The home of the cuckoo clock
admin April 6th, 2007
It isn’t exactly Bavaria, but rather about a region called Schwarzwald, that in German means “Black Forest”. It isn’t really a touristy area, and it isn’t nearly as pretty as Bavaria, but it’s no less fascinating because of this.
A city that is particularly interesting to visit is Triberg, the hometown of the cuckoo clock! While walking around the main street you will find many stores that specialize in the sale of this peculiar souvenir… there’s a really attractive one that has an enormous cuckoo clock as the sign outside of the store. (look at the photo above)
In the end I gave in and even I bought a cuckoo clock, in a small size though! In 2003 I spent around 110 euros for a small but beautiful one. If you have more money to spend there are some really huge ones that cost more than 1.000 euros!!
