Illustration of a man playing a flute and conjuring an electric cable like a snake charmer

Essentials: Bengaluru

Five facts about Bengaluru that will surprise you

September 25, 2024
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1 min read
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Lufthansa Editorial Team

1) Work's done for the day? Hit the pub! With over 800 pubs, Bangalore has the highest density of pubs in India. Many of them brew their own beer in microbreweries.

Left: Illustration of a hand painted with an Indian mehndi pattern holding a glass of beer, right illustration of a cab helicopter transporting a cow

2) Bangalore is India's first city with helicopter cabs. Instead of two hours from airport to Electronic City, it takes 15 minutes by helicopter. Cost: about 50 euros.

3) Big personality, small debt: Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill († January 24, 1965) reportedly still owes the Bangalore Club 13 Indian rupees, making him one of the 17 debtors of one of India's oldest clubs.

Left: an illustration of Winston Churchill and hat with coins in hand, right: illustration of a dinosaur, tourists and the Lahlbagh Rock in the Bengaluru Botanical Gardens

4) The Lalbagh Rock in the Bengalore Botanical Garden is about three billion years old, making it one of the oldest rocks in the world. A geological wonder!

5) Bangalore, also known as the Silicon Valley of India, has always played a pioneering role in technology and development: in the early 20th century, electric lights lit the streets of Bangalore for the first time in India - not in Delhi or Mumbai.

Illustration of a man playing a flute and conjuring an electric cable like a snake charmer
(all illustrations © Sylvia Neuner)
Picture of a temple in Bengalore

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