Munich, Germany: Hour 11 of 24skate #16

Dear skaters and friends around the world,

Hour 11 was a short night skate for me. After the Champions League final which we watched at a friend's, I put my fitness skates on and accompanied my wife back home. She helped me go down slowly and safely one of Munich's steepest public streets.



The rest of the hour I tried to go a route which gave me the opportunity to show you some of Munich's nightly landmarks. What looks like a rocket launch site ...



...is in fact something much more environmentally friendly: A drilling site for geothermal energy. Some time ago kilometers of sensing cables were laid out all over Munich and special trucks acted a giant vibrators. With a kind of vibration echo analysis it was found out that below Munich large reservoirs of hot water are present and can be used to "fuel" the the long distance heating system of Munich. The drilling site was located here because this is very close to one of Munich's largest heat and power station. This will make a coupling to the existing long distance heating system easier.

Let's skate a few hundred meters further:



This is a discarded ship on a discarded rail bridge, converted into a beer garden, restaurant, bar and music club. The ship once was a tourist boat on nearby lake Ammersee (ca. 40 km from Munich). It was taken out of service a few years ago and after long discussions with the town authorities, it was placed on a bridge which formerly brought wagons to Munich's superstore for fruit, vegetable and flowers. The wagons were replaced by trucks, so the rail - and the rail bridge - were not used anymore. This made it possible to turn a crazy idea into reality.



From there I intended to go until the Deutsches Museum - tourist attraction number 2 or 3 in Munich. But time has ticked more then I had estimated, so I turned around three bridges before it and returned home to prepare for my next hour. There is no better preparation for an important event than a good long sleep...


Best regards
Clemens


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