A View from Germany’s Bastei Bridge

Suspended 650 feet in the air between towering sandstone rocks, the Bastei Bridge is a Victorian era engineering marvel. Built in 1851, it offers stunning panoramic views of Saxon Switzerland National Park. Which isn’t in Switzerland, by the way, but in Saxony, Germany. The journey to this stone span overlooking the Elbe River is as gorgeous as the view. Visitors climb a series of steps-487 to be exact-to reach the scenic platform.
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[@ungh8365]

I was lucky enough to be there completely alone during sunset. It was truly MAGICAL!

[@BaguetteOfDoom]

Saxon Switzerland is where I spent almost every weekend during my childhood and I HATED it. Now that I don't live in Dresden any more I can appreciate it and miss it...

[@BHuang92]

I'm just saying that someday, you might have the time to go back to Dresden. Nice place.

[@BaguetteOfDoom]

@@BHuang92 Haha I didn't move far away, just to Berlin (2,5 hours from Dresden). I'm actually going to Dresden this weekend. Maybe I made it sound more dramatic than it is.

[@allesiosnens8152]

BaguetteOfDoom lol bin auch nach Berlin gezogen, komme eigentlich aus Thüringen:D

[@philipthomey7884]

And why did you hate it?

[@allesiosnens8152]

Didn’t even knew that my country can look that good xD

[@numae6922]

@Subscribe to me For no reason xxxx

[@ruvin7023]

Germany is Beautiful Buddy. I've been there once in koln. I Wanna go back.

[@sandcastle1128]

Germany is literally the most beautiful country on earth

[@bagusirfan523]

Haha

[@tsako1856]

@@sandcastle1128 thx appreciate it ;)

[@nothaiken2940]

Been exactly there this year, even more beautiful in person!

[@ShirleyCurryTheOlderGamer]

Loved this story, and the views!!!

[@What-sh6co]

Wow finding the best Gamer Grandma on a random video, is the best thing that happened to me today😂

[@ShirleyCurryTheOlderGamer]

@@What-sh6co Thanks! :)

[@martinebon4333]

Pravčická brana the stone bridge in Narnia, is not in the Bastei bridge region. It is technically in the Czech Republic near the border at the Bohemian Switzerland. It is however part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains which partly include the Bastei Bridge. I was in both places in 2016. A must visit.

[@letstalkaboutstupidstuff3707]

At least someone pointed this out. Díky

[@bebotsabangan]

GREAT BIG STORY IS THE BEST CHANNEL FEATURE SHORT BUT CATCHY VIDS!

[@makalism]

Great Big Bridge Great Big Story Great Advertising Nailed!

[@DrAdnan]

Wow Germany is so majestic

[@grischu8277]

Wtf, did I really just see a Great Big Story ad in front of this video? Wow, that's confusing...

[@sehuntiagosenor6104]

Thank you Great Big Story, for always making me feel like I were physically there at these kind of beautiful places for I'm not rly sure if I can ever fly far away across the universe :') your works immensely mean a lot to me. xx

[@1op]

I would love to go to Germany

[@hannes5699]

If you visit, travel a bit. Germany has different culture and natur depends were you are. North ist different from the South. East is different from the West.

[@florianpeter7045]

Skip the east i‘d say, except berlin 😂

[@hannes5699]

@@florianpeter7045 😝

[@leiden-schaft22]

Hannes come to Hamburg trust me. It’s the best city in Germany Beautifully, nice people, best spots to party and eat.

[@luxp9310]

@@leiden-schaft22 I do not agree completely. Hamburg is nice, but have you ever been in Freiburg? 😉

[@benedictpetch]

Well this is certainly on the bucket list!

[@AzlianaLyana]

Beautiful bridge and scenery too 😍 Would love to visit this place someday 😊

[@Faey777]

I went to saxon Switzerland a lot when I was younger, since I am from Saxony, Germany.

[@amoosingnobody]

On my bucket list for sure!

[@MichaelWite19]

Wow, beautiful!

[@judithwalker3600]

It still amazes me that videos like this can cause me to catch my breath and make my head spin! It is beautiful tho.

[@zaq9187]

Majestic!

[@nightfury1591]

I never knew about this bridge, wow amazing.

[@sebastianpulidovela]

Superb image stabilization my dudes

[@PenelopeDavilla]

Ok, Spreewald und Sächsische Schweiz. Merk ich mir!

[@hannes5699]

Für die sächsische schweiz ruhig 2-7 tage planen. Es gibt da viel zu sehen. Gute Gegend zum Wandern, klettern und Natur genießen.

[@alexanderazhar3190]

Wonderful world

[@kaicheng6471]

Wow, I’ve seen pictures of some very similar mountains in China

[@a3_clips456]

Wow

[@johnhart3480]

Very interesting 🤔 🌞

[@trumpalumpa9368]

Not to forget the beautiful wildlife in Saxon: If you're attentive enough you might even see a wild AfDler in their natural habitat.

[@MostlyMonte]

that was a pretty great big story

[@tomas3735]

1:04 - you made a mistake there folks.. This scene from the first Narnia movie was shot in Pravcicka Brana, Czech Republic, not there.. Just so you know.. Nevertheless, the scenery looks stunning !

