The first Covid-19-Patient of Germany, spent the time until his convalescence in a Munich hospital allegedly with the putting Together a puzzle of 1000 pieces.

at The beginning of March – since then, much has happened. A large proportion of people spend the days, in the meantime, in the self-isolation, and seeking distraction. On Amazon Puzzle is “” as a search term in about so often entered as “Paracetamol”. The demand for this type of game explodes.

Really strange. Because of the popularity of the cut cardboard pictures, which began to rise in front of the Corona-crisis, in a return to the past on the need of the digitized individual on deceleration. On the desire, from the everyday “rat race” to break out.

Now that we are formally compelled to shift down a gear, it must come from the desire to “Pöseln,” as the Swiss call it, so somewhere else. Maybe it’s that we want to bring about a world that falls apart on a table in our apartment back in order.

If someone in the English language “puzzled” is, he is puzzled. Americans and British are pushing in front of “Puzzle” – the game – often the word “Jigsaw” – scroll saw. A tool that is used for the production of wood versions and, thanks to the horror film series “Saw” dubious fame.

“I am not stupid,” said Ellen DeGeneres (62) after several attempts, a Puzzle with 4000 Parts together. “I’m not stupid!” The California talk master left during quarantine in Los Angeles in your Villa by your wife movies and put the Videos on Instagram. Eventually, they gave up unnerved. Per part, attributed to a Minute – for 4000 parts, DeGeneres had used about 66 hours. The most common Size for adults is 1000-Puzzles are. Are you in around 16 hours to assemble.

The missed holidays seem to make in purchase behavior. So Atmospheric London”, “bicycles in Amsterdam” or “views of the Cinque Terre are one of the most popular Puzzles in brackish “”. Also tend to be cheesy Fantasy drawings with fluorescent effects like “Bright Wolf” is booming. Switzerland online shop Galaxus are Disney characters like the ice Princess Elsa from “Frozen”-series high in rate as well as world maps, landscape images and Star Wars motifs. The Online Shop Cede.ch Winterthur counts for motifs with Album covers from the Beatles (“Abbey Road”) and Iron Maiden (“The Number of The Beast”) to customers of his best.

Galaxus sold, according to its own information, currently six times as many Puzzles as in the spring of 2019. The largest group of buyers is in the 25 to 34-Year-olds, followed by 35 – to 44 – and 45 – to 54-Year-old. Also in brackish one speaks of a massive rise in demand for Puzzles since the beginning of the emergency.

in the year 2019, the German company Ravensburger has sold twenty percent more Puzzles than usual. There were a total of 21 million units. Since the beginning of the crisis, the business about as well as at Christmas time, says Rolf Burri, managing Director of the Swiss branch in Würenlos AG. Among the most popular models in the Switzerland is the Puzzle with the map or with a photo of the Patrouille Suisse pilots that pass in front of the Matterhorn. Ravensburger Puzzles are made in Germany and the Czech Republic. Tool maker to manufacture the cutting knife, comparable with cookie cutters for cookies pastry. Because you need to do this by Hand, has no part within a Puzzle game in the same Form. Burri: “Puzzle Fans continue the advance.”

Beat Liechti leads in Zurich’s Oberdorf for thirty years the game download “Rien ne va plus”. His specialty, among other things, a puzzle Mordillo-Comics or with Retro-motives of the British brand with a long tradition of Gibson’s are. His clientele for the most part, is over 60 years old, says Liechti. Or many of them from Arab countries consisted of tourists. “In Dubai there seems to be no Puzzle stores.” Since the Lockdown, he is trying to deliver throughout Switzerland, as well as possible by Post. Orders can be taken by phone consultation is included. “Depending on the distance I’ll bring the goods with the Tram.”

He sort out the parts first to the colors in bowls, says Günther Simetsberger (52) in an Interview with the “süddeutsche Zeitung”. The Austrian is the founder of the competition “World Puzzle Days”, to use the professionals in sixty days at home, as many parts as possible need to. On the issue of the beginning of the year, a Dutchwoman, the set 103 and’994 parts of the 93 subjects together won. Because the progress is a big puzzle to the naked eye difficult to see, count on the professionals each and every part you install, with a hand counter as a flight attendant for Counting of passengers are using.

The first Puzzle of the British cartographer and engraver John Spilsbury created in the year 1766, he pasted a map on a wooden Board and individual countries aussägte. Students were able to test their geography knowledge. Today, there are Puzzles in all variants: a three-dimensional, with thick-walled Parts, two-dimensionally with the contours of the depicted motif, ball-shaped, magnetically. The most popular is the classic, two-dimensional models are, however, up to today.

There are solid-colored jigsaw in the shape of the parts serves as the only orientation. Who wants to suffer even more, can let Online sellers Puzzles without the motif template to send. It is a herd of elephants, a Rhino with its young, or a Stegosaurus? Alone the thought of having to figure it out, worn down. Just as common is the provider, the mixing of the two Puzzles together. At the public games, where some parts fit deliberately nowhere most:.

although There are people who swear by it, to build a Puzzle of a corner. Most commonly, the technique of “edge first, however, is” from the outside to the inside is being worked on. Beginners should select a model on which as much as possible is going on. Difficult forests, areas in the same colour and paintings in which the outlines are blurred are.

Labrador Senta to put Together? No Problem. For little money of their own photos online as a Puzzle to order. In the manufacture of a Laser is used, all the parts have the same shape. Victoria’s Secret Model Sara Sampaio (28) posted a picture from the self-isolation, with a 1000-piece Puzzle of their dogs Kyta and South.