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What is the deepest accessible point on earth?
I don't think it's the deepest, but the LKAB Visitor Centre in Kiruna/Giron, Sweden, is easily accessible by daily buses, and is, if I recall correctly, 345 metre below the local surface. Not nearly …
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World's fastest ferry route
In Oman, between Muscat and the exclave Musandam, operate the Shinas and the Hormuz.
As reported by The Week, the Shinas has a top speed of 96 km/hour, whereas the Hormuz has a top speed of 104 km/hou …
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Longest distance ordinary road sign?
Honorary mention from Tashkent (Uzbekistan), indicating the direction to Karachi (Pakistan), Bandar Abbas (Iran), and Hamburg (Germany). Not a record holder because the distances are not indicated, b …
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Longest bridge/tunnel that can be cycled over/through?
Not a bridge or a tunnel, but as a bonus, consider the Afsluitdijk, a 32 km artificial enclosure dam and causeway connecting the Dutch provinces Noord-Holland and Friesland, separating IJsselmeer from …
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World's longest purpose-built pedestrian tunnel?
The pedestrian-part of the Galleria ENEL Alpe Croppi di Lago appears to be around 2.8 km long (and reportedly only around 1.8 metre high in places, though I'm not sure about the height in general). I …
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Where is the Asia-Europe divide and where can we cross it?
Istanbul is a massive city. If you wish to visit the European-Asian border but big cities are not your thing, you can take the train up to the Arctic Circle in the Russian Polar Ural.
(source: wiki …
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Are there any (non-touristic) stations in Germany that cannot be reached by the Deutschland ...
Although you can get everywhere where regional trains connect, there are some regional trains on which the Deutschland ticket is not valid. Note that those trains are a tiny minority of all regional …
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Any railway stations more than 1 change from London?
You're asking for stations within the UK.
For any station in Northern Ireland, you'd need to change from train to ferry and from ferry to train. On either side, (direct) trains do not connect all th …
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