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so this is wuppertal, sandwiched between cologne and dortmund.ut it has one thing going for it that has made it world—famous, and it's right there. the schwebebahn is a suspended monorail, the carriages hanging from a track about 12 metres above the streets and the rivers of wuppertal. hello. i'm meeting inge, who grew up riding the schwebebahn and even got married on it back in 2006. it was built in 1893 01’1894, but only in 1901 it was ready. and then you could go from one town to the other. that's over 120 years that this has been standing here. yes. what do you think was the impression of the residents when they first saw this? they were impressed, i think. they said, what is this? excited. they feared it, because they thought they could come and take them away. they didn't want the schwebebahn. shall we stand? i kind of want to feel it move. yes, hold on. it's going to move a lot? ok, you hold on as well. it does feel like it's sort of hovering, levitating. a little bit bumpy, but it's ok, it's pretty smooth. so what are some of your memorie
so this is wuppertal, sandwiched between cologne and dortmund.ut it has one thing going for it that has made it world—famous, and it's right there. the schwebebahn is a suspended monorail, the carriages hanging from a track about 12 metres above the streets and the rivers of wuppertal. hello. i'm meeting inge, who grew up riding the schwebebahn and even got married on it back in 2006. it was built in 1893 01’1894, but only in 1901 it was ready. and then you could go from one town to the...
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my grandma — she came to wuppertal the first time in 1953. and said, "how can you come into the schwebebahn? " because she couldn't see that there was a platform. what do you think it represents for the people here? i think they like it because it's the one in the world. but i think they like to go from one place to the other in a short time. i think about 85,000 people a day, they take it. oh, thank you! given all that history, it's a bit of a surprise there's been no proper museum to the schwebebahn. butjust as i arrived, all that's about to change. tomorrow, the schwebodrom opens and i'm here to meet its managing director thomas helbig as he makes the final few preparations. come in. hello, tom. how are you doing? fine. it's great that you are coming here. thank you. i'm excited. it's looking good. do you have anything left that you need to do today before tomorrow? we have to clean up a little bit but 95—98%, we are ready and it's great that you are coming here to our schwebebahn experience. emeline, please enter the first room. it is our
my grandma — she came to wuppertal the first time in 1953. and said, "how can you come into the schwebebahn? " because she couldn't see that there was a platform. what do you think it represents for the people here? i think they like it because it's the one in the world. but i think they like to go from one place to the other in a short time. i think about 85,000 people a day, they take it. oh, thank you! given all that history, it's a bit of a surprise there's been no proper museum...
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it was very funny, my - grandma - she came to wuppertal grandma — she came to wuppertal for the firstet and looked up and said, how can you come into the schwebebahn? because ou can into the schwebebahn? because you can see _ into the schwebebahn? because you can see that _ into the schwebebahn? because you can see that there _ into the schwebebahn? because you can see that there was - into the schwebebahn? because you can see that there was the l you can see that there was the platform. what do you think it represents for the people here? i think they like it, because it's the only one in the world, but i think they like to go from one place to the other in a short time. i think about 85,000 people a day take it. given all that history, it's a bit of a surprise there's been no proper museum to the schwebebahn. but, just as i arrived, all that is about to change. tomorrow, the schwebedrome opens, and i am here to meet its managing director as he makes the final few preparations.— few preparations. come in. hello, tom. _ few preparations. come in. hello, tom. how— few preparations. com
it was very funny, my - grandma - she came to wuppertal grandma — she came to wuppertal for the firstet and looked up and said, how can you come into the schwebebahn? because ou can into the schwebebahn? because you can see _ into the schwebebahn? because you can see that _ into the schwebebahn? because you can see that there _ into the schwebebahn? because you can see that there was - into the schwebebahn? because you can see that there was the l you can see that there was the platform. what...
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my grandma — she came to wuppertal the first time in 1953.to the other in a short time. i think about 85,000 people a day take it. oh, thank you! given all that history, it's a bit of a surprise there's been no proper museum to the schwebebahn. butjust as i arrived, all that is about to change. tomorrow, the schwebodrom opens and i'm here to meet its managing director tomas helbig as he makes the final few preparations. come in. hello, tom. how are you doing? fine. it's great that you are coming here. thank you. i'm excited. it's looking good. do you have anything left that you need to do today before tomorrow? we have to clean up a little bit but 95—98%, we are ready and it's great that you are coming here to our schwebebahn experience. emily, please enter the first room. it is our projection world. and here, we tell the story of mobility — why it was necessary to build the schwebebahn because the population increased massively in the middle of the 19th century as industrialisation came. as well as the projection, there are reminders of what
my grandma — she came to wuppertal the first time in 1953.to the other in a short time. i think about 85,000 people a day take it. oh, thank you! given all that history, it's a bit of a surprise there's been no proper museum to the schwebebahn. butjust as i arrived, all that is about to change. tomorrow, the schwebodrom opens and i'm here to meet its managing director tomas helbig as he makes the final few preparations. come in. hello, tom. how are you doing? fine. it's great that you are...