Posted on 12/03/2007 6:16:53 PM PST by NormsRevenge
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - With little else to attract tourists, promoters of two Swedish counties are pinning their hopes on a truly gargantuan wooden moose.
When completed, the 148-foot tall, 155-foot-long moose will have a restaurant in its belly, as well as a concert hall, conference rooms and a shop, according to Thorbjorn Holmlund, project coordinator and local tourism promoter.
The monument to the moose will be so big that its massive wooden hooves will be firmly planted in two different counties, Vasterbotten and Norrbotten, about 540 miles north of Stockholm.
"The reason we decided to build a moose is because there is something magnificent about the animal. It's the king of the forest," said Holmlund.
The project is expected to be completed by summer of 2009.
Here we go, again, Norm..........
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;-)
Elk? Moose? Cheese?
I thought the Au Pairs were nicer than mooses.
lol... Thanks. darn title has elk in it ,, dang.
Squirrel is in Norway!
Here I was thinking their legalized assisted suicide was bringing in tourists. Silly me.
Well, evidently, a moose to you and me in an elk to others.
Or is it.....??????
I’m so confused.....
I knew there was one more.....
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Moose??? Elk????
You be the judge!!
America should build a giant wooden sister for it to bite once.
A moose bit all my sisters (at) once?
lol,, Thanks! usually I’ma ahead of the herd..
I herd that.......
Well, that’ll make me want to go visit Sweden for sure; just to see a huge wooden moose.
Its' very scenic I hear... and they have 250K moose living there.
Beware the Trojan Moose.
Thanks Nork. At a minimum, I’ll be using yer moose for Tork.
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