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Advantages: Great for travelling, friendly, easy to get around, clean Disadvantages: Swiss German is impossible to understand unless you grew up with it!
of the in-jokes (don't be offended) and the colourful, surreal masks that turn it into another world. Although renowned as a reserved people, when it comes to celebration the Swiss let fly with a fury and dedication you will find surprising and charming (see photos #5 and #6).
If you can't make Fasnacht, especially with it being the busiest (and therefore dearest) time of year, the Autumn Fair at the end of October is another great event. For a fortnight various squares across the city are taken up with craft markets in traditional wooden stalls and a whole raft of fairground rides. One of my fondest memories is of a warm autumnal evening spent walking around Basel, jumping on rollercoasters and dodgems, and best of all the enormous ferris wheel set up at Münsterplatz by the cathedral - by day, a stunning panoramic of the corner in the Rhine ...
sonofsanta 09.11.2006 (10.11.2006)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Basel (Switzerland)
Advantages: Beautiful cathedral and friendly guides Disadvantages: None
On a recent short break to Ripon in North Yorkshire, and having a liking for cathedrals as I do, I took the time to visit Ripon Cathedral with my partner.
Located just five minutes walk from the market square area of Ripon town centre, the cathedral is very easy to reach. There is also a car park a couple of minutes walk from the cathedral.
Ripon Cathedral is unusual in that, in common with only one other Cathedral in the country, it also functions as a Parish Church.
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A LITTLE HISTORY
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The Cathedral building itself began in the 7th century when St Wilfrid built one of England's first stone churches on the site.
St Wilfrid was educated at Lindisfarne and then travelled to Rome in 652. On his return, he became abbot of a Benedictine monastery and built a church in Ripon. The crypt of the church is ...
JEFFJEN 14.12.2009 (19.12.2009)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Ripon Cathedral
Advantages: Interesting place of worship Disadvantages: Gets busy
The Arctic cathedral in Tromsø stood out amongst the smaller houses surrounding it and was visible long before we approached the bridge to cross over to the mainland. The unusual shape representing the shape of a Sami (the people who tend the reindeer) tent and the iciness of a glacier was built in 1965 on a site that was originally a bunker, being close to Russia they were prepared. The huge white walls form an A shape and there are windows at both ends of the building. The walls are 11 pieces of concrete covered with Aluminium, which represent the 11 apostles left after the betrayal of Christ. Between the wall sections is glass which lets light into the church, supplying much of the inside light in the church, especially during the midnight sun season.
With the mountain behind covered in trees it stood out well, but when the snow ...
