Point on map
There are countless number of places worth visiting. And it is difficult to decide which point you should visit next time. Some spots are far away and it feels precious just to be there, although sometimes the aftertaste tells you it wasn’t truly worth it. Which is wrong.
With the small city of Wuppertal near Düsseldorf that cannot be the case at all. Especially if you have same feelings to any kind of public transport as I do. You can’t get away from what makes this city unique and famous throughout the world.
The city’s main artery is a unique suspended monorail system called Schwebebahn. It looks like something that must be a touristic attraction with no practical purpose justified by the system being called inefficient or poorly designed and so there is only one train per hour and the system is close to be gone for good, but no. The only Schwebebahn in the world is a public transport here.
Getting around
Even for me it would be strange to spend a whole day on these trains. I mean, of course it was a significant part of a day, but not the only one.
Since it was Sunday, everything a step from the center was mostly closed. And the streets were quiet with a few people milling around.
After going around some small streets it was time to come back to the main character of this walk.
Seeing that the monorail goes above river for a long time, I felt like the color choice for the train wasn’t made by guessing. And the way city loves the system is cute. You can see Schwebebahn graffiti from the Schwebebahn.
One our last stop for riding on this magnificent system for this day, I’ve tried to use one of the more unusual film simulations on the camera that has a distinct effect which makes images look dramatic and more grey. Liked how it worked here with almost cyberpunk-looking station.
And back to normal. This time I tried another custom recipe that helped bring more light to images, because conditions Schwebebahn makes by obstructing street’s upper space are difficult. I was always dealing with too dark shadows and everything else being too bright.
And then it was a time to go home. Sunny street to the main station, a couple of last rail catches and then a warm train that brings us back to Düsseldorf in just 20 minutes.
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