Golden Gate Bridge, Tower Bridge, Rialto Bridge? No, the best bridge in the wide world is of course the Hackerbrücke in Munich.
The Golden Gate Bridge can stay stolen from Munich – the swanky colossus only looks neat from a distance, it’s really badly suited to sitting on it. A break on Tower Bridge in London? You quickly end up in the Thames as soon as the streets fold up. The Rialto Bridge in Venice? Too crowded, too narrow, too many tourists. Then the Charles Bridge in Prague? Pretty, it may be, but it feels like a roaring bachelor party passes by every few minutes. No, no, the best bridge in the wide world is of course the Hacker Bridge. It’s more of an open-air theater than a thoroughfare, a crucible of welded iron, a throne for the masses. And despite its international prominence, it has remained a place without consumer pressure, where else can you find something like that today? Forged for centuries and at the same time a magnet for young people – young in the sense that you can still climb onto the cross members (not to mention from down) without being injured. If you manage to do this despite a beer after work, there is also the fantastic view of the sunset as a free spectacle. And if you want, you can also dream of going to San Francisco.