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The World’s 20 Weirdest & Craziest Elevators

The elevator is usually a small room or box that carries us to move up or down to reach the floor that we want in any building. In this small room you have buttons that are easily pushed to help you to reach your floor without any sophistication. In addition to these traditional elevators, there are other non-traditional and creative ones which are really crazy. These weird elevators are not only crazy because they look strange, but because they also use unprecedented ideas that are really attractive and fascinating. Here are a few of the weirdest and craziest elevators that can be found around the world.

The Gateway Arch which is in St. Louis, Missouri.

Bailong Elevator that can be found in Hunan, China. It is considered to be the world’s longest outdoor elevator.

Falkirk Wheel which is situated in Falkirk, Scotland. It is the world’s only rotating boat elevator and it was opened in 2002.

Hammetschwand Lift which is located in Lake Lucerne, Switzerland.

Umeda Hankyu Building Elevator that is located in Osaka, Japan. It is large enough to carry 80 passengers as it is 11.15 x 9.2 feet.

Santa Justa Lift that is situated in Lisbon, Portugal. The elevator was constructed in 1902 and it is 426 feet long.

SkyView that can be found in Stockholm, Sweden

Rising Tide Elevator is situated on MS Oasis of the Seas which is the largest cruise ship in the world. It is said to be the world’s only bar-elevator combo.

Lloyd’s Building which is located in London, England

Louvre Elevator that is located in France. This elevator is hydraulically powered and features an open top.

Taipei 101 that is located in Taipei, Taiwan

Luxor Inclinator that is situated in Las Vegas, Nevada. The elevator moves on an incline of 39 degrees and this is because of the construction of the Luxor.

Trampe Bicycle Lift which can be found in Trondheim, Norway. It is the only bicycle elevator in the world.

Long Island City Business Center that can be found in Queens, New York

Oregon City Municipal Elevator that is located in Oregon City, Oregon. It was first powered by water when it was built in 1915, but since 1955, it has been powered by electricity which makes the elevator faster than it was before.

Mercedes-Benz Museum which is situated in Stuttgart, Germany

Anderton Boat Lift that is situated in Cheshire, England. This lift was built in 1875 and restored in 2002 after being shut down in 1983.

Sky Tower that is located in Auckland, New Zealand. It features a glass window in the floor which allows you to see the buildings under your feet.

Burj Khalifa Elevator that can be found in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This elevator is the world’s fastest one since it is located in the world’s longest building.

AquaDom is one of the craziest elevators that is situated at the Radisson Blu hotel in Berlin, Germany. A transparent elevator is placed in the middle of an aquarium which is 82 feet long. There are over 1500 fish of 50 species swimming around the elevator in the aquarium.

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