Anyone who is in London and got up early this morning was able to witness a rare event at the famous attraction, the London Eye.
The London Eye ran counterclockwise for half an hour today. (Photo: Erik Odiin)The London landmark normally travels clockwise, but at 8.15am today the Ferris wheel ran anti-clockwise for around 30 minutes before opening to the public. This reports The Independent.
This marks the change from British Summer Time to Greenwich Mean Time.
Every year the clocks go back one hour at 2am on the last Sunday in October, and as the clocks change, the time zone in which the UK is located also changes.
Ferris wheel in reverse gear for the second time
A comparable campaign by the landmark operator has only taken place once so far. The last time the famous Ferris wheel ran backwards was in 2019, also to celebrate the time change.
The London Eye was built to celebrate the millennium and is therefore sometimes called the Millennium Wheel in English – it has 32 gondolas representing the London boroughs and is 135 meters high.
The Ferris wheel was linked to the passage of time from the very beginning, almost as if it were a wheel of time that one would sometimes like to turn back.
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