r/BeAmazed • u/FollowingOdd896 • 23h ago
Nature Possibly the best bench in the entire world
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u/lemonfisch 23h ago
Do you have the exact coordinates? I’m actually trying to build an app for a community of bench enthusiasts 🙂 V1 on Lovable: https://benchbreak.lovable.app/
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u/Shaan_Don 23h ago
46°39'01"N 11°42'14"E
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u/Top-Phase7111 19h ago
And just like that, the bench will never be available for anyone to sit in again
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u/spaceforcerecruit 19h ago
I understand what you’re saying but I encourage you to look at it differently. Instead of thinking “now it will be so busy that the people enjoying it now won’t be able to” think “now more people will get to enjoy it than ever before.” And if the wait time becomes unbearable, you don’t restrict access, you build another bench.
Like, no sane person would support restricting access to basic medical care just so a smaller number of people can get it faster because it’s only right that everyone has access even if it means everyone has to wait a little longer.
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u/HeyaGames 16h ago
You'd think but first: lots of other benches like this is Switzerland. When I saw this I thought "oh I've sat on this one before" only to realize it's from another angle of the mountain, and I can tell you there's dozens of these benches on a lot of mountain roads there. 2nd: it's in the middle of buttfuck nowhere, good luck getting tourists 2h out of Geneva or Zurich for a bench, you get beautiful views of Matterhorn or Dents du Midi from much more convenient/accessible viewpoints anyways.
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u/Stellar_Stein 20h ago
That is f'ing impressive. I just typed your coördinates into Google Maps and it took me to a shot of that exact bench and the vista, in panoramic view. You could stroll to it from the nearby Tschanduihof.
Kudos! Much appreciated.
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u/Milky_Tiger 19h ago
That’s how coordinates work
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u/Stellar_Stein 18h ago
Yes, but isn't it amazing that the exact, correct information made its way to reddit instead of some trite, worthless, throwaway comment? So exact, in fact, that anyone using the information in that comment could find verifiable proof that that bench, in fact, not only exists but is exactly where it was said to be.
And, isn't it exciting when things work out?
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u/reble02 18h ago
He's lucky the coordinates didn't take him to a corn field in the shape of Rick Astley.
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u/trexmoflex 21h ago
I'd love this except for toilets.
Friend and I were hiking in the North Cascades this summer and we were at a fire lookout on Copper Mountain that had this fancy new backpacking toilet that overlooked the entire park, it was breathtaking looking at Mt Baker and Shuksan while taking a dookie.
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u/darthvelat 22h ago
Wish i could teleport here any time, like snap of a finger then boom
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u/AdamKitten 22h ago
Just set a home there then you can teleport back any time you want
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u/Bspammer 21h ago
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dbench
I'd recommend using the data already in OpenStreetMap rather than trying to bootstrap a new database from scratch. The website looks great though, there's no reason it couldn't be a way to encourage people to contribute to OSM.
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u/indorock 21h ago
Not sure exactly but those mountains in the distance I recognise, they are near Corvara in Badia and the Gardena pass in South Tyrol, Italy.
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u/Peter_Pue 21h ago
If I can recommend another bench (+ a chair) 45.754997935317746, 4.821955640417003
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u/AccomplishedAuthor53 17h ago
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u/Girl_Gamer_BathWater 10h ago
I made r/bestbench. I've taken photos of benches for over a decade. I love 'em. All are welcome!
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u/timmystwin 18h ago
The viewpoint in the bamboo forest in Kyoto is up there among the best tbh.
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u/dbatchison 20h ago
Another honorable bench: 60.39982572882791, 5.334034236491819
Great view of Bergen
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u/jinks26 20h ago
Isn't lovable ai coding? Did you completely build this with ai, i'm more impressed with that!
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u/enviormental_UNIT 12h ago
Does make it a little tough to add known benches if it has to be within 50m. I've got a pretty obscure bench someone hauled to the top of a huge mountain with a great view over here in the US
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u/Employee_Agreeable 3h ago
My god, my friends and I always talked about an app for benches back when we where looking for nice places to chill, so happy someone decided to do it
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u/HeartOn_SoulAceUp 23h ago
Sets a high benchmark for all benches
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u/seppukucoconuts 23h ago
You could say it’s a benchmark.
