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Natural Monuments

Saxon Switzerland-East Ore Mountains

Saxon Switzerland

Rathen

View from the Bastei of the Elbe Valley

Natural Monuments

Saxon Switzerland-East Ore Mountains

Saxon Switzerland

Rathen

View from the Bastei of the Elbe Valley

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View from the Bastei of the Elbe Valley

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Location: Rathen, Saxon Switzerland, Saxon Switzerland-East Ore Mountains, Saxony, Germany

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MichaelNT

November 27, 2022

The film is quickly filled with photos of the most beautiful view from the Bastei.

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Beyond the Horizon

October 14, 2022

Anyone who stands here, at the stone parapet of the Bastei, knows: some places don't need advertising. They simply stand there, defying wind and centuries, and leave you speechless. Below, the Elbe winds its way – not hastily, not spectacularly, but with that unhurried elegance that only ancient rivers can command. The valley lies deep, the cliffs stand steeply, and between them stretches a landscape as if a painter had created it.

On clear days, the water sparkles like polished glass, and the light catches the sandstone walls as if there were a second sun here. A single train passes far below through the valley – a tiny reference to the restless now. But up here, between trees, rocks, and the viewing platform, it's not the speed that counts, but the moment.

A branch frames the view, a rock moves into the picture, and suddenly you understand why people have been visiting this place for centuries: not for the selfies. But because the view from the Bastei does something to you. It puts you back in the context of things. A dimension that belongs to the landscape – not the calendar.

If you like, come early in the morning. When the light is still soft, the path almost empty, and only your own breathing can be heard. Or stay until evening, when the valley is shrouded in shadow and the last rays of sun gild the rocks. Then a silence lies over everything that is not empty, but full: full of history, full of nature, full of the present.

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Karel Sachsen

October 10, 2022

Very nice view from the bastion in the Elbe valley 👍🏻

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