Switzerland is beautiful.
Swiss From the sky, from a bird's eye view, it looks like an immense green blanket where the houses, the people, the churches and the trains look like toys, but they are so beautiful that it is not even worth touching them. Just by looking at them one is already happy.
The water of a waterfall, a car winding through the curves of a mountain road or a tractor...everything looks like a model or a scalextric with life in Bern, Graübuden, Lucern, Uri, Schwyz and Zurich.
The author of ** this funny version of Switzerland ** is the young filmmaker, ** Pirmin Henseler **, who, admired by his native country, decided to portray it.
“It's where I grew up. It took me a long time to realize that I have one of the most beautiful places right in my backyard. So I decided rediscover Switzerland and make a film to inspire others and show the beauty of the places that surround me”, he explains to Traveler.es.
He decided that the most entertaining way to publicize these places was to show them in miniature, so for eight days in a row, some 180 hours in three weeks , he recorded them.
“Many locations where I filmed are around the lake lucerne . On the one hand, it is beautiful, and on the other, it is a place where many things happen: boats sailing, fishermen, cars going up and down steep roads… ”, he adds.
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The video also reaches Graübuden , where one of the best Graubünden journeys passes, the Bernina Express , the railway UNESCO World Heritage.
Another of the curiosities that you will see is schwingen, Swiss wrestling or alpine wrestling, the Swiss national sport. "I wanted to portray this because it's so much fun to see in miniature and it's very characteristic of Swiss culture. This tournament was in the Mount Rigi on Lake Lucerne ", tells Traveler.es Pirmin.
You can point out the towns of Airolo, Andermath and the Tremola , the legendary longest stretch of road in Switzerland , 300 meters high, whose curves bend over four kilometers.
addition to the mountain Brienzer Rothorn 2,350 meters above sea level . You'll get to the top via a rack railway and Switzerland's only daily steam railway. One of the reasons why Pirmin decided to shoot this video.
Switzerland In Miniature | 4K from Pirmin Henseler on Vimeo .