Bern Residents Take Excellent Care Of Their Cats, And The City’s Cat Ladders Have Become A Tourist Attraction

by Damjan

Cats are wonderful and athletic creatures. They are strong and agile, ideal for performing fantastic acrobatics. They certainly don’t need our help when navigating dangerous structures (trees not included), but making it easier on them can’t hurt.

The residents of Bern, Switzerland, take good care of their cats and want to make moving around easier on them, but in a way that would improve their safety without making them lazy and bored. That’s why the city’s buildings are riddled with cat ladders.

They resemble fire ladders but are much smaller. They are attached to the outer walls and, besides creating safe paths for cats, also form an attractive image for tourists.

Brigitte Schuster, a graphic designer and writer, records this phenomenon in her new book Swiss Cat Ladders.

Brigitte Schuster, a graphic designer and writer, records this phenomenon in her new book Swiss Cat Ladders.Brigitte Schuster

An average adult cat can jump five to six times its height, roughly 4-5 feet.

An average adult cat can jump five to six times its height, roughly 4-5 feet.Brigitte Schuster

Of course, there are exceptions

Of course, there are exceptionsBrigitte Schuster

During one study, cats have been recorded jumping up to seven or eight times their height.

During one study, cats have been recorded jumping up to seven or eight times their height.Brigitte Schuster

Guinness Book of World Records says that the longest horizontal jump by a cat was 7 feet.

Guinness Book of World Records says that the longest horizontal jump by a cat was 7 feet.Brigitte Schuster

It is held by Waffle, the Warrior Cat from the U.S.

It is held by Waffle, the Warrior Cat from the U.S.Brigitte Schuster

Wonder how he would do here?

Wonder how he would do here?Brigitte Schuster
Brigitte Schuster

Getting ready

Getting ready Brigitte Schuster

Looks like great fun

Looks like great funBrigitte Schuster

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