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on June 3, 2016 in World News

Naked torsos & horned beasts: Swiss tunnel’s bizarre opening leaves viewers baffled

Switzerland celebrated the opening of the world’s longest train tunnel, a 17-year project that cuts through the Alps and cost €11 billion to construct – but all anyone’s talking about is its ridiculous opening ceremony. Efforts to highlight the incredible engineering accomplishment of the 2,300 meter-deep tunnel resulted in an utterly strange opening ceremony that reported cost €8 million. READ MORE: World’s longest rail tunnel opens through Swiss Alps (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)   Ceremony commemorates Gotthard Base Tunnel opening in Erstfeld LIVE NOW: https://t.co/bNsKdyyfUlhttps://t.co/w1TrlBXuzm — Ruptly (@Ruptly) June 1, 2016 Co-ordinated by German director Volker Hesse, the performances were supposed to… View Article

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