What is the purpose of the moving part in the benches in Hauptbahnhof!?? Not useful at all!!!

23 comments

1. We already had this discussion here or on the DACH subreddit. It’s for visually impaired people so they can recognise this as a bench.

2. Those moving frames are a orientation mechanism for blind people.

   Source: https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/duesseldorf/deutsche-bahn-dafuer-sind-stangen-unter-sitzbaenken-in-duesseldorf-da_aid-37985095

3. It’s to hang the towel for interstellar hitchhikers

4. not 4 long legs

5. I’ve been wondering for EIGHT F-ING YEARS what this thing is… thank you, OP, for asking

6. It provides entertainment for tourists.

7. Why are you wearing your birds shoes?

8. Thanks, I’m not even there and now I want to know too

9. Perfect example for hostile architecture by the way. The benches would be perfectly fine without the arm rests, but often times they are but there intentionally to stop the homeless from sleeping on them.

   Edit: Down voted mich, nur zu, weil ich euer perfektes Deutschland kritisiere.

10. I as a German just noticed these things exists. I wouldn’t know without this post

11. I thought they were for placing your shoe on to retie laces, rather than foot on seat…🤷🏻‍♂️

12. Which Hauptbahnhof?

13. It’s for abs.

14. When the chair folds up it’s to hold the two halves together so they don’t swing apart when stowing them. I think

15. I thought that it’s for tying shoes ¯_(ツ)_/¯

16. Turns out it was all the people with vision who couldn’t see the point….

    *slowly walks off into the sunset*

17. [link name]

    Hope this helps

    (https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/comments/4d5qg9/what_is_the_function_of_these_freemoving_bars/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)

18. You must look like a total monkey trying to find out what that thing is for. 😂👌

19. Oke , i think its for tieing…teirn…tiet…. wheb your shoes untie you put it in there just to not make bench dirty … but im Polish so i might be wrong

20. apart from that, that is some hostile anti homeless achitecture

21. Maybe a carry handle?

22. Jelking bro

23. It’s for blind people so they know where they can sit