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Germany: Saving Reutlingen's World Record

March 6, 2013

For six years, the Swabian city of Reutlingen has been the home of the world's narrowest street. But now that record is in danger.

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The world's narrowest street is just 31 centimeters wide. It's really just a gap between two crooked houses. But Spreuerhofstrasse became famous after it earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. It's now one of Reutlingen's biggest tourist attractions. However, the beams of the neighboring half-timbered house are bending and could cause the building to collapse.