Oberalp Pass lighthouse
Description
The only lighthouse in the Alps stands at the source of the Rhine at 2,046 metres in the middle of the Swiss mountains. But what is it doing there? It was originally conceived as a tourist attraction, together with a real ship. The ship has not yet arrived. So now the lighthouse stands there and waits. One day a ship will come, and it will come from Rotterdam.
The lighthouse also comes from Rotterdam. Its original is in the Maritime Museum. It once stood in Hoek van Holland at the mouth of the Rhine into the sea. The lighthouse on the Oberalp Pass stands at the SOURCE of the Rhine.
The ship would be just as out of place as the lighthouse. It simply doesn't fit on the Oberalp Pass. It's too big, has no function, isn't beautiful. The lighthouse is already there. The ship will come. Abstruse? We live in abstruse times.
