Thimphu in the spotlight
Thimphu . You can cross the city from front to back in thirty minutes. But if you walk around here for a few days, you won't be bored either. The inhabitants of Thimphu also often go on foot. Partly for this reason, there are no traffic lights at the largest intersection in the city. A traffic controller in the middle of the square prevents chaos with elegant hand gestures and in many cases also with a smile on the face.
The religious center of the city also mainly attracts pedestrians. Faithful Bhutanese gather daily to pray and walk 108 times around the Memorial Chorten , a stupa built in honor of Bhutan's third king. Inside, the prayer wheels decorated with gold letters spin endlessly. Outside, the golden peak of the roof glistens in the morning sun.
On weekends draws all of Thimphu to the market on the banks of the in the morning Wang Chu River . Traders from the area also come here to sell their wares: from vegetables to hand-woven carpets. Stroll with the flow, you can rest later on the Clocktower Square . Here, the city life of Thimphu passes you by. Believers pass with spinning prayer wheels in their hands. Children run across the square and shopkeepers take a seat on the stairs to exchange the latest news.