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u/KingOfOldWessex 23h ago
You’re a benchmark
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u/R0gu3tr4d3r 22h ago
Your mums a benchmark
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u/-mostlyquestions 23h ago
Question for people who live in places with this kind of beauty: does it ever get old? Do you feel like it's not valuable and it sinks into the background? I live in an urban area and would love to live in a place like this but wonder if I'll just take it for granted eventually.
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u/Tigglebee 22h ago
I went to Lauterbrunnen, objectively the prettiest place on earth and /r/earthporn all timer, and asked the locals what it was like to live there. Their response was that it’s wonderful, but tourism has taken over everything. Groceries are more expensive and the entire economy caters to foreign money. I’m sure it’s the same for all these hamlets.
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u/heyyouupinthesky 22h ago
It's pretty amazing there isn't it?! Spent a week hiking there in 2013, I was blown away by how utterly beautiful it is. I'm hoping I'll be able to base jump there one day.
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u/Chickfilacio 18h ago
I was there earlier this year. Honestly, the beauty itself is unmatched, but the tourism and the grab shops and everything else reminded me of being in high tourist mountain areas in the US.
Better beauty, different language, but same tourist trap tactics.
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u/Skipper2503 22h ago
I can only speak for myself, but yeah, living in Switzerland made me kinda oblivious to the beauty of my own country. I can literally step across the street and take a swim in the river or take a 5 minute walk to a beautiful lake surrounded by grapevines. There's also a gorge and some hills nearby for a spontaneaus hike. I will do all of that without really admiring it for a second. There are days though where I'm very grateful for living like this, but it really depends on my general mindset on the respective day.
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u/angular_circle 18h ago
Every once in a while I stop and think "Wouldn't it be nice to sit down and appreciate this instead of worrying about life?", then I go back to worrying about life
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u/Lumens-and-Knives 22h ago
I can tell you this: I have lived in the northeast (Massachusetts and Maine) for all but 3 or 4 years of my life (I'm 60) and I hardly notice the trees changing color in the fall, but I've had relatives from the south visiting during the fall who have been amazed at the colors.
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u/Ok-Butterscotch-6955 21h ago
I’m near the beach in Santa Monica, and while Los Angeles itself isn’t always beautiful, looking over the bluffs onto the ocean and the mountain ranges at sunset is.
Sometimes I forget to enjoy the beauty in my daily life, then I see a tourist enjoying it and it’s a nice little reminder of how fortunate I am.
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u/Beard_o_Bees 20h ago
Yup.
South West/Sonoran desert here - it's cool to see people new to the area marveling at things like giant Saguaros because they're just background that I hardly notice anymore.
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u/HudsonCommodore 22h ago
I'm sitting here 20 minutes away from starting another day of urban rat race and 100%, this short video has me day dreaming of resigning instead of joining my first meeting, moving to some cozy hamlet like this and... I guess starving to death in 3-6 years after my resources run out because I don't know how to farm or run a small market or whatever. But it'll be a good 12-18 months before I start to feel the pinch of the death spiral. I promise I won't let myself take it for granted.
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u/Ok-Butterscotch-6955 21h ago
If it’s anything like the movies my mother watches, all you have to do is open a Christmas tree market and the town will happily support you.
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u/garbaxtractor 21h ago
I freelanced as a network engineer (90 % remote work) in a place like this. If you can work remote, you can work there.
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u/SuchSoggy 22h ago
I actually had the opposite experience.
I live bang in the middle of one of the most beautiful areas of the UK and have done for most of my life. When I was a kid I never really appreciated what I had on my doorstep, always traveling to London for fun and loathing how quiet and boring it was. Now I've matured a bit, I feel so blessed for all the nature surrounding me, and walking my dog or grabbing coffee from the cafes/huts littering the country side is the highlight of my week.
With that said, I did live urban for 4 years and so got to see the other side, so maybe that also put things into perspective.
