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Insane Glass-Bottomed Pool To Open High Above London Streets
Insane Glass-Bottomed Pool To Open High Above London Streets
Jan 17, 2024 3:40 PM

Sunny days in London are about to get a lot more thrilling for daredevils.

An artist's rendering of the "sky pool."

(Screenshot via CBS Minnesota video)

About 100 feet above the ground, Londoners will soon be able to look up and see people swimming in a glass pool above the streets of the city's Nine Elms district, USA Today reported. Known as a "sky pool," it will be , Homes and Property said.

Measuring some 80 feet long, the pool , according to Dezeen Magazine. The casing will be completely transparent, which will give pedestrians quite the show, and may make some swimmers queasy.

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The pool will connect two apartment buildings near the top of both structures, and Dezeen said there will be a second bridge between the buildings for those who don't want to swim across in a glass box. There will also be a rooftop bar for residents to enjoy on sunny summer days.

Naturally, social media brought out a few of the skeptics.

It will cost you a pretty penny to move into one of these apartment buildings and use the private sky pool. Homes and Property noted that the starting price for a unit at the Embassy Gardens is the equivalent of about $945,000 U.S.

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