RE: Benches from around the world

Nice benchmark! ;-)

I checked my recent photos for benches, but I don't really have anything to contribute. Whenever I have a nice photo with a bench, it's usually because of the view or the person on it, not the bench itself.

Being heavily biased, I’d vote for "Chopin's bench" here. It definitely doesn't look like something you'd voluntarly sit on... unless you need freezing, rock-hard stone to get you in the right mood for his Funeral March. ;-)