WET & WILD
World’s wildest public bus is a 30ft long SWIMMING POOL which fits 10 people – it’s like summer holidays all year round
'I want to change the way we view vehicles'
THIS is the world's wildest public bus, which has been converted into a 30ft long, 10-person swimming pool.
The bizarre motor, created by French artist Benedetto Bufalino, was sold last year for just 86p.
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Mr Bufalino devised the unique project in collaboration with Eurolens in an effort to aid the cultural revitalisation of the city of Lens, in the Calais region of France.
The bus has been turned onto its side and stripped out to allow it to be filled with water.
Modifications have been made to make it watertight, allow for filtration and to add a lifeguard station.
The artist even added a pool heating system, boosting the temperature to between 27C and 29C to help swimmers brave the chillier conditions of northern France.
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Apart from that, though, much of the vehicle appears to have been left intact, with the massive tyres and much of the piping underneath remaining.
The whacky lido, still decked out in orange and purple paintwork, can fit 10 people at a time, watched over by a single lifeguard.
It was opened to the public in August 2019 but was closed during the pandemic and placed into storage.
Amazingly, it resurfaced last year, with the artists selling it on a second-hand website for the symbolic price of 86p (€1).
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He told : "It was fun for the people of Lens to see something they were so familiar with, the bus they took to work or school every day, turned into something else.
"Our cities are saturated with cars, we’re always moving and moving.
"My work is an ode to slowness, to taking your time to do things.
"I want to change the way we view vehicles. To me, they symbolise the endless movement of modern life.
"That’s why I turn them into things that invite people to stop in their tracks and enjoy themselves for a while."
He added that he wanted whoever bought it to make it available to the public too and not just keep it in their private garden.
It comes after one petrolhead took the "alien spaceship"-like Lo Res car for a spin, with some dubbing it a "coffin on wheels".
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