11) History of Switzerland from 1892 to 1894

This podcast summarizes the most important circumstances of the years 1892 to 1894 surrounding bicycle license plates. Following the small object through society, these events become a real history of Switzerland.

In fact, they are the common thread of a 120-year-long, unexpectedly eventful and emotional journey that leads us through the technical, social, political, economic, cultural and design developments surrounding the bicycle, as well as through the extremely interesting and equally astonishing mechanisms of Swiss federalism. Time and again, authorities, parliaments, courts, the army’s general staff, and even the Federal Council have had to deal with bicycle license plates.