because it s the only in the world, but i think they like to go from one place to the other in a short time. i think about 85,000 people a day, they take it. 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? we have to clean up a little bit, but we are, to 95% to 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 the 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,
arriving in denmark. 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? yeah. 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? oh, she s changing the rails across! right. we ve got the birds flying,
and this is schleswig holstein, in the north west of germany. any further north and i ll be arriving in denmark. from here, i m heading out over the sea. but it s not a boat i ll be taking. this is amazing! fabulous! pleasure to meet you! hello, emeline! this is the lorenbahn? ja! komm! the lorenbahn trains service the hallig islands, which are cut off by the mainland from flooding, up to 50 times a year. people living here use the little trains to get around. each family has its own wagon or lore, and every one is unique. claudia has offered to give me a ride on hers. you have to be very physically fit to do this, don t you? oh, she s changing the rails across! right!
century as 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 this, but you can t lean back. a lego diorama of wuppertal but the piece de resistance is at the end. emeline, let s just enter carriage number 11. here you see that it s still you can still open the windows, for example. just put them on. 0oh! the brain really 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, that it s too speedy, that it s too much metal over the river, that it looks ugly. other people who didn t