Strange Planet: Berlin Subway Slide

ByMarilyn Terrell
June 17, 2010

To liven things up for Berlin subway travelers, Volkswagen temporarily installed a bright red plastic slide in the Alexanderplatz U-Bahn station as an alternative to the escalator and labeled it “Fast Lane.”  Commuters uninhibited enough to try it had a fun ride down. For more views of Berlin, check out our Berlin City Life photo gallery.

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