In a Norwegian town a huge tower has been created to burn it with pallets

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Alesund is a town in Norway where every year they celebrate the “Midsummer ” , or as it’s also called the summer solstice on the St. John’s day. This is a very marked date in Scandinavian culture, as it’s in the Christian tradition, so in Norway they celebrate this day with bonfires, especially in Alesund where every year they make a very big one. A recent celebration push them to make a tower of 131 feet ( 40 meters) , one of the largest bonfires that were ever made ​​in the history of mankind, and where thousands of recycled wooden pallets have been used for the occasion .

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To create all the people of all the ages work together until they have built it, there’s even a volunteer who lights the fire from the top of the tower to make sure it is properly ignited.

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It is a tradition also to come in boats to Alesund and see how the tower gets burned from the water.

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Certainly from our blog we can find more useful ways to use our wooden pallets, than burnig them, in any case I had to share this peculiar construction with you! Who knows maybe soon you are going to celebrate St. Johns day and you need some special and innovative way…

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