Bench Seats Which Look Like Books, Fruit And Other Oddities in London, Budapest, Kiev and Warsaw

EGYPT
Alexandrina Library, Alexandria, Egypt
Outdoor benches resembling books.

POLAND
In Warsaw the Chopin benches are just slabs to sit on. However, the tops show a map of the location of all 15 Chopin benches. Best of all, look for the button which when pressed plays Chopin music. A good place for a video or a Chopin trail around the city.

UK
Dog bench in Houndsditch- where dogs used to be buried. Jubilee Gardens EC4
https://www.londonfestivalofarchitecture.org/2018site/event/lfa-benches-here-lies-geoffrey-barkington-by-patrick-mcevoy/

UKRAINE
From Kiev Fashion Park, Ukraine

Watermelon bench

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiev_Fashion_Park Ukraine




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiev_Fashion_Park

A decorative "rabbit bench" in Peyzazhna alley, Kiev, Ukraine

A fountain which looks like the turning pages of books is in Egyetem Square, District 5, Budapest, Hungary. See my earlier blog post.

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Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

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