day 4 – gruyeres and morat comes a little later than the rest of the posts in the same series. but that’s the life of an amateur blogger: my day job always has priority!
when i was planning the trip to switzerland, i made a list of things i wanted to do. and then, i also had a list of things i really wanted to do. and going to gruyeres to see the giger museum and the giger bar was on top of that list!
we organized a day trip and we arrived in gruyeres at noon, on a beautiful saturday. this medieval town is best known around the world because of its flavoursome cheese.
the scenery is beautiful and the little town picturesque and welcoming.
but i had come with one goal so i went straight to my destination. i found the museum right across the street from the small but out-of-this-world giger bar. we went in for a drink but, more importantly, to find all the cool details and take pictures of them. the unbelievable well-fused organic and mechanic elements of gigerland are present all around you: nothing was left to chance. click here for more details regarding some of the pieces of furniture.
this is a birth machine baby, probably in bronze. across the street, you can see the window of the bar.
these are unvelievable harkonnen chairs. i couldn’t find a place for them in my apartment, but i can see them in some bad ass mansion made of steel and glass. there are several models and the price ranges from 15,000 to 50,000 usd. my favourites are the harkonnen capo chairs (not featured here), with the triple skull and the trademark organic motifs. sigh…
the arching spines are definitory for the bar.
i really liked this booth. i admit that giger is an acquired taste but, once you’ll find it in your heart to accept his world, you will be blown away. the wall of dead babies is a reference to the landscape XVIII painting.
how do you like the intricate floor? these cast tiles are themselves works of art.
a similar bar is located in chur, giger’s birth place. and there used to be a giger bar in minato, tokyo. but it fell into the hands of the yakuza and was closed sometime later.
after a while, i realized i had to leave and let others enjoy the place as well. so i crossed the street to see the museum.
this little guy is a bambi alien. how cute is that?
i’m pretty sure you know this person. maybe from the film, or maybe from a personal nightmare. lol!
i love it how imperfect and rough it looks. and how the lack of eyes makes it impersonal and scarier.
a table made of six crucified jesuses, anyone?
this is the harkonnen table with the chairs. wow! check out its details and perfect finishing.
this is a miniature harkonnen table and chairs, in the gift shop area.
this is either a copy or actually one of the mike stands commissioned by korn. wow!
this was it: 12,5 euros worth of fun!
in front of the museum, some tourist girls found the best solution to cool off.
you can call this a late lunch or an early dinner: vegetable rosti covered with a generous layer of gruyere, of course.
we said goodbye to the beautiful mountains and set off.
by golden hour, we had arrived in morat, on the shore of lake morat. we only stayed for one hour or so but it was well worth it.
i even made a local friend!
please don’t lose patience: the rest of the swiss posts are coming!
photo credits: little aesthete
1 comment
greg says:
Feb 19, 2016
hey there what time of year did you go? you can e-mail me back if it’s not too much trouble, I am planning a trip and have questions that you may be able to help with, thank you
Greg