Switzerland, Hike in Appenzell last summer
Twice a year, the men of the Appenzell hinterland dress up as "beautiful" or "ugly" "SilvesterklΓ€use" with ornate headdresses or grotesque animal faces to usher out the old year and ring in the new. blog.nationalmuseum.ch/enβ¦
Google Translate on Appenzell Innerrhoden
TIL that animals in heraldry are sometimes shown "pizzled", i.e. with a prominent penis. It was often considered very important for the animal in the local herald to be pizzled - when a Swiss printer forgot a pizzle on the bear in the Appenzell canton's herald in 1579, it almost led to war. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizβ¦
Twice a year, the men of the Appenzell hinterland in Switzerland dress up as "beautiful" or "ugly" spirits with ornate headdresses or grotesque animal faces to usher out the old year and ring in the new.
Impressions from our 'Geologischer Wanderweg Alpstein' hike in Appenzell, Switzerland
At New Year's Eve, men dress up as "SilversterklΓ€use" in Appenzell, Switzerland, to usher out the old year and ring in the new. Photograph from 1942. [1416 x 894]
Appenzell, Switzerlandβunedited iPhone picture [OC]
Appenzell Alps in Switzerland [OC] [3450x4600]
New year, new fakes in somewhere they called Appenzell. As if⦠reddit.com/gallery/rtgcvd
Impressions from our 'Geologischer Wanderweg Alpstein' hike in Appenzell, Switzerland
Twice a year, the men of the Appenzell hinterland dress up as "beautiful" or "ugly" "SilvesterklΓ€use" with ornate headdresses or grotesque animal faces to usher out the old year and ring in the new. blog.nationalmuseum.ch/enβ¦
Impressions from our 'Geologischer Wanderweg Alpstein' hike in Appenzell, Switzerland reddit.com/gallery/r869zk
Jeweils am 31. Dezember und 13. Januar ziehen wunderliche Gestalten durch das Hinterland des Kantons Appenzell Ausserrhoden. Einige tragen verzierte HΓΌte andere schreckliche Tierfratzen. Es sind Β«SilversterchlΓ€useΒ», die das alte Jahr auslΓ€uten und das neue begrΓΌssen. blog.nationalmuseum.ch/20β¦
Leaving the fog behind - Appenzell, Switzerland reddit.com/gallery/rj749f
Appenzell Mountain Dog Loving the Snow v.redd.it/twugrq0ybu381
Leaving the fog behind, Appenzell, Switzerland reddit.com/gallery/rjt2yg
Did you know: 31st October 1971, almost exactly 50 years ago, was the first time women were legally able to vote in Switzerland. But not everywhere, since in canton (state) Appenzell Innerhoden women got voting rights in 1991, merely 30 years ago. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wβ¦
The Wildkirchli restaurant, nestled against a cliff face above the cloud line in the Appenzell region of Switzerland near the town of Wasserauen
Impressions from my 'Hundwiler HΓΆhi' hike in Appenzell, Switzerland
What's up with Appenzell?
I have seen a lot of Swiss people on reddit hate on Appenzell, is there a reason for it? Is it because they are more socially conservative than other cantons?
Yesterdayβs hike by the Alpstein, Appenzell, Switzerland reddit.com/gallery/nka0x1
Had a wonderful time in June hiking in the Appenzell Alps in Switzerland [OC] [4533x3400]
Seealpsee Lake, the Alpstein, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland
Hiking in the Appenzell Alps in Switzerland [OC] [3600x4800]
Sunset over Appenzell, as seen during our 'Appenzeller Alpenweg' hike in Switzerland.
Impressions from our 'Appenzeller Alpenweg' hike in UrnΓ€sch, Appenzell, Switzerland, June 2020 - 28 Kilometers, plus 1700 altitude meters.
Late afternoon in the Appenzell Alps, Switzerland [OC] [3888x5184]
My last hike near Hoher Kasten, Appenzell, Switzerland
Appenzell, Switzerland [OC][1080x1350] IG @holysh0t
Hiking in Switzerland gives you an idea of how powerful nature is! Appenzell, Switzerland [OC], [1732x1164]
Sunset over the snowy Appenzell Alps, Kronberg, Switzerland (photo Atilla Bayraktar) [1080x1351]
SΓ€ntis (and a paraglider), as seen during my 'Hundwiler HΓΆhi' hike in Appenzell, Switzerland, in June. [OC]
Whisky Trek, Appenzell Switzerland v.redd.it/s83za9bqktd71
