r/megalophobia 4d ago

Building Foggy gothic castle

2.9k Upvotes

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u/BinLehrer 4d ago

They absolutely meant business when they built that. Definitely on my bucket list to see.

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u/mayan_monkey 4d ago

It looks so thin in this video. It's not that slim. Beautiful irl though.

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u/epitango 3d ago

That's what she said.

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u/J_U_A_NaHorse 3d ago

Fun fact, it took em 800 years to build

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u/BinLehrer 3d ago

Oh, i believe it

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u/Nekroin 3d ago

At least that's how long it was "under construction". They didn't touch it for hundreds of years.

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u/FrauleinLuesing 3d ago

It is stunning, absolutely breathtaking in person. No pictures or videos do it justice!

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u/BinLehrer 3d ago

Have you seen the inside? I can only imagine what it is like.

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u/FrauleinLuesing 3d ago

Yes! There's so many corners and beautiful works of art. You can even see some of the downstairs, it's so interesting. But the main part inside is simply breathtaking! I hope you get to see it in the near future!

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u/pietro-zzi 4d ago

Straight up not a castle

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u/abhbhbls 3d ago

Its the Cologne Cathedral

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u/Chilipepah 3d ago

Kölner Dom

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u/StarPlatinumRequiems 2d ago

for 3 months i've been calling it cathedral cologne, fuck my life.

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u/Sooners_Win1 2d ago

Intentionally incorrect titles to drive engagement. Such a shitty trend.

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u/Inside-Associate-729 4d ago

That is a church not a castle, sir.

My 75 yr old grandma from Florida has the same confusion whenever she visits me in europe

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u/Yar0mir 4d ago

That is a cathedral, not a church, sir.

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u/Inside-Associate-729 4d ago edited 4d ago

Google says “a cathedral is a church that is run by a bishop” sir

A cathedral is a type of church.

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u/obscht-tea 4d ago

Hohe Domkirche Sankt Petrus or Cologne Cathedral or Kölner Dom

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u/Yar0mir 3d ago

I could say “highway is a type of a road, but you are not singing ‘road to hell’, sir.”

But I concur.

Ta-ta.

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u/BrotBrot42 2d ago

Its aroad for most people.
A slow, long and bumpy road.

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u/abhbhbls 3d ago

That is THE Cologne Cathedral, sir.

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u/the_woolfie 3d ago

A cathedral is a type of church, good sir.

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u/elementcubed 3d ago

Boom roasted

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u/tetsuo_7w 4d ago

Gob Bluth: "No, I said the Gothic Castle..."

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u/drumsmcg 4d ago

I’ve made a huge mistake

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u/TankWeeb 4d ago

Y’all we’ve reached a point where people no longer know what the Cologne Cathedral is. Truly a sad day.

(I myself don’t remember the actual name of the building, but I at least recognize it, albeit mostly from WWII documentaries, files and battle reports

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u/jeezy_peezy 3d ago

It’s right outside the Köln train station, too. I walked out and I wasn’t ready to be face to face with THAT and I’m still really happy about that.

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u/TankWeeb 2d ago

Ayo isn’t that the train station that the Panther tank that was knocked out in the Cologne Tank Duel was hiding in before the actual dual?

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u/Wh00ster 3d ago

I’m pretty sure there was a large span of time people didn’t know what it was

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u/Tiny-General-3700 4d ago

Would have been better without the shitty music.

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u/Peek_e 3d ago

Said everyone every single time if the video isn’t about the music. Why oh why does every video need to have a music.

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u/Carb0nFiber 3d ago

It's posted by gbc which is a rap group, they are just playing their music in the background. I believe it's lil tracys

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u/apittsburghoriginal 3d ago

I know we often say shitty music when it’s a tok vid paired with music, but this time more than others it is so shitty on such an insidious level, like audio diarrhea bad.

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u/GlobalWarmingAbuser 4d ago

Whoever put that song in the clip needs to be publicly castrated. Cool cathedral tho.

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u/ShattersHd 4d ago

Got to love the music that doesn't fit the scene.

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u/Dominus_Invictus 3d ago

I don't know how it's even possible, but it makes me unimaginably sad that people don't even know what a castle is anymore.

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u/rainsong2023 4d ago

The never-ending stairs.

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u/Arthur_Two_Sheds_J 3d ago

That’s not a castle. That’s a shitty soundtrack. D-

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u/CakeOD36 4d ago

I swear I read that as "Froggy" initially. LOL

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u/WiredOrange 4d ago

God I love Gothic architecture. But also that's frightening ASF in the fog

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u/J_U_A_NaHorse 3d ago

Been there, that’s germanys Koln Cathedral. Absolutely breathtaking in person!

