What is the longest street in the world?

There are ratings of the most lit, as well as the most expensive streets. However, they are not included in the Guinness Book of Records. Despite this, the longest street in the world there is marked. It is located in Canada and is the main thoroughfare of the city of Toronto.

Length

Young Street, and this is the name of the longest street in the world, has a rather impressive length. Its length is 1896 kilometers. This distance is greater than the distance between Yekaterinburg and Moscow.

It exceeds the length of this unusual street and the length of Ukraine from its western to eastern borders.

Location:

Its origin is the longest street in the world that takes from the center of Toronto, from the waterfront street near Lake Ontario. Young Street as if cuts into two parts the city. It leaves from the center towards the north and skirted two lakes - Cochrane and Simcoe. Then the street makes a smooth turn to the west and ends at the very border with the Canadian state of Minnesota.

History of occurrence

Initially, various parts of the street of Young Street were Indian trails. This road was used by troops and pioneers from Europe. Somewhat later, the British bought out a thousand square kilometers of land in these places. And in 1793 the street was given the name. Governor John Simcoe, who was a British subject, gave her the name in honor of George Young. He also gave the order to clear the street and make the terrain passable. His order was carried out by the owners of plots of land adjacent to this territory. And already from 1816 on this road there was a constant roar of carriages, carriages and wagons. By the middle of the nineteenth century, the longest street in the world (Young Street) was rightfully central to the city of Toronto.

Present day

The central street of Toronto never ceases to amaze with its diversity. On it are skyscrapers, which are adjacent to the classical buildings. Next to them are the Victorian mansions.

In the city along the Yang Street is a subway. On the wide sidewalks of the street walk the crowds of tourists. Daily on Young Street boils a life. On the street a large number of cafes and restaurants, bars and clubs, as well as shops and boutiques.

Street for pedestrians

The capital of Denmark from a bird's-eye view pleases the eye with a colorful panorama of spiers and brass roofs, as well as branchy streets whose sidewalks and carriageways are covered with paving stones. There is a special attraction in this city. This is the longest pedestrian street. Streget, and so it is called, is known to all Copenhagen residents. This huge pedestrian zone stretched from the eastern part of the city to the west. It consists of five different streets, the intersection point of which is in the center of Streget. In addition, this street is the oldest pedestrian zone. It was officially opened in 1962. Today it is a favorite place, which is sure to be visited by the guests of the city.

Streget stretched for two kilometers. Almost all the sights of Copenhagen are concentrated on it . These include the magnificent old buildings, and beautiful wide squares, and the labyrinths of small streets.

In the center of this unique street is the Amagertour square. They created it in 1993. The fountain of the Storks is built in its center, which by tradition is the meeting place for many residents of the capital of Denmark. Passes in this place and a kind of annual ritual with the participation of graduates of the obstetrical specialty of medical schools. Graduated students dance fervent dances around the fountain.

The street intersects in one of its parts with the Latin Quarter. In this place is the Round Tower. It is a university library and a large laboratory. In the same building is the world-famous Guinness World Records Museum. Not far from it guests and residents of the capital can visit the museums of music, history and erotica.

Sights of our country

What is the longest street in Russia? Few know about it. It is located in Volgograd. Its name is Second Longitudinal. This street is so large that for convenience it was divided into sixteen avenues and separate streets.

The length of the Second Longitudinal is slightly more than fifty kilometers. This is the length of the whole of Volgograd.

Capital streets

The largest and most populous city in Russia is Moscow. