Berna, Svizzera

My favorite views of Bern are on a train leaving/approaching — you are high above the river, and if you look in either direction there’s bridges and bridges and bridges.

God damn. Imagine living here. Must be wonderful.

I really believe that to some degree we are a product of the architecture we’re surrounded by.

Genuine question, something that I’ve always wondered with buildings like these. How do you stop the water penetration the foundations, wall, etc and ruining them?

Modern day I get that we have waterproof materials, but a lot of such buildings, especially in historical places such as Venice are very old, so what were the waterproofing methods back then?

EDIT: apparently in the case of Venice, it interestingly enough tracks back to my own country in the form of [Istrian stone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istrian_stone). Now I’m wondering how they waterproofed the mortar, presuming it was also used because I know little about building techniques.

Idk why but it gives Ljubljana, Slovenia vibes

Wow, so many European countries have great architecture, I feel like Irelands just can’t really compare