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Estonian Supermarket Has a Giant Rock in the Middle of It
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Posted on 07/16/2025 9:44:31 AM PDT by BenLurkin

The Viimsi Shopping Center in the Estonian town of Haabneeme is famous for having a giant boulder square in the middle of it. There are many things one expects to find in a supermarket, but a giant rock is definitely not one of them. And yet, in one Estonian supermarket, a giant rock with a circumference of 22 meters and a height of roughly 6 meters (including the part buried in the ground) is one of the highlights of most people’s shopping trips. The rock has been there long before the owners of the shopping center drew up plans for their business venture – about 10,000 years, to be more precise – but they only discovered it when digging the foundation, in September of 2014. Workers initially intended to blow it to smithereens, but the locals opposed the plans, and it was later discovered that the giant boulder was actually an “erratic boulder” eligible for conservation status.

Finding another location for the shopping center wasn’t a viable option, as the company had already invested a lot of money into the project, so it was decided to build around the giant rock.

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1 posted on 07/16/2025 9:44:31 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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boulder eligible for conservation status.


2 posted on 07/16/2025 9:46:16 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright.


3 posted on 07/16/2025 9:46:28 AM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: BenLurkin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacial_erratic

A glacial erratic is a glacially deposited rock differing from the type of rock native to the area in which it rests. Erratics, which take their name from the Latin word errare (”to wander”), are carried by glacial ice, often over distances of hundreds of kilometres. Erratics can range in size from pebbles to large boulders such as Big Rock (16,500 metric tons) in Alberta.


4 posted on 07/16/2025 9:48:42 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: BenLurkin

Where’s the barcode or QR code? Needs a pricecheck..............


5 posted on 07/16/2025 9:49:34 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: BenLurkin

For Those Going About the Rock, We Salute You


6 posted on 07/16/2025 9:56:21 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (When the night falls, it falls on me. And when the day breaks, I'm in pieces.)
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To: BenLurkin

“... an “erratic boulder” eligible for conservation status.”

I didn’t realize glacial erractics are an endangered species! We’ll have to start laying out exclusion zones here in New England.


7 posted on 07/16/2025 9:59:13 AM PDT by PTBAA
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To: BenLurkin

Just call it artwork.


8 posted on 07/16/2025 9:59:39 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: BenLurkin

I remember the Dick Van Dyke show had an episode where he had bought a house with a huge boulder in the basement. He tried to ignore it at his gatherings... pretty funny.


9 posted on 07/16/2025 10:04:05 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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To: BenLurkin

If this was New York, it would already be ruined with graffiti


10 posted on 07/16/2025 10:06:19 AM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: BenLurkin

Cleanup on isle three!


11 posted on 07/16/2025 10:06:39 AM PDT by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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To: BenLurkin
Careful! Pretty soon you'll have muslims flooding Estonia on Haj to worship it.

12 posted on 07/16/2025 10:08:11 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: BenLurkin

The Rock in the House in Fountain City, WI is no more because the owner got pissed after people stole the donation money and closed it to visitors.

https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2243


13 posted on 07/16/2025 10:13:14 AM PDT by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back)
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To: BenLurkin

Kinda puts the “stone” in Estonia.


14 posted on 07/16/2025 10:38:17 AM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

> Careful! Pretty soon you’ll have muslims flooding Estonia on Haj to worship it.

Only if you paint it black

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=flSmiIne-4k


15 posted on 07/16/2025 10:43:41 AM PDT by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
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To: BenLurkin

I hope they carry over the shoulder boulder holders.


16 posted on 07/16/2025 11:02:01 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido

Right next to the Head and Shoulders


17 posted on 07/16/2025 11:02:49 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

My ADHD kid would certainly be climbing on that thing if I took her there.


18 posted on 07/16/2025 11:10:19 AM PDT by packagingguy
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To: BenLurkin

Relaxing episode of Ancient Aliens about the “balanced rock”
in North Salem, NY.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSAb-xI7pws

They weren’t certain of the composition of the giant rock so they took it for granite. 😉


19 posted on 07/16/2025 11:20:28 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: BenLurkin

Weed shops are hep to the idea aka magnet.


20 posted on 07/16/2025 11:56:58 AM PDT by Vaduz
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