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by estetlinus 30 days ago
FYI we have a up to scale model of the solar system in Sweden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_Solar_System

Come visit!

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Here in Australia we have earths largest scale model of our solar system.

https://www.nsw.gov.au/visiting-and-exploring-nsw/locations-...

There is a Wikipedia List (German) [1] of quite a few of those (in Germany and in other countries). I stumbled upon it, while trying to find a link to the one in my home town I have wandered quite a few times, as I lived between Neptun and Pluto (it was built before Pluto was demoted), very close to Pluto. It ran the street I grew up in and was built to scale (1:4 bln scale) by a teacher who was a full blown astro nerd and in his free time taught quite a few of the local youth about space, planets, the science behind it, but also built rockets with us and let them fly.

I so fondly remember him, as he was one of those people being a massive inspiration to my life.

[1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetenweg

Edit: Added scale.

That looks really cool! I've visited scale models of the solar system in Eugene, Oregon[1] and Norwich, Vermont[2], but neither one is anywhere near that size.

[1] https://eugenesciencecenter.org/exhibits/eugene-solar-system...

[2] https://montshire.org/exhibit/exhibits/outdoor-discovery-tra...

There is also one in Palo Alto, California! https://www.paloaltozoo.org/Exhibits/Solar-System-Model
We have one in Munich as well. Quite nice walk along the river

https://www.deutsches-museum.de/museumsinsel/programm/progra...

It is old, hence Pluto is still part of it

There is one in Corpus Christi (Texas) that I've seen.

https://www.visitcorpuschristi.com/blog/post/things-to-do-on...

Traverse City, MI has one on their bike trail system: https://traversetrails.org/solar-system/
There is also one in Zagreb, Croatia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Views
That is awesome!
Wow. Such an awesome idea! Thank you, you made my day