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Miniatur Wunderland *** official video *** largest model railway / railroad of the world

The official tour video of Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, the world's largest model railway. It shows the 1,300 square meter layout with trains, aircraft, cars and ships moving around.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it as an absorbing look at the most elaborate model railroad ever built.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Miniatur Wunderland
Topic
model railways
Format
documentary
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
3
HN mentions in dataset
3
Recommendation years in dataset
2017–2022

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • "Model Railroading is Fun". Said so on the cover of every issue of Model Railroader magazine for decades. They're trying too hard. Check out Minatur Wunderland, the most elaborate model railroad in the world.[1] [1] [VIDEO]

    Animats on Hacker News · 2017-02
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  • Coincidentally, Germany also has the world's largest model train exhibit, which even has a fully functional airport (with functional departure board, of course) and a full day/night cycle. You can watch a short tour of it at [VIDEO]

    jfim on Hacker News · 2018-05
    In Tiny Trains: Neat Narrow-Gauge Rail Connects German Island to Mainland

  • Here's your productivity black hole of the day: [VIDEO] Although the exciting software is to remotely control the cars, written in Delphi, but they haven't published these (understandably). They're even working on an F1 race with cars that will decide to overtake themselves: [LINK] (subtitles …

    netsharc on Hacker News · 2022-02
    In Simutrans – Transport Simulator

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