All posts by Florian Dirnberger

Mechanical engineer

High Tatras: Kriváň, Rysy, Štrbské pleso

Table of contents

Kriváň, October 1
Predné Solisko, October 2
Rysy, October 3
Skalnaté pleso, October 4

Conclusion

Western High Tatras

As opposed to my summer tours, I steered for the western parts of the High Tatras mountain range (not to be confused with the “Western Tatras” or “Západné Tatry”) this autumn .

The town of Štrbské Pleso, the final station of the meter-gauge railway Tatranské Elektrické … read more

Astronomical Clocks in Prague and Münster

1. Introduction

For plenty of reasons, Prague is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe, and if you had the pleasure to spend a few days in the capital of the Czech Republic (aka Czechia) for a sightseeing tour you would certainly visit the Old Town Square (Staroměstské náměstí) in the city center with its scores of splendid and centuries old buildings.

At the southwestern corner of the … read more

High Tatras: Východná Vysoká, Obrovský vodopád

Note

The following text is a follow-up of this blog-post.

High Tatras

I hiked in the central part of the High Tatras still and departed from the train station in Poprad-Tatry early in the morning by using the meter-gauge railway connection (Tatranské Elektrické Železnice, TEŽ).

Východná Vysoká, August 15

I set off at the green marked trailhead at the train station in Tatranská Polianka (1005 meters AMSL, i.e. Above … read more