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Amsterdam skyscraper swing
In Amsterdam, the Over the Edge swing, the highest in Europe at more than 300 feet off the ground, opened in August 2016 on the Lookout observation deck atop the A’DAM Tower (Overhoeksplein 5, 1031 KS, Amsterdam, Netherlands; phone +31 20 242 01 00, www.adamlookout.com).
Each swing holds two riders and takes them over the edge of the building, with views of the city under their feet.
Victorian pumping station
In southeastern London, after more than 20 years of restoration work, a beautiful example of industrial architecture opened to visitors as a museum in April 2016. Originally built in 1865, the Crossness Pumping Station (The Old Works, Thames Water S.T.W., Bazalgette Way, Abbey Wood, London, SE2 9AQ, U.K.; phone +44 208 311 3711, www.crossness.org.uk) pumped sewage out of the city and into the Thames estuary until 1956.
Hamburg concert hall
A new, eye-catching, glass-facade concert hall, built on the Norderelbe River atop the 120-foot-tall, brick Kaispeicher — once the largest warehouse in Hamburg — is scheduled to open Jan. 11, 2017.
The Elbphilharmonie (Platz der Deutschen Einheit 1, 20457, Hamburg, Germany; phone +49 40 357 666 66, www.elbphilharmonie.de/en) houses two concert venues, a hotel, apartments and a restaurant. The lower Kaispeicher section, now containing parking, is also topped with a viewing platform.
