NP: Bielefeld

[Mark Kohut]

Today's question re Bielefeld:  
   
  Is it akin to Pynchon's Shambala in Against the Day? This is a serious, if offcenter, question.

Heikki Raudaskoski <hraudask at sun3.oulu.fi> wrote:
  

And supposedly F.W. Murnau hailed from "there"...
No wonder his films are so otherworldly beautiful.

Heikki

On Fri, 2 Nov 2007, Otto wrote:

> I know it like this:
>
> "Und sehen wir uns nicht in dieser Welt
> so sehen wir uns in Bielefeld."
>
> I've never been to Bielefeld and the only person I "know" from
> Bielefeld is a cabdriver, but only from another internet-forum, so
> this is no proof that the town really exists.
>
> At least there's a soccer team that calls itself "Arminia Bielefeld".
> http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/0,1518,497339,00.html
>
>
> 2007/11/1, David Casseres :
> > The following is shamelessly lifted from a discussion board:
> >
> > -----------------------------------------
> >
> > Even 42 years ago, when I last lived in Germany, the city of Bielefeld had a
> > mysterious and somewhat other-worldly aura. A humorous way to say goodbye,
> > for example, went like this:
> >
> > Wir sehen uns wieder...
> > wenn nicht in dieser Welt,
> > also doch in Bielefeld.
> >
> > (We will see each other again, if not in this world then for sure in
> > Bielefeld.)
> >
>


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