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Germany’s autobahns are renowned for average speeds well in excess of 80 miles an hour. But the average dropped near zero yesterday as tens of thousands of people sat at a 37-mile-long table for a cultural celebration titled, appropriately, Still Life.
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Cars were strictly verboten.
A radio traffic report warned that the road was closed between Duisburg and Dortmund because of “the longest table in the world.’’
A festival spokesman said an estimated 3 million people turned out amid fine weather, 1 million of them with their bicycles, to celebrate on the highway between Dortmund and Bochum, in western Germany.
Tens of thousands sat at the table, which was made up of 20,000 individual tables, spokesman Oliver Haenig said.
The highway, which crosses North Rhine-Westphalia state, is normally one of Europe’s busiest.
The event was part of a wider cultural festival celebrating the Ruhr region. It was chosen by the European Union this year as a European Capital of Culture 2010, the first time the distinction went to an area rather than a city.
Germany has no general speed limit for its famous autobahns, and drivers often go 125 miles per hour or more. In dense or dangerous areas, they may be required to slow down to 75
Still Life - Longest Street Party at Autobahn Germany sets World Record Video
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Cars were strictly verboten.
A radio traffic report warned that the road was closed between Duisburg and Dortmund because of “the longest table in the world.’’
A festival spokesman said an estimated 3 million people turned out amid fine weather, 1 million of them with their bicycles, to celebrate on the highway between Dortmund and Bochum, in western Germany.
Tens of thousands sat at the table, which was made up of 20,000 individual tables, spokesman Oliver Haenig said.
The highway, which crosses North Rhine-Westphalia state, is normally one of Europe’s busiest.
The event was part of a wider cultural festival celebrating the Ruhr region. It was chosen by the European Union this year as a European Capital of Culture 2010, the first time the distinction went to an area rather than a city.
Germany has no general speed limit for its famous autobahns, and drivers often go 125 miles per hour or more. In dense or dangerous areas, they may be required to slow down to 75
Still Life - Longest Street Party at Autobahn Germany sets World Record Video