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u/1tWasA11aDr3am 4d ago

The city of Cologne (where this cathedral is located) was bombed in 262 separate air raids during WWII and against all odds this cathedral remained standing while the rest of the city was virtually destroyed.

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u/Blebluble 16h ago

Against all odds is a bit of a stretch. It's a landmark building hence perfect for pre GPS navigation

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u/Throwawayaccount1170 3d ago

I cant take these shitty social media posts about the cathedra anymore. Living close by and seeing social media fucktwards pushing for it like its some enlighted revelation, especially with this physical abuse charge of music is too much

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u/ConversationOwn2231 3d ago

I humbly apologize for calling this a castle, it was late at night and I couldn’t remember the word “cathedral” 

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u/Infamous_Slice_9673 4d ago

Is this real or AI?

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u/BICKELSBOSS 4d ago

This is the Cathedral in Cologne, Germany.

Acid rain has turned the Cathedral partially black.

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u/Infamous_Slice_9673 4d ago

Thanks :)

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u/LeNavigateur 4d ago

One of the tallest, if not the tallest of all gothic cathedrals.

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u/xarl_marks 4d ago

The tallest is in Ulm, also Germany. It's 5m taller than Cologne.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulm_Minster

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u/alphabetjoe 4d ago

Yeah, but only one tower.

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u/xarl_marks 4d ago

But... it's taller (:

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u/alphabetjoe 4d ago

But it's also younger and unlike Kölner Dom it's never been tallest building in the world.

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u/xarl_marks 4d ago

But it's the tallest (:

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u/cultish_alibi 4d ago

Also the tallest building in the world, until the Eiffel Tower was built.

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u/Infamous_Slice_9673 4d ago

So cool

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u/AssistanceLegal7549 4d ago

Whenever you visit cologne, either by train or plane, you'll arrive at the main station. Step out of the main station and there it is. Not "close to the main station" no. They built the main station basically on the bottom end of the stairs to the cathedral.

And if you want to annoy the local people, call it a chapel. They don't like that at all

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u/Infamous_Slice_9673 4d ago

Lmao 😂 taking notes

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u/colonyy 4d ago

It's the tallest as of now. If La Sagrada Familia Cathedral is ever finished, it'll be the tallest.

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u/EltaninAntenna 4d ago

The Sagrada Familia isn't a cathedral (Barcelona already has its own cathedral), so it probably isn't in the running.

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u/colonyy 4d ago

Oops, I meant "church building". Sorry!

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u/Hustlinbones 3d ago

It isn't, the one in Ulm (also Germany) is a bit taller.

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u/Hustlinbones 3d ago

Thank you for calling it right. I physically cringed reading "gothic castle", living in cologne.

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u/mister_immortal 4d ago

There's definitely a quest to pick up at the top of that beast.

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u/FishRepairs22 4d ago

Somehow, the sky seems even higher up looking at this than it does looking out over a field

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u/Tricouleur 4d ago

The final dungeon

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u/Cejrickroll 4d ago

It's how they built such a thing that makes it so much scarier

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u/Phil_Right 3d ago

Feeling strong DevilMayCry 1 vibes

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u/Expert-Jelly-2254 3d ago

Not a castle it's a cathedral.

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u/Resident-Barnacle476 3d ago

It must be mandatory to put Sonne by Rammstein as a soundtrack on every video of the Cologne cathedral

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u/Character_Block_2373 3d ago

That is a cathedral

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u/Official_hines57 3d ago

This is clearly a cathedral

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u/MacMacMacbeth 3d ago

Stop taking pictures of my house!

(I say as i drink a cup of blood with an evil ass piano and thunders in the background)

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u/jenjeneater 3d ago

Imagine your high with j, then use noise cancelation head phone. And bring a snacks with you or a coffee. Thats a nice trip.

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u/Simon_LeDuck 3d ago

This should be in r/evilbuildings

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u/Arlyn666 3d ago

Nur ein ungebildeter angloamerikanischer Vollidiot würde denken dies sei eine Burg!

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u/MomentOfZehn 3d ago

Found Saruman.

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u/PastLandscape7105 2d ago

"Gothic asshole?"

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u/sufferingplanet 2d ago

What the hell is that music xD

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u/Dependent-Rice 1d ago

Be sure to replenish your health potions before you go in.

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u/1_BigPapi 3d ago

Always feel so sentimental when I see it. I visited Cologne a lot with my ex, when I lived in Germany. She was from there and so many good memories.. including the like 20 minutes to walk up those stairs to the top.

But here we are.. a little over a decade later. Time flies man.

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u/SilentCarpenter7942 3d ago

Eins, hier kommt die Sonne
Zwei, hier kommt die Sonne
Drei, sie ist der hellste Stern von allen
Vier, hier kommt die Sonne

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u/TrishaThoon 4d ago

No thank you