The solar magnetism, its origin, and its impact on the earth are of primary interest for solar physicists. The understanding of the solar dynamo in the convection zone and the coupling of the magnetic fields up to the corona and the heliosphere calls for synoptic as well as for high spatial resolution observations of the Sun. Understanding the interactions between radiative and magneto-convective processes at the interface between the solar interior and the atmosphere requires spectro-polarimetric observations at high spatial and spectral resolution with high polarimetric accuracy. Thus large-aperture telescopes are needed to resolve the small scales and to collect enough photons to study the evolution of the magnetic processes. For assembling the mosaic of the solar dynamo and its magnetic coupling out to the heliosphere, large scale properties and hence synoptic observations play a crucial role. I present my personal perspective of the prospects in ground-based solar physics, and comment on the planned and upcoming new facilities including SOLIS, GREGOR, NST, SUNRISE, and ATST, as well as ALMA and FASR, but also mention the upcoming space missions HMI@SDO and SOLAR-B.