Miniatur Wunderland, Hamburg

[John Ashworth]

Over 1,000 square metres, over 6 miles of track, begun in 2000, covering six regions (America, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Germany, and the Austrian Alps), 700 trains, 10,000 wagons, the longest train almost 15 metres long, a 4 ft long passenger ship floating in a fjord, 900 signals, 2,800 buildings, 4,000 cars (many with illuminated headlights), and 160,000 individually designed figures. The set has taken 500,000 hours and more than EUR 8 million.

It is expected to be finished in 2014, when the train set will cover more than 1,800 square meters and feature almost 13 miles of track, by which time detailed models of parts of France, Italy and the UK will have been added.

Superb!

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