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I live in southern Sweden and while stopping at Bordershop and waiting for the ferry is not the worst thing in the world if you're going by car, this will be a huge improvement for traveling to Germany by train.

"Weighing in at 73,000 metric tons each, they will be as heavy as more than 13,000 elephants."

I'm pretty sure more people have an intuitive sense for how heavy a ton is compared to elephants.

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> more people have an intuitive sense for how heavy a ton is compared to elephants

Yeah, I think most elephants don't have a good sense of _any_ man-made unit.

There used to be train service on that ferry as well. Fond memories, in particular from the time when it was operated with the ICE-TD pseudo HSR (a diesel train, because German railroad is embarrassingly allergic to investment into any parts of the network that might be involved with crossing borders). Train goes into the ship, passengers disembark the train to stroll around the ship, just enough time passes for two cans of Tuborg out in the wind (benefits of not driving) and then it's back to the train again.

I take the Copenhagen <-> Hamburg train a few times a year, and this will make a pretty major difference on the Skåne / Germany journey. Though next time I’m taking Snälltåget over night, so maybe that’s easier still?

What's the mass of an unladen elephant? An Indian elephant or an African elephant?

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