The Wasserspiele of Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe are 300 years old, powered entirely by gravity, and entertaining tourists. As legacies for rich people go, there are far worse ones. ■ More about the Bergpark: https://museum-kassel.de/en/museums-parks-palaces/unesco-world-heritage-site-of-bergpark-wilhelmshoehe
Location camera: Moritz Janisch
Producer: Marcel Fenchel https://www.fenchel-janisch.com/
Editor: Michelle Martin https://twitter.com/mrsmmartin
I can't wait for the tongue-in-cheek title of this to get taken completely out of context by people who don't read the context before reacting. I mean, literally, I can't wait, it'll already be happening as you read this.
Wasserspiele is not so much water-"games" it's more like a water-"theatre", the correct translation is "water-feature".
Or they can give me the money. Either way, it would be a good use of their resources.
Midsommar vibes from the air being forced thru the trumpets
Why not? Because thats expensive, and most billionaires seem oddly cheap. Probably comes from prestige not being as economically or politically important as it once was.
Looks like something out of Tomb Raider or Uncharted! Cool
Very nice!
Aren’t you one of those rich people you’re talking about? How much has this single video made you?
German engineering.
Herakules likes his statue
Rich people don't build anything it's highly skilled contractors that do it .
WE
DO
NOT
HAVE
ENOUGH
WATER
Half of Europe has been in a drought for a month. Come on.
Try Chatsworth House in Derbyshire.
That was really cool…
More People should build things that last forever.
Eddie Munson is Tom Scott with a wig. Prove me wrong.
i got a datatime ad promoting you lmao
How does the pressure work here to push the water up so high?
At this stage in society, I'd rather the rich spend it on ecological projects that will benefit no one but their (rich) eyecandy, stroke their ego (status), and lastly, nature. Instead of social programs.
Absolutely stunning!
1:58 OH MY GOD. Its 8 in the morning I woke up 12 minutes ago, and I am washing my teeth In the bathroom. PAIN.
okay but why would you make something cool and fun when you could just die on Mars.
think about it.
Tom Scott must be rather very rich by now
In German accent: aww your fountain I'd only 30m… I'm sure it has great personality
Absolutely brilliant
People who become rich*