Saturday, July 7, 2012


Our next stop was Posnan.  Crowded with churches and cobblestoned streets and colourful burgher houses, the old town is a mixture of different architectural styles and the old town square is stuffed with churches and museums.
The town hall in middle of the square has a clock and above the clock is a little door that opens at midday to reveal two mechanical goats who come out, turn to face each other and head butt each other a number of times before retreating back behind the wooden doors.  A bit bizarre and quite funny we thought.
There is a legend about a roast deer that got burnt and the stealing of two goats as repacements who away to the town hall tower and fought. 
It so entertained the townspeople that the mayor ordered mechanical goats be made and installed above the clock.


The Goats coming out at midday
Head butting goats


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