The fascinating reason why all the houses on this street look like they’re sinking
Baldwin Street in Dunedin, New Zealand, holds the title for the steepest street in the world
THIS street in a suburb of New Zealand’s second largest city has become an unlikely tourist hot spot after people shared photos on social media of a freaky optical illusion.
Baldwin street in Dunedin holds the title of being the steepest street in the world.
But happy snapping tourists have noticed that when you take photos of the houses on the street at an angle it looks like they are sinking into the ground.
The illusion has led hundreds of people to flock to the street to take pictures of the wonky houses and share them on social media sites like Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
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The street, which also holds an annual Cadbury Jaffa Race where chocolate is rolled down the hill to raise money for charity, is getting used to its new found attention.
The steep slope is quite dramatic with the hill’s elevation rising by one metre for every two metres travelled forward.
