Comments on: Cows about town

By: Buenos Aires Photoblog

Buenos Aires Photoblog — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:57:28 +0000

Very cool idea! Reminds me a bit of the Berlin buddy bears that were exhibited all over the world.

By: VP

VP — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:51:50 +0000

Right! How could we have missed all those flags, mine included…

By: Andreea

Andreea — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:45:36 +0000

Someone on the Romanian version of the blog enlightened me as to what the "theme" of the cow is. Apparently the cow is painted with the flags of the EU countries. First comes France, then Germany, Italy etc. Romania comes somewhere near the tail and is not visible from this angle.

AB: I would like to see some of those lions.

By: VP

VP — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:31:49 +0000

I have seen horses painted like this, but I missed the cows! This one is painted very well!

By: AB

AB — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:09:14 +0000

I visited Zurich when they started the whole trend with cows in 1998. Saarbrücken, where I currently live, did the same thing with lions in 1999. There is a book with a hundred of these lions (Berchtold, Herbert / In Saarbrücken sind die Löwen los!) and a few a still around on the streets. I always meant to put one or two on my blog.

By: Leif Hagen

Leif Hagen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:35:57 +0000

MOOOOOOOOO! Fun and artsy sculpture! Great urban snap!

By: Andreea

Andreea — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:11:54 +0000

It's a trick that's being passed on from generation to generation.

By: B SQUARED

B SQUARED — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:05:04 +0000

How do they get them to stand still while they are being painted?