Incredible Water Bridge in Germany

The Magdeburg Water Bridge is a navigable aqueduct in Germany, opened in October 2003. It connects the Elbe-Havel Canal to the Mittelland Canal, crossing over the Elbe River. It is notable for being the longest navigable aqueduct in the world, with a total length of 918 metres (3,012 ft).

The Elbe-Havel and Mittelland canals had previously met near Magdeburg but on opposite sides of the Elbe. Ships moving between the two had to make a 12-kilometre (7.5 mi) detour, descending from the Mittelland Canal through the Rothensee boat lift into the Elbe, then sailing downstream on the river, before entering the Elbe-Havel Canal through Niegripp lock.

Low water levels in the Elbe often prevented fully laden canal barges from making this crossing, requiring time-consuming off-loading of cargo.

German Artist - Truck Painters

Here are 7 pictures of European trucks whose trailers are decorated to look like the sides are missing and the products they are hauling are painted on the sides and back.

The first one is of a bottle of beer and looks so real, like it is coming out the side of the trailer…

The second is of canvas tote bag.

The third is of Pepsi cases and they are all stacked on the ceiling, and the bottom of the trailer is empty.

The fourth is of another truck with the windshield facing the back and there has been a driver painted in the driver's seat looking back over his shoulder to appear like he is driving backwards. (Now this one is just plain scary,even when the German reads 'On the wrong way?')


The fifth one is of an aquarium with fish swimming in it.

The sixth one is of a bookshelf with books lined up in it and a post-it-note with an advertisement on it, probably for the company that sells the books.

The last one is for Pringles-Hot & Spicy. The 'inside' of the trailer has the appearance of having been through a fire.

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Railroads - Miniatur Wunderland, Germany

Two German Brothers have put this TRAIN SET together.


This is the world's biggest train set.
Covers 1,150 square meters / 12,380 square feet…
Features almost six miles of track and is still not complete…


Twin brothers Frederick and Gerrit Braun, 41, began work on the 'Miniature Wunderland' in 2000.


The set covers six regions including America , Switzerland , Scandinavia , Germany , and the Austrian Alps.


The American section features giant models of the Rocky Mountains, Everglades , Grand-Canyon etc…


...and Mount Rushmore.


The Swiss section has a mini-Matterhorn.


The Scandinavian part has a 4ft long passenger ship floating in a 'fjord' .


It is expected to be finished in 2014, when the train set would cover more than 1,800 square meters / (19,376 sq ft) and feature almost 13 miles of track, by which time detailed models of parts of France, Italy and the UK would have been added…


It comprises 700 trains with more than 10,000 carriages and wagons.


The longest train is 46ft long.


The scenery includes 900 signals, 2,800 buildings, 4,000 cars - many with illuminated headlights.. .


...and 160,000 individually designed figures.


Thousands of kilograms of steel and wood was used to construct the scenery...


The 250,000 lights are rigged up to a system that mimics night and day by automatically turning them on and off.


The whole system is controlled from a massive high-tech nerve centre.


In total the set has taken 500,000 hours and more than 8 million euro to put together,
the vast majority of which has come from ticket sales.


Gerrit said: "Our idea was to build a world that men, women, and children can be equally astonished and amazed in."



Frederik added: "Whether gambling in Las Vegas, hiking in the Alps or paddling in Norwegian fjords - in Wunderland everything is possible."This 4-minute video is worth watching for this amazing stuff.

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