This is the world's longest and tallest tunnel slide.
This is the world's longest and tallest tunnel slide.
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It weaves around the 115 meter-tall (377 ft) Orbit Tower in London.
It weaves around the 115 meter-tall (377 ft) Orbit Tower in London.
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The Orbit Tower was conceived by <a target="_blank" target="_blank">Anish Kapoor</a> for the 2012 Olympics.
The Orbit Tower was conceived by Anish Kapoor for the 2012 Olympics.
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The slide was added this year by artist Carsten H?ller.
The slide was added this year by artist Carsten H?ller.
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"Now that the two artworks will be intertwined with each other, I see it as one of these double situations that I am so interested in," says H?ller, pictured above with Anish Kapoor.
"Now that the two artworks will be intertwined with each other, I see it as one of these double situations that I am so interested in," says H?ller, pictured above with Anish Kapoor.
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At 178 m-long (584 ft), it is the longest and tallest tunnel slide in the world.
At 178 m-long (584 ft), it is the longest and tallest tunnel slide in the world.
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The Orbit Tower slide is made up of 30 sections and feature 12 turns.
The Orbit Tower slide is made up of 30 sections and feature 12 turns.
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It has a top speed of 15 miles per hour
It has a top speed of 15 miles per hour
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And takes approximately 40 seconds to ride from top to bottom.
And takes approximately 40 seconds to ride from top to bottom.
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It will open to the public on June 24.
It will open to the public on June 24.
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Riding the world's tallest, longest tunnel slide

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by The Spaces, a digital publication exploring new ways to live and work.

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London's ArcelorMittal Orbit Tower 115 meter-tall (377 ft) tall

It opens to the public on June 24, 2016

CNN  — 

Thrill seekers in England have a new place to get an adrenaline rush with the world’s tallest and longest tunnel slide opening to the public at London’s ArcelorMittal Orbit Tower on June 24.

Artist Carsten H?ller – developing on an initial proposal by Bblur Architecture – has designed the 178 m-long (584 ft) helter skelter slide. It’s the latest intervention to the 115 meter-tall (377 ft) Orbit, conceived by Anish Kapoor for the 2012 Olympics, following an abseiling attraction completed last year.

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“Since 1999, I have built a number of slides, both free-standing and attached to buildings, but never onto another artwork as in this case,” says H?ller, who installed a pair of spiraling slides at the Hayward Gallery for an exhibition last summer.

“Now that the two artworks will be intertwined with each other, I see it as one of these double situations that I am so interested in.”

The Orbit Tower slide will be made up of 30 sections – 12 of which are now complete – and feature 12 turns, including a tight corkscrew twist. It starts at a height of 74 meters and has a top speed of 15 miles per hour, taking 40 seconds to go down.

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Tickets for the attraction cost ￡15 ($22) and include access to the Orbit’s viewing platform.

London isn’t the only city expecting a helter skelter either, with plans afoot for a glass slide 1,000 ft up Downtown LA’s US Bank Tower.

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