[@djknucklez1]

Germany and Austria, 2 of my favorite countries in Europe.

[@Granef]

You mean 1 favorite country?

[@3n3rgy90]

I live in Germany, but the weather uff. I wish we could just take the country and put it in warm weather.

[@Casey5693]

These stone cliffs are proof that God is into abstract art.

[@jaho269]

Heimat

[@Zappy4001]

I was Ther this year

[@johnnydijk649]

It's places like this which makes me a bit jealous of Germany. Wish we had something like this in Limburg, or anywhere else in the NL. We only have polders and the veluwe🥴

[@MichaelWite19]

Germany's catch frase is the travel destination lol

[@bepositive8086]

Bridges😊

[@KimberKat]

Anybody know the name of the song that starts at 00:12?

[@blueorchid514]

Yep

[@alexanderg1935]

Ah yes, Kakariko village is there. I know it well.

[@intreoo]

I got a Great Big Ad before this video lmao

[@leiden-schaft22]

Why did I have a ad from you before your videos😂

[@leocrown8627]

The add for this video was from great big story, what are the chances

[@aozorafreak]

This is too short I don't get enough information from it

[@namjoonfringe2083]

I'm early😊

[@elaineshyragulifardo2778]

233 likes and 0 dislikes Balance

[@Ninjaslayer56]

Did I just get a just big story ad on a just big story???

[@drakethe4117]

Ok

[@MegaMark0000]

This looks like something out of a fantasy game. Dark Souls vibes

[@peachygirl5861]

I hate bridges so much but I always have this fear there going to fall..

[@jinjunliu2401]

I never really worry about bridges collapsing, but more often I'm worrying about falling off myself or dropping my phone or glasses because of my clumsiness

[@atticus4589]

Ah yes, that one abstract art piece i made in fifth grade.

[@curtishall4644]

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[@karlmarx5163]

30 ith comment!

[@ghostknight2562]

Never seen so much green in one large area before. That's the disadvantage to living in an urban city...

[@beckwhittingham2011]

Ghost Knight come to Canada it’s all green....... and white

[@ClareAbove]

@@beckwhittingham2011 From montreal, can confirm

[@ghostknight2562]

Beckwhittingham I’ll consider 👍

[@AstoundinglyBadIdeas]

Well I'm second

[@katyoutnabout5943]

Me: hmm, strange, this bridge is quite well-known. Why would they do a video on this? *Notices sponsored by tourism of germany.* Aaah makes sense. Lol Disclaimer: great big story, i love you guys, i just wanted to poke fun. You usually find things that no one knows about, so this video just seemed a little off from your usual.

[@maxhammitzsch1795]

Well thats like 10km away from my home town

[@BaguetteOfDoom]

Pirna?

[@xBris]

While I really enjoy seeing a video about my country on this channel, I do ask myself if it was really necessary to spend my tax money on it... ;)

[@lewiscullen8236]

Surely Germans don't say 'Victorian Age' as that coincides with Queen Victoria of The United Kingdom. What is the German equivalent of the period c.1840-1900?

[@Jan-di5ht]

Gründerzeit = founder's period, referring to the new companies and "founder spirit" during the industrialization

[@msdeora22]

Build bridges not walls.

[@haroldsen4238]

Join the Rebellion against LEGO city

[@Elenation44]

SACHSEN! JAWOLL!

[@Glovegambit]

2+2=4

[@justtakethemtomcdonalds8090]

No it doesn't. 2+2+=4.5

[@Cjnw]

#Yadontsay

[@ivannovotny4552]

Geez, thanks for educating me, I didn't know...

[@Glovegambit]

Ivan Novotny “thanks for *educating* me”

[@Manuel-oq4nq]

Das Allgäu von Deutschland ist der schönste Ort

[@t-production]

Really?

[@rhyzemz6931]

?

[@hannes5699]

Really!

[@t-production]

Hannes really?!

[@hannes5699]

@T-production yes really

[@t-production]

Hannes Really good.

[@MrIcaru5]

Too bad the people in the city around is kinda racist

[@maximussieger1488]

Doesn't change the fact that tourism is still booming in Saxony. And: saxons are not racist, most of them just don't want let Saxony becoming a multicultural shithole like Berlin or the Ruhr area where germans are the minority or becoming slowly one. In Hamburg for example, more than 50% of all newborn children have no german background... and most of them are muslims. Even our migrant loving leftist elite is sending their children to schools outside of Berlin, and guess what: Those schools are not as diverse as you would think.

[@MrIcaru5]

@@maximussieger1488 i completely agree with you. But it doesn't justify their rudeness towards non German (which includes tourist). I was studying in Niedersachsen for three years and people were super nice, so I went to Saxon with mindset that German people are nice, but it's so different.

[@HardcoreNaturalFitness]

So this is the place where hitler hidden the gold from amber room

[@hannes5699]

I think that was in Bavaria

[@dschonsie]

There was no gold, guess why it's called amber room

[@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath]

Go Germany. Go AfD.