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      🌅 Sun of Moscow Ferris wheel

      2-я Останкинская ул., 3

      A 140 m Ferris wheel — the biggest in Europe, with a panorama of VDNKh and the Ostankino Tower.

      Sun of Moscow Ferris wheel
      © MBH · CC BY-SA 4.0
      • The wheel opened on 10 September 2022, on Moscow's 875th birthday.
      • It is 5 m taller than the London Eye (135 m), which was previously Europe's tallest wheel.
      • One revolution lasts 18 minutes 40 seconds; there are 30 cabins, each holding up to 15 people, and five of them have a transparent floor.
      • In clear weather visibility reaches 50 km — you can see the Stalin-era skyscrapers, Ostankino and the Spasskaya Tower of the Kremlin.
      • The structure weighs 1,800 tons; a model of it was tested in TsAGI's wind tunnel for winds up to 44 m/s.
      • The wheel replaced the earlier "Moscow 850th Anniversary" wheel, dismantled in 2016; building on the old spot was ruled out because of utilities and a metro line.
      • The wheel runs all year round — at temperatures from −10 to +40 °C.

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      • VDNKh: robots, rides and the wheel
      • VDNKh in lights: the wheel at sunset and dinner

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