This is from Eise Eisinga’s Planetarium in Franeker, Fryslan, The Netherlands. It is the oldest, still functioning mechanical orrery in the world, and it was one of the most surprising things i’ve seen. When you look outside of the biulding you don’t tell that there is an amazing and old mechanism inside. The ceiling is perfectly painted, the room has a peaceful harmony in it. You can imagine people from the 19th century entring it and being amazed at that depiction of the skyes. And the most amazing is that people actually lived in that room. Can you imagine livin everyday under a model of the sky?

As it is all small, and there are not many tourists there, it feels like a little secret only you know.

Still, the most amazing thing is to see that someone could built such a beautiful and working piece of mechanics almost all by himself, somwhere in the 18th century.