Man builds entire £10k Greek village in his own back garden
Is that Santorini? No, it's a garden. In Switzerland! But you'd be forgiven for thinking otherwise.
Content creator Michael Scherrer has transformed his yard into a full-on tiny replica of a Greek village.
The 48-year-old spent a year and £10,000 on bringing a taste of the Mediterranean to his home in Lake Konstanz.
Complete with cobbled streets, a tiny taverna and a classic white paint job with striking blue shutters, Scherrer has certainly brought a piece of his summer holidays to his home turf.
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He said: "Because it is summer, whenever I go in there I feel like I am transported. We tried to build the bar point so you are completely submerged in the mini village - and it really does feel like you are there.
"My friends come to the bar and love taking pictures - they fool their friends and people actually believe they are on holiday.
"My sister did it once to her co-workers, and when she came back, six different people came up to her in the office and asked her how her holiday weekend was!"
Michael faced difficulties in building his little Greece
Unsurprisingly, Michael faced some challenges when bringing his creation into the world.
Not least the harsh Swiss winters, which are a far cry away from sun-soaked Greek islands.
"I wanted to make somewhere we could sit in the theme park to have a chat with our clients, so I thought of this - it took longer than you think to build because of permissions in Switzerland - and having to break for the weather," he explained.
"The white and blue was so easy - and looked cool - so we picked that."
His brother Samuel, 46, also leant a hand in the construction and filmed videos for his social media channels.
It's far from the only themed area Scherrer has created in his garden, too.
He's actually spent £20,000 on his project so far, which also includes a small Irish bar, fairytale alleyways and spooky Halloween themed spaces.
"We picked the theme because we had just finished building this fairy tale alleyway, which was so complicated," he added.
"The idea to build the theme park came from us just wanting to garden and build.
There's also a Japanese garden, complete with stonework and maple trees.
What he's planning on building next
The Greece attraction is only 15 by 15 meters and so small that guests can struggle to stand up in certain parts, but he's planning to make it into a guest room where anyone could stay.
He said: "I will leave the Greek village how it is right now with the homemade bar because there is not much point now it is getting closer to Halloween, when I stop working on them until spring.
"Once spring comes though, I reckon I will put a bed in one of the little homes and make it a sort of guest room or somewhere visitors can stay."
Four years into his project and Michael is not done yet.
He still has 900 square meters of room left to create all sorts of tiny alcoves of different cultures in his own backyard, and he's full of ideas.
"Now we are planning to move on to a fishing village and a room for the guests - but we have to work this all out first!" he added.
"We want to make a pirate ship at one point.
"I might even make a U-turn and instead recreate the house in the TV series Friends - who knows!"
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Daniel Murphy