Chapter 40 busy downtown

It is difficult to use the word prosperous to describe the good cities in Europe.It would be wrong to imagine it with American-style cutting-edge density, or to speculate about it with Asian-style eccentricity. Along the way, I feel that these cities have been climbing their own ranks for thousands of years.Some crawled and crawled and couldn't move anymore, so they squatted at a certain height and squatted for hundreds of years, while others still had to climb up.The strength of the feet is different, but the direction is the same, so there are different levels of high and low.This level is very different from what we Chinese imagined.

There are three levels of thick and thick.The first level is called managing life, the second level is called managing history, and the third level is called managing nature. Racking life is the foundation.Regardless of their outdated appearance, modern facilities are complete. Whether it is a private house or a street community, most of them are comfortable and convenient.It is this kind of convenience in the modern sense that keeps all old remnants from being dirty and makes all kinds of local customs unique and delicious, so it also makes it possible to manage history.Europe has experienced two world wars, and the cities were severely damaged, but everyone agreed to cherish the relics so meticulously and preserve the history so piously. As a result, the classical pattern of European cities today is far superior to many other cities that have not experienced wars. This is really the pride of European civilization.

With these two arrangements, people can not only enjoy modern convenience, but also taste classical charm, which is full European luxury.There is no luxury for one party alone. Usually it is enough, but there is a more extravagant, that is, to manage nature in the city.People have always yearned for this, so many cities have mountains and rivers, lakes and forests.It is a pity that over time, these mountains, rivers, lakes and forests have gradually become urbanized, such as the small rivers in Venice and the Seine in Paris.Beauty is beautiful, but it is too heavy to bear and too tiring to dress up, and it is no longer natural.This is always unreconciled, is it possible to do an inversion, let everything in the city be used as a background, as a foil, and let only natural forces become the theme to grasp the situation?

The tempting Vienna Woods is only surrounded by the suburbs, while Berlin brings the soul and breath of the forest into the city center, and even the traffic and buildings can't overwhelm it.What makes me more satisfied is Bern, the capital of Switzerland. The Aare River (Aare) that runs through it is not only not assimilated by the city, but also independent and unscrupulous. It's at your fingertips. Bern gave it the central position, and approached it from all angles with low eyebrows, but it assumed the air of a master, with fast and clear water, no boats and nets, and only knew how to rush all the way.Anyone who comes a little closer can smell a breath of life that is purely living water, which is the proof of its strong life.It stretches out a deep canyon, and the houses and bushes on both sides are respectfully arranged on the slope of the canyon. Only it is moving, only it is swaying, and the others are worshipers and parasites.Due to the clear primary and secondary, the Aare River has maintained its self, that is, the original state of its own life.Compared with those hills and rivers that think they are living in the city, but have already been subdued by the city, it is really better.

It's like a reckless hero settling in the capital to see if he's doing well, low requirements, to see how much he gets rid of the recklessness; high requirements, to see how much recklessness he retains.