Sunday, April 10, 2011

Streetcar Sunday - Karlsruhe, Germany

Karlsruhe is located in southwest Germany near the French border. Karlsruhe translates roughly as Karl's rest - and indeed the Margrave Karl Wilhelm rests right under that pyramid shown in the middle of the postcard.


Karlsruhe has seven tram routes and an interconnected tram/train network that has served as the model for other German cities. The trams and trains share tracks throughout the region, allowing for seamless integration and convenient transfers. I guess it's no surprise that it works well. The question is why other countries don't adopt similar systems.

7 comments:

  1. Great postcard, I visited Karlsruhe in the 1980s, but I don't remember seeing the pyramid (and I know I would have found that interesting), I will have to look out the (modern) postcards I have and see if I took any photos.

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  2. Love the beautiful handwriting on the backs of some of these postcards.

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  3. Very interesting content, front and even back.
    Small pyramid, small Big Ben...anything else small in Karlsruhe, "markt" as such? :)

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  4. Boy! That pyramid really sticks out doesn't it. But the streetcars really make up for it.

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  5. beautiful card and composition, despite the odd pyramid.

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