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Tower Comes to Tiny Towns

March 16, 2006 at 12:20 PM | by | Comments (0)

Prague's famous clock tower--called Orloj in Czech--has been replicated to 1/25 scale and will soon claim a spot in one of our favorite places to visit in Brussels, Mini-Europe. No, Mini-Europe is not what Euroskeptics call the EU, but a theme park in the Belgian capital that reproduces everything that the continent has to offer at a smaller scale. Smaller than Smart cars, even.

The replication of Prague's 15th Century clock tower is all the more impressive because legend has it that the original engineer was blinded so that he couldn't reproduce his work elsewhere. And he didn't get health insurance or overtime.

Mini-Europe has it all: Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, an erupting model of Mount Vesuvius, and other stuff that Europeans think is famous but Americans have probably never heard of before. It is a convenient way to see everything in Europe quickly, though, and there are plentiful French fries available. What more can you ask for in a tourist attraction?

[Image via Amir & Malahat/Flickr]  

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·   The Orloj Goes to Brussels [RadioCZ]

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