Liechtenstein - part 3 - Balzers

Part 1 - A State in the Third Millennium
Part 2 - Vaduz
Part 3 - Balzers
Part 4 - Triesenberg
Part 5 - Malbun
Part 6 - Eschen
Part 7 - Schellenberg

Balzers is located in the southern part of Liechtenstein and looks like a diversified town. We see a cinema, office buildings and agriculture. The town is somewhat more alive than Vaduz and we see mothers with children on some of the playgrounds. We see a skateboarding ramp but no people on it and a graffiti on a wall (pure chaos!). Again the houses are beautiful and well-kept but the feeling of wealth is not as strong as in Vaduz.

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Orderly fields and vineyards fill the landscape and in one particular yard there is a pumpkin field. It is obvious that in the smaller yards they take care of the garden as a hobby. There are grass fields which look like they are used for pastures. A small spring passes through the town and it too looks well-maintained. On the hill above the town is the Gutenberg Castle. The hill is covered with terraced vineyards.

balzers2.jpg Even the trees are planted in orderly rows

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balzers4.jpg The omnipresent vineyards

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balzers7.jpg Just houses where normal people live

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In the next part we're visiting Trisenberg.

Traveling & Tourism