Completed in 2000 , Norway ’s fifteen - mile - longLærdal Tunnelcuts through a mountain reach near the settlement of Lærdalsøyri . To alleviate drivers ’ claustrophobia and to prevent the underground monotony from lulling motorist to sleep , the burrow is punctuated with a serial of caverns designed to resemble impend daylight — perhaps that of some distant , blue raspberry sun . Let ’s take a drive through this subterranean head tripper .
AsAtlas Obscura explainsof Lærdal :
Since it takes the fair driver 20 minutes to trip through the burrow , exceptional design features were added in gild to preclude drivers from fall numb . The tunnel is thus divided into four dissimilar sections that are go up by “ deal caves . ” The stack caves are 3.7 miles ( 6 kilometre ) asunder and each one is equipped with special lighting that gives off the illusion of driving into daylight .
For some other cockamamie trip through the transportation system base of Norway , seethis seven - hour train drive from Bergen to Oslo set totally to technoandthe 134 - hour marine documentary Hurtigrutencondensed intofive minutes .
https://gizmodo.com/watch-a-7-hour-train-ride-through-norway-set-entirely-t-5689179
ViaThe Engineer . icon : Bandia Kunderka / Wikimedia Commons , Andrejk / Wikimedia Commons .
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