The Great Berlin Wheel is a giant Ferris wheel to be built near the Berlin Zoological Garden (Zoologischer Garten Berlin) in Berlin, Germany, by the Great Wheel Corporation.
It was originally planned to be 185 m (607 ft) tall, with 36 passenger capsules,[1][2] but this was subsequently revised to 175 m (574 ft) tall, with 28 passenger capsules, each able to accommodate 40 persons.[3]
The groundbreaking ceremony was on 3 December 2007[4] and completion was originally planned for 2008,[5] but the project has since stalled after encountering financial obstacles.[6]
If completed, it would be taller than the 165 m (541 ft) Singapore Flyer (world's tallest Ferris wheel since 2008) and the 135 m (443 ft) London Eye (Europe's tallest Ferris wheel).