Zürich Hauptbahnhof Euro 2008 soccer player statues (AKA "The Butts")
In Zürich, one of the most impressive things Heather and I saw (and thanks to Jen for making us aware of this) was the huge Euro 2008 player sculpture at the Zürich Hauptbahnhof. For the uninitiated, the Euro 2008 is a soccer tournament that took place this summer. It takes place every four years - interspersed between the world cup tournaments. Anyway, on to the pictures. Take a look at it from afar:
Heather called these "the butts," because, well, from the outside, all that's visible are the players' butts. If you can't tell, they're huddled with their arms around each other. Here they are from a perspective within the circle:
Each player is from a different country. Jen made the interesting observation that the Swiss dude is the only player with his mouth open. He must be urging his peers to play a good, fair game.
Just to give you a size of these things, this is me and Heather in front of I guess the Dutch player's shoe:
These figures are all very realistic. Even hair has been drawn in. You might be asking, how real, in fact, have the Swiss made their figures? I got a good shot up the shorts of the Swiss player's shorts:
Nothing but a hunk of metal scaffolding, I'm afraid. A lost opportunity on the part of the Swiss. I'm joking, of course.
I wanted to upload a pretty amazing video of the players up onto YouTube, but it seems that YouTube is blocked here in Turkey, due to legislation! I'll upload the video once we get home. I was pretty surprised to see the site blocked though. I can't view a single video.
Oh, and I got my bags from Alitalia. Woo hoo!
Heather called these "the butts," because, well, from the outside, all that's visible are the players' butts. If you can't tell, they're huddled with their arms around each other. Here they are from a perspective within the circle:Each player is from a different country. Jen made the interesting observation that the Swiss dude is the only player with his mouth open. He must be urging his peers to play a good, fair game.Just to give you a size of these things, this is me and Heather in front of I guess the Dutch player's shoe:
These figures are all very realistic. Even hair has been drawn in. You might be asking, how real, in fact, have the Swiss made their figures? I got a good shot up the shorts of the Swiss player's shorts:Nothing but a hunk of metal scaffolding, I'm afraid. A lost opportunity on the part of the Swiss. I'm joking, of course.I wanted to upload a pretty amazing video of the players up onto YouTube, but it seems that YouTube is blocked here in Turkey, due to legislation! I'll upload the video once we get home. I was pretty surprised to see the site blocked though. I can't view a single video.
Oh, and I got my bags from Alitalia. Woo hoo!
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