings of a sunset in the mountains over some snow-covered rooftops in Dornbirn taken from a short way up a hiking trail
Some antique sewing machines in the window of the repair shop
A very old steam engine in a glass case near Kolpinghaus in Dornbirn
A steeple, as seen from a short way up a hiking trail in Dornbirn
Traffic lights in Dornbirn include a symbol for cyclists in addition to the usual symbol for pedestrians
The webcam that views the town square is located above this old style building in the square; it’s some kind of museum
A close up of the webcam used to see the town square. I can see you seeing me!