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The author gives a review on so-called bislim geometries admitting some further rigid structure depending on the point of view. A geometry \(\Gamma= ({\mathcal P},{\mathcal L},I)\) is a tripel, consisting of a set \({\mathcal P}\) of points, a set \({\mathcal L}\) of lines such that \({\mathcal P}\cap{\mathcal L}= \emptyset\) and a binary symmetric relation between \({\mathcal P}\) and \({\mathcal L}\) representing the incidence between points and lines of \(\Gamma\). The geometry \(\Gamma\) admits the order \((s, t)\) if each point respectively line is incident with \(1+t\) lines respectively \(1+s\) points. A bislim geometry is a geometry of order (2, 2). Thus for a bislim geometry \(\Gamma\) the graph \({\mathcal G}(\Gamma)\) induced by the incidence relation \(I\) is a bipartite trivalent graph. On the other hand, a trivalent graph gives rise to a bislim geometry even if the graph is not bipartite. Therefore the classification of the finite trivalent distance regular graphs given by \textit{N. L. Biggs} and \textit{D. H. Smith} [Bull. Lond. Math. Soc. 3, 155--158 (1971; Zbl 0217.02404)] yields 13 interesting finite bislim geometries. It follows a classification of all finite distance transitive bislim geometries and all connected flagtransitive bislim geometries whose incidence graph admits the girth 6. Finally, the author gives an outline about embedding finite bislim geometries into projective spaces over the reals or over the field consisting of two elements with a detailed description of possible embeddings of seven small bislim geometries. To summarize we are obliged to say that the paper is a fine overview about bislim geometries even if the author shows in some theorems a bit of a casualness with respect of possible assumptions concerning finite structures and connected geometries. For the entire collection see [Zbl 1050.51002].