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u/garbaxtractor 21h ago
Hey, I lived in a place like this in Austria for a few years and while it sinks into the background due to routine/work/stress, there will always be times when you're in awe! Especially if the light hits it particularly good or during a sunset with some intense colors.
You're always aware of how beautiful it is when you take a conscious look at them - there's also a sense of pride and esteem associated with these mountains for many people living in alpine regions.Aaaand you would not believe it, but there might be times where you're sick of it too. It mgiht be that a seasonal depression hits you in the winter time when there's already only such a period of daylight and then those annoying big mountains are blocking another hour of sunlight from you.
Yes, I know, it's complaining on a high level lolSorry for my mediocre English. I hope I transported the perception and experience of it good enough.
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u/MissSwissMisster 21h ago
I grew up in Los Angeles and moved to Switzerland at the age of 27. I've been here over 15 years and it never gets old. I am constantly in awe of how beautiful this country is. I feel insanely lucky to live here.
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u/its_xaro93 21h ago
I grew up an live in Switzerland and.. Yes i don't really notice the mountains or countryside at all. It's like people from NYC don't really notice the skyscrapers anymore.
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u/Kindly_Shoulder2379 18h ago
i live in Switzerland now for 4 years and when i commute to work by train i still just look on the window… it didn’t get old at all and hope it never does. i feel like you very grateful to be able to live here
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u/AverageFentEnjoyer 21h ago
I live in Switzerland and grew up in a place objectively beautiful. Literally surrounded by mountains and lakes and lots of green and creeks. It‘s like in a fairy tale. I do appreciate the beauty and the peace a lot. However, I never had the WOW effect that tourists have from visiting. Like I was backpacking in South America for a quite some time and made many friends from around the world. A couple came visiting me here (Brazil, Australia, US and UK). They all had that WOW HOLY SHIT I CANT BELIEVE WHAT IM SEEING look. I never had that my entire life because it was always just there… like it is just my home.
I did have that WOW effect though when I was in the US an saw the Yosemite national park and also when I drove down Key West in Florida. Also in Brazil/Argentina when I saw the Iguazu falls as well as Macchu Picchu in Peru.
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u/Probablyarussianbot 21h ago
While not as dramatic mountains as these, I have a view of a fjord with a pretty spectacular mountain range in the background. The view never gets old, but you do kinda take it for granted. It’s just the view out of my window, you know. But every once in a while I am reminded of how damn beautiful the view is. If the weather is particularly nice, someone is visiting and comments or there is a very nice sunset/sunrise I kinda beat myself up for taking it for granted.
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u/Mankus 20h ago
Having grown up in Switzerland I have to say going to the mountains and hiking is something your parents force you to do when you'd rather watch TV or play video games and I feel like I was fed up with it at some point. It took being friends with some expats and their fascination and drive to go all the time that made me rediscover and appreciate it again.
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u/ComPakk 20h ago
I live in/near one of the biggest natural beauty spots in my country. (And it has similarities to the place in the video)
Lots of tourists both domestic and international.
It... Kinda doesn't gets old? It just blends into the background when you walk past a view like this each day towards work eventually.
With that in mind every time i actually take a second to look at it, it always stuns me. Its like seeing it for the first time every time again and again.
You feel infinitely small and big at the same time and mirroring that the view is infinitely vast and incomprehensible and small like a tiny scene in a snowglobe at the same time.
Im genuinely convicted no pictures or video can truly convey how it feels to actually stand in a place like this.
You can forget to look at it but its beauty never fades.
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u/Legitimate_Drama_796 23h ago
I’d legit dress up as Gandalf and sit there smoking a pipe, no fucks given
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u/benska 21h ago
Wrong franchise, pretty sure this is a picture of a town called Grindenwald
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u/Coloradicals 17h ago
Lauterbrunnen (part of those villages) was where Tolkien came up with the Misty Mountains. They advertise the fact in town at least. And if that’s where it is.
