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Article: Germany's huge train set becoming popular tourist attraction
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- March 27, 2009
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Germany's huge train set becoming popular tourist attraction
BERLIN, March 27 (Xinhua) -- If you cannot afford or are not
prepared to pay for an expensive trip amid the current financial
downturn, you may want to visit "Miniatur Wunderland," the world's
biggest model train set.
Housed in a private museum, the set features trains running
through models of Scandinavian fjords, the Swiss alps, and even
Mount Rushmore, and is becoming one of the major attractions in
Germany.
Located in the northern port city of Hamburg, "Wunderland"
attracted almost 1 million visitors last year. The model railway,