Germans party on highway. Germany's autobahns are renowned for average speeds well in excess of 80 miles (130 kilometers) an hour. But the average dropped near zero Sunday as tens of thousands of people sat at a 37-mile table for a cultural celebration titled, appropriately enough, "Still Life."
People on foot and bicycle take over the Autobahn in Essen, western Germany, to celebrate "Still-Life" on Sunday, July 18, 2010. The most-travelled motorway in Germany A40 is closed for one day on 60 kilometers for the most spectacular event of the European Cultural Capital Ruhr 2010, when 20,000 tables are set as the longest banquet of the world. About one million visitors and inhabitants of the Ruhr agglomeration area meet, eat and drink together on a Sunday between the cities of Dortmund and Duisburg in Germany's most populated region. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Cars were strictly verboten.
"Attention on the A40," a radio traffic report warned. "There is a 60-kilometer (37-mile) closure between Duisburg and Dortmund due to the longest table in the world."
A festival spokesman said an estimated 3 million people turned out amid fine weather, one million of them with their bicycles, to celebrate on the highway between Dortmund and Bochum, in western Germany. Tens of thousands sat at the table, which was made up of 20,000 individual tables, spokesman Oliver Haenig, said.
The highway, which crosses North Rhine-Westphalia state, is normally one of Europe's busiest.
The event was part of a wider cultural festival celebrating the Ruhr region. It was chosen by the European Union this year as a European Capital of Culture 2010 — the first time the distinction went to an area rather than a city.
Germany has no general speed limit for its famous autobahns. Cars often speed up to 125 miles per hour or more. In dense or dangerous areas, drivers are often required to slow down to 75. ( The Associated Press )
Cars were strictly verboten.
"Attention on the A40," a radio traffic report warned. "There is a 60-kilometer (37-mile) closure between Duisburg and Dortmund due to the longest table in the world."
A festival spokesman said an estimated 3 million people turned out amid fine weather, one million of them with their bicycles, to celebrate on the highway between Dortmund and Bochum, in western Germany. Tens of thousands sat at the table, which was made up of 20,000 individual tables, spokesman Oliver Haenig, said.
The highway, which crosses North Rhine-Westphalia state, is normally one of Europe's busiest.
The event was part of a wider cultural festival celebrating the Ruhr region. It was chosen by the European Union this year as a European Capital of Culture 2010 — the first time the distinction went to an area rather than a city.
Germany has no general speed limit for its famous autobahns. Cars often speed up to 125 miles per hour or more. In dense or dangerous areas, drivers are often required to slow down to 75. ( The Associated Press )
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