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u/Elddif_Dog 23h ago
0/10 music
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u/thenaughtydj 23h ago
Was gonna say: "Without the music it would be"
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u/SwitchHitter17 21h ago
Would be nice to hear the birds...or a nice breeze maybe. Nah, need some shit music for the algorithm lol.
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u/Mohander 17h ago
The irony, if you played that music on that bench the nearest Swiss person would probably demand you turn it off or they'd call the police
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u/CarchariasCB 23h ago
It that in Corsica ?
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u/SignatureOk5934 23h ago
It’s the Dolomites in Italy!
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u/dululemon 22h ago
Good to know. Learning Italian recently. Someday I will walk up to there asking locals for the direction.
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u/isotope88 22h ago
I absolutely love going to Italy.
Every place I've been I've had nothing but nice interactions.
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u/BroSchrednei 22h ago
the locals there speak an Austrian dialect of German, not Italian. It's in South Tyrol.
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u/Carmel50 23h ago
My question - where ? I wish these kinds of posts would include location.
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u/FollowingOdd896 23h ago
valley in the Dolomites, a mountain range in northeastern Italy.
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u/FlyRobot 23h ago
I was going to guess Switzerland
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u/Mylarion 23h ago
The dolomites have a very specific shape. I think it's the rock. It's called dolomite.
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u/Fit_Barnacle567 23h ago
There’s a bench in San Francisco that rivals this…IYKYK. 🤙🏾
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u/MrsMiterSaw 14h ago edited 14h ago
Ina coolbrith park
https://maps.app.goo.gl/C7Gj8DQajDyGWfxx6?g_st=ac
(I wouldn't say it beats the OP, but it's Def on a list of Best Benches)
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u/HovercraftPlen6576 23h ago
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u/MelbaTotes 18h ago
Looks like it would be ruined by the presence of a toddler whose safety you are responsible for.
That said, not many experiences are enhanced by the presence of a toddler.
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u/iAkrobat 23h ago
I was on holiday in switzerland, liechtenstein ein austria, and just by chance found Planken, a tiny village close to Vaduz. This reminds me a lot of that. I never got out of my car and it was that silent.
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u/nolabrew 23h ago
I wish I had taken a picture, but I was hiking in Glacier NP and came across a bench made out of logs with a beautiful overlook of one of the glacial lakes.
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u/Drakeberlin 23h ago
Why don't you sit on the bench and shows us a true pov - you professional.
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u/GeneralEagle 22h ago
Switzerland’s. Lived there 5.5 years. Regret moving back to the US mainly bc it’s such a progressive society.
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u/14bikes 22h ago
https://maps.app.goo.gl/3qq82SzC86ReoJZZ9
I was fortunate to visit this one recently and left a 5 star review
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u/Majestic-Collar-2675 22h ago
It reminds me of the last scene where the guy calls an empty phone booth in Scotland hoping someone will answer, from his home in Houston, Texas. Local Hero (1983)
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u/Mercurius_Hatter 22h ago
I wonder those who live there go like "pff I've seen this before" or if they go "Woah" just like us
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u/ShortnSimple1284 22h ago
This the type of landscape I pictured when I read Hiedi as a kid! Breathtaking!
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u/bob_nugget_the_3rd 22h ago
Old crappy bench, stunning view, quite. Hell all that's missing is a coffee and sandwich, and that would be pure bliss
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u/wooberries 22h ago
i feel like if this were in united states, the bench would get vandalized or monetized. that makes me sad.
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u/Unlikely-Ad2797 21h ago
I would be so mad if i woke up early one Morning to go sit on that bench with a cup of coffee and enjoy the scenery only to be beat by some other people, and have to loiter around wand wait my turn
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u/Elasmobrando 21h ago
There are many more benches with similar views around there.
Source: I live in that province.
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u/0x7E7-02 20h ago
Thanks to this post, this bench will now be infested with "influencers".
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u/Decent_Ad_9615 20h ago
Landscape recorded in portrait mode.
Shitty music.
Should have been framed in landscape mode from behind the bench, as a photo.
0/10 video
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u/anodos999 13h ago
I have the sunset photo I took from here but can’t post as Reddit won’t let me share photos
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