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| Naked torsos & horned beasts: Swiss tunnel’s bizarre opening leaves viewers baffled (VIDEOS) | Naked torsos & horned beasts: Swiss tunnel’s bizarre opening leaves viewers baffled (VIDEOS) |
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| Switzerland celebrated the opening of the world’s longest train tunnel, a 17-year project that cuts through the Alps and cost €11 billion to construct - but all anyone’s talking about is its ridiculous opening ceremony. | Switzerland celebrated the opening of the world’s longest train tunnel, a 17-year project that cuts through the Alps and cost €11 billion to construct - but all anyone’s talking about is its ridiculous opening ceremony. |
| Efforts to highlight the incredible engineering accomplishment of the 2,300 meter-deep tunnel resulted in an utterly strange opening ceremony that reported cost €8 million. | |
| READ MORE: World's longest rail tunnel opens through Swiss Alps (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) | READ MORE: World's longest rail tunnel opens through Swiss Alps (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) |
| Co-ordinated by German director Volker Hesse, the performances were supposed to represent various aspects of Swiss culture, but, at times, ended up resembling a Kanye West fashion show. | Co-ordinated by German director Volker Hesse, the performances were supposed to represent various aspects of Swiss culture, but, at times, ended up resembling a Kanye West fashion show. |
| More than 600 actors reportedly took part in the show, which at one point, included a topless creepy-looking bird that hung over nine performers, representing the nine miners that lost their lives during the tunnel’s construction. | More than 600 actors reportedly took part in the show, which at one point, included a topless creepy-looking bird that hung over nine performers, representing the nine miners that lost their lives during the tunnel’s construction. |
| Soon after the elaborate performance began, viewers took to Twitter to ask the question on viewers’ lips: what is actually going on here? | Soon after the elaborate performance began, viewers took to Twitter to ask the question on viewers’ lips: what is actually going on here? |
| While it may live on as the opening ceremony of all ceremonies (here’s looking at you, Rio Olympics organizers)... | While it may live on as the opening ceremony of all ceremonies (here’s looking at you, Rio Olympics organizers)... |
| …the Swiss project also managed to deliver the world’s longest and deepest train tunnel on time and within budget, so they were probably entitled to let off some steam. | …the Swiss project also managed to deliver the world’s longest and deepest train tunnel on time and within budget, so they were probably entitled to let off some steam. |