London is getting the longest slide in the world, which will be as long as 178 meters, and during this time you will go down as many as 15 floors! It will be "hosted" by the ArcelorMittal Orbit observation tower, which grew for the 2012 Summer Olympics and has been a real magnet for tourists ever since. The longest slide in the world will open its doors or pipe opened on June 24, 2016, and you can already get tickets. Expect a line as long as the slide itself!
London is getting the longest roller coaster in the world! It clung to the steel structure like a trunk wrapper ArcelorMittal Orbit, 114.5 meters tall observation tower, which rises above the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and was created in the image of the artist, Sir by Anish Kapoor, and engineer Cecil Balmond (the architectural bureau was otherwise watching over the construction Bblur Architecture). It symbolizes dedication and effort of Olympians and boasts a staircase, elevators and a pair of viewing platforms, but now it's even richer for the longest slide in the world.
This was planned by an out-of-serial artist Carsten Höller, the guru of roller coasters for adults, who has already tackled similar projects in the past (including bringing a roller coaster to the famous London the Tate Modern gallery). The Belgian artist not only strives to transformation of the urban landscape, one of his main goals was to change his attitude towards life. People are convinced that they are slides and slides can only be part of a children's playground and children's games. Why don't they treat themselves to such a lovely pleasure even as adults? Or as he once said: "People who ride a toboggan have a very special expression on their faces. The ride touches them and they are changed in a certain way by it.”
That was in 2006, when he brought the slide for adults to the Tate Modern and when it was just the idea that he would slides for adults replaced the rooms with the various therapists we humans use to reduce stress. Since then, his vision has taken on more and more concrete outlines, and Höller has thus been more than successful in his transformation of not only the urban landscape, but also people.
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The ArcelorMittal Orbit tower is otherwise the largest art structure in Britain, and the longest slide in the world is just the icing on the cake and an additional magnet for tourists. 178 meters long and like a snake the coiled tube embraces the central tower five times before it meets us 50-meter dash. The descent is about 40 seconds long (in this time we descend 15 floors), and the ride takes place at a speed of approx. 25 km/h. Although it is a closed slide, visitors because of glass ceiling they will not be deprived of panoramic view.
More information:
arcelormittalorbit.com
