Blindheim

"We have increased our focus on preventive patrols at oil and gas installations in our area," operations chief Helge Blindheim at Norway's West police district told daily BA.

Scrolling through the Instagram feed on her phone, 22-year-old Ingebjørg Blindheim explains why she has been given the nickname "the lifeguard".

They were married in Blindheim, a village 20 miles northwest of Augsburg, which has the postal zip code of 8888.

Ten thousand philatelists also swarmed into Blindheim to collect a rare postmark.

Thus Blindheim, which stood just above the broad and hurrying water at the summit of one such loop, is now 800 yards away from the artificial trench which modern engineering has dug for the river.