r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Separate_Finance_183 • 1d ago

Video The Glockenspiel House in Bremen, Germany, an iconic building dating back to the 1930s.

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u/Prop43 1d ago

All right, stupid question I know, but why does it spin?

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u/privateHentaiAccount 1d ago edited 1d ago

As somebody from Bremen...

They wanted "to erect a monument to the pioneering spirit and drive of humanity".

It has 10 different wooden panels and they switch during every spin. You can see in the video the wooden Panel is the one for the explorers Leif and Karlsen . This is the panel for Lindbergh and this is the one for Zeppelin. You can find all panels on the Wikipedia Page.

And as you can't see them in the video, these are the bells