Here are some unusual elevators from around the world. If you know of another unusual elevator, please let us know so that we can add it to this post.
AquaDom (Germany)
AquaDom in Berlin, Germany, is a cylindrical acrylic glass aquarium with a height of 25 meters and a transparent internal elevator. It is located inside the Radisson Blu Hotel in Berlin Mitte. AquaDom opened to the public in 2004 at a cost of approximately €12.8 million. It is the world’s largest cylindrical acrylic aquarium, with a diameter of about 11 meters, filled with 1,000,000 liters of water. It contains more than 1,500 fish from 50 different species. Image source: Wikipedia
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SkyView (Sweden)
SkyView is a cable car built on the southern side of the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden. This 100-meter elevator consists of two spherical cabins that offer visitors an exciting ride to the top of the Globe at a height of about 130 meters above sea level. The project began in 2004 and officially opened in February 2010. Around 160,000 people used it during the first year of operation. Image source: Wikipedia
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Hammetschwand Elevator (Switzerland)
The Hammetschwand Elevator in Switzerland is the highest outdoor elevator in Europe. It takes passengers to a height of 153 meters to the summit of Hammetschwand in less than one minute. Image source: Wikipedia
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Gateway Arch (United States)
The St. Louis Gateway Arch is a beautiful historic monument symbolizing westward expansion in the United States. The tram ride to the top of the arch takes four minutes, and the return trip takes three minutes. The cabin doors have narrow glass windows that allow passengers to see the inside of the arch during the journey. Image source: Wikipedia
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Santa Justa Elevator (Portugal)
Since its construction in 1901, the Santa Justa Elevator has become one of Lisbon’s tourist attractions among the city’s urban elevators. This neo-Gothic elevator is decorated with ironwork, reflecting the culture of the early 1900s. Image source: Wikipedia
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Bailong Elevator (China)
The Bailong Elevator is a 326-meter glass elevator built alongside a massive cliff in the Wulingyuan area of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Hunan Province, China. It is claimed to be the tallest and heaviest outdoor elevator in the world. Construction began in October 1999, and it opened to the public in 2002. The Bailong Elevator has set three Guinness World Records: the tallest fully exposed outdoor elevator, the tallest double-deck sightseeing elevator, and the fastest passenger elevator with the largest carrying capacity. Image source: Wikipedia
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Lacerda Elevator (Brazil)
The Lacerda Elevator is located in the city of Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. The elevator itself is one of the city’s landmarks, transporting around 900,000 passengers per month with a travel time of just 30 seconds. Image source: Wikipedia
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Mercedes-Benz Museum (Germany)
The elevators of the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany are just as enjoyable to watch moving up and down the museum’s atrium paths as they are to ride. The capsule-shaped elevators are one of the museum’s main features. Each ride lasts only 30 seconds. Image source: Wikipedia
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Asansör (Turkey)
Asansör is a historic structure in Izmir, Turkey. It was built to facilitate transportation from the narrow Karataş coastline up to the hillside, carrying people and goods inside the building. Today, the top of Asansör hosts one of Izmir’s most famous restaurants. Image source: Wikipedia
Image source: Wikipedia
Oregon City Municipal Elevator (United States)
The Oregon City Municipal Elevator is a 40-meter elevator that connects two neighborhoods in Oregon City, Oregon, United States. It is the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States. By 1989, it transported an average of 500 people per day, increasing to 800 per day by 2008. During the summer tourist season, the number of passengers reaches up to 1,300 per day. Image source: Wikipedia
Image source: Wikipedia
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