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The world’s biggest bonfire ever constructed (10 HQ Photos & Video)

January 10, 2013 | In: Awesome, High-Res, Mind Blowing, Travel

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: To see the world’s biggest bonfire you’ll have to visit Alesund, Norway, where wood pallets are stacked over 131 ft. high on an artificial island. The reason for this colossal bonfire is ‘Midsummer’, an annual festival in commemoration of John the Baptist’s birth — but I’m sure you already knew that. About 30-40 people partook in the build, and to light the structure someone has to climb to the top to ignite it. If the fire doesn’t burn from top to bottom things could end badly.

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Murica

Those towers free falled.
Inside job yo!
Slinningsbålet 2010, neva forget!
Iggy Catalpa

Spoilsport alert: That whole thing just looks like an accident waiting to happen. I can almost see the headlines now: "Students Die In Collapsing Bonfire, followed by KICKIN' barbecue"
B-to-the-H

#5 – Gondor calls for aid!

Rich

and Rohan will answer!

http://www.facebook.com/eliyounan Eli Younan

who sanctioned this death trap..
Rafael_RS

Damn!!
and here I am really happy that I've built a 4,5mts (15 feet) tall bonfire last Christmass …..
going to call one of those people to help me next time
Canucks_Rule

#6 – umm, what if it fell towards them?
animal

Thats pretty neat
chris

biggest bonfire in the world….. stand right next to it with no where to run as it burns…
badfish

I normally hate anyone who says this, but… Burn it…Burn it with fire?
freddy boy

#4 Every employee of OSHA just had a heart attack. And as far as this being the biggest bonfire ever, check out the word "Persepolis". Now THAT was a big bonfire.
Jdog

Starting fire at the top is stupid. If it was started at the bottom would have been a huge flame.
Marchetti

Never forget…
Visitohr

What defines bonfire then?
Here in Holland we have 'bonfires' of 150 ft….
http://youtu.be/qswkeI_v6Mo
Verbal_Kint

Whoever lit that thing obviously wasn't a boy scout.
Macro

Biggest "ever"? I highly doubt that.

E Slinning

It is. Highest built by humans. No help from cranes. This is a really old tradition in Norway. The only place it is built like this, by young people is in Aalesund, Hessa.
The height trend to be between 20 – 40 metres. Got a bit higher this year though.
Best tradition ever! Hope it continues for many years to come.

peter

Guess you haven't been to burning man

Ken

I was waiting for a post on this… There must be stats somewhere to compare…

Nolan

How did it beat the holocaust?…
chvrs r rtrds

Nice headline fucktard
Guested

Typical Scandahoovian – build it yourself, looks great, relatively cheap, but doesn't last. Done like this anywhere else, 96 people would have died when it fell over.
Good job, Norway.
SUPer4Life

#5 "And Rohan will answer!!"
DannoTheManno88

Not as big as London. Not as big as Washington DC. Not the biggest bonfire.
UT Guest

Texas A&M can suck it!
thknutsen

How cool. I'm from Ålesund. KCCO!!
Norwegian

KCCO from Norway!!

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