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. but, just as i arrive, 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. woo! it s great that you re coming here. thank you, i m excited! it s looking good. do you have anything left that you need to do today before tomorrow? well, we have to clean up a little bit but we are, to 95% 98%, we are ready. and it s great that you re coming here to our schwebebahn experience. emeline, please enter the first room. 0oh! it s our projection world. and here, we tell the story of mobility why it was necessary to build the schwebebahn. because population increased massively
over the wadden sea. but it s not a boat i ll be taking. this is amazing. fabulous! pleasure to meet you! hello! emeline! hello. so, this is the lorenbahn? ja. the lorenbahn trains service the hallig islands, which are cut off from the mainland by flooding up to 50 times a year. people living here use their little trains to get around. each family has its own wagon or lore and every one is unique. claudia nommensen has offered to give me a ride on hers. you have to be very physically fit to do this, don t you? 0h, she s changing the rails across! right. we ve got the birds flying,
because population increased massively in the middle of the 19th century and industrialisation came. as well as the projection, there are reminders of what the carriages looked like through the ages. and then, of course, this is like. 0oh, bouncy! ..but you can t lean back. ..a lego diorama of wuppertal, but la piece de resistance is at the end. emeline, let s just enter the carriage number 11. here, you see it s still you can still open the windows, for example. just put them on. 0oh! make them link. the brain, really yeah, after five seconds, you are in the world of 1929 and you really think you are making a left or right turn. a lot of people thought that it is against god, it s too speedy, that it s too much metal over the river, that it looks ugly, all the people who didn t have the vision that this
from here, i m heading out over the wadden sea. but it s not a boat i ll be taking. this is amazing. fabulous! pleasure to meet you! hello! emeline! hello. so, this is the lorenbahn? ja. the lorenbahn trains service the hallig islands, which are cut off from the mainland by flooding up to 50 times a year. people living here use their little trains to get around. each family has its own wagon or lore and every one is unique. claudia nommensen has offered to give me a ride on hers. you have to be very physically fit to do this, don t you? 0h, she s changing the rails across! right.
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. but, just as i arrive, 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. woo! it s great that you re coming here. thank you, i m excited! it s looking good. do you have anything left that you need to do today before tomorrow? well, we have to clean up a little bit but we are, to 95% 98%, we are ready. and it s great that you re coming here to our schwebebahn experience. emeline, please enter the first room. 0oh! it s our projection world. and here, we tell the story of mobility why it was necessary to build the schwebebahn.