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One
of the principal attractions in Berchtesgaden is the Salzbergwerk
(salt mines). |
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| The
river and the Salzbergwerk factory. Salt was the principal
source of Berchtesgaden's prosperity in the 16th century. |
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part of the tour of the mines, each person must don miners' garb.
Don't we look cute?! |
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| Here
is Kirsten looking like one of the seven dwarves. You are asked to
put on miners' clothes because during the tour you must sit astride
a mining wagon and travel through tunnels of gleaming salt crystal
(where you otherwise might get dirty). |
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| The
Salzbergwerk subterranean lake, which you travel across in
a boat. At the other side, you get to taste the water with its high
concentration of salt. |
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