This is the world's steepest street

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San Francisco's Famed Lombard Street Recoils From Heavy Tourism
San Francisco's Famed Lombard Street Recoils From Heavy Tourism
This is the World's Steepest Street
This is the World's Steepest Street



This is New Zealand's Baldwin Street, aka the world's steepest street.

Yes, it is even steeper than San Francisco's famed Lombard Street (pictured below).

San Francisco's Famed Lombard Street Recoils From Heavy Tourism
San Francisco's Famed Lombard Street Recoils From Heavy Tourism



Baldwin Street is a residential street in the entire world that makes homes along the street look crooked There's a whopping 35% gradient when you start walking .

The street is a quarter of a mile long and 90 feet above sea level at the bottom - but by the time to get to the top of you're 330ft above sea level and, let's face it, probably out of breath.


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