{"id":19122,"date":"2019-10-10T12:00:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T11:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=19122"},"modified":"2019-10-10T13:39:56","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T12:39:56","slug":"a-disappointing-trip-to-spreuerhofstrasse-the-narrowest-street-in-the-world-in-reutlingen-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-disappointing-trip-to-spreuerhofstrasse-the-narrowest-street-in-the-world-in-reutlingen-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"A disappointing trip to Spreuerhofstrasse, the ‘Narrowest Street In The World’ in Reutlingen, Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rarely has a trip to a tourist attraction disappointed as much as my recent visit to the ‘Narrowest Street In The World’ in Reutlingen, Germany.<\/p>\n

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Admittedly, I didn’t help myself by arriving at midnight, but with no lighting being provided, I had to stumble around in the dark and use the torch on my phone to locate the ‘street.’<\/p>\n

And what a damp squib it was. They call it a ‘street’, but it is in fact just a small gap between two houses that were built in 1726 after Reutlingen was ravaged by a fire.<\/p>\n

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Measuring a measly 3.80 meters long, Spreuerhofstrasse is listed as the narrowest in the world in the Guinness Book of World Records, with a width of just 31 centimetres (12.2 inches).<\/p>\n

The only good thing I can say about it is that it shortened my trip slightly to the pub.<\/p>\n

Apart from that it was rubbish.<\/p>\n

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Here’s some pics from my two second walk through in the dark:<\/p>\n

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Here’s how it looks without the flash.\u00a0 It’s a ‘passageway’ at best.<\/p>\n

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A shiny new metal drainpipe can be seen at the opposite end.<\/p>\n

For a more convincing ‘narrow street’ check out my feature on Brydges Place<\/a>, which is London’s narrowest alley, running for 200 yards and measuring up at 15 inches wide.<\/p>\n

How to find the street (if you must)<\/h2>\n

Spreuerhofstra\u00dfe 9, 72764 Reutlingen, Germany<\/p>\n