ich un berliner!!!
german steeple challenges leaning tower of pisa
november 7, 2007
berlin (reuters) - the guinness book of world records has ruled that a church steeple in germany, not the famous leaning tower of pisa, is the most tilted tower in the world.
the 25.7-metre steeple tilts at an angle of 5.07 degrees, while the tower of pisa tilts at just 3.97 degrees, said olaf kuchenbecker, head of guinness's german edition.
"when you lay photos of the two next to each other you can see it relatively clearly," kuchenbecker said.
the new record, scheduled to appear next autumn in the 2009 edition of the guinness book of world records, could strip the pisa tower of its iconic status, kuchenbecker said.
the 15th century german church tower stands in suurhusen, a small village near emden in northwestern germany. although its tilt angle is greater than pisa's tower, it has less than half the italian tower's height and none of its ornate beauty.
kuchenbecker will present the village with a certificate commemorating the record on thursday.
600 years standing and all i get is this lousy certificate?!?!?! aaaah man...
1 comment:
Eh, not the most interesting story, so I'll add my own comments.
When I went to Italy, we passed by Pisa on the train. The person I was traveling with said we couldn't stop because "I've already seen it, and it's not worth the two hours we'd have to wait for the next train."
Had we gotten off the train, it seems unlikley that someone would have stolen my luggage when we got to Rome. That would have prevented us from getting to the airport 5 hours before my flight so I could get my ticket re-issued, and the hour I spend getting grilled by security about why I had a one way ticket and no luggage.
I I think it would have been worth the two hours, even if it sucked.
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