What’s behind it?
This post in Zurich causes a stir in the network
A small post in Zurich causes a stir in the network. It is puzzled what the thing is all about. There is talk of a secret entrance. The city of Zurich explains what is really behind it.
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The net was puzzling about this post in Zurich. Some even suspect a secret entrance.
It is blue, white and glows yellow at night. In the middle of Zurich there is a small post, directly on a street, near the main station. And the Internet is puzzling over what it’s all about. A user posted a photo of the part on the Reddit online forum and wrote the following text. «I was visiting Zurich and passed this part near the HB. What is this exactly?”
And the guesswork began. “It is an energy source that helps power the energy shield and rocket boosters beneath Altstetten to lift it up and protect it in times of great danger,” reads one comment. Someone else thinks it might be an alien warship.
There is also the possibility that it could be an entrance to a réduit, a system of military defenses in the Swiss Alps. Another has a banal explanation, believing it’s just a sticker holder.
It is a special model
What is really behind it? Heiko Ciceri, head of customer service in the traffic department of the city of Zurich, told “ZüriToday”: “It’s the island protection post model ‘Züri’.” This is unique in Switzerland. “These island protection posts only exist in the city, with a few exceptions in Oerlikon.”
Cast iron was used to make the island protection post. But it will no longer be produced. The city of Zurich still has a few copies in stock so that you can react in the event of an accident. According to the city of Zurich, the official function of the island protection post is to “identify traffic islands and obstacles in the middle of the lane” and “indicate crossing options on multi-purpose lanes in the middle of traffic-oriented streets”.
The posts were probably made in the 1960s. In the 2010s, the city wanted to replace the blue, white, and yellow island posts. However, because two SVP local councilors objected, the city council decided to keep the city center. (twa)