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The Vitra Slide Tower is a 30.74 meter high observation tower located in the Vitra Campus in
Weil am Rhein Weil am Rhein (High Alemannic: ''Wiil am Rhii'') is a German town and commune. It is on the east bank of the River Rhine, and extends to the point at which the Swiss, French and German borders meet. It is the most southwesterly town in Germany an ...
, Germany. It was inaugurated on 18 June 2014 and was created by the German artist
Carsten Höller Carsten Höller (born December 1961) is a German artist. He lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden.Alice Rawsthorn (January 2012)"Cliff Hanger - The Ghanaian home of artists Carsten Höller and Marcel Odenbach goes above—and beyond" ''W Magazi ...
. A viewing platform is situated at 17 metres of height. It serves also as the starting point for the 38-metre-long corkscrew tube slide. On top of the tower there is mounted a clock of a diameter of six metres.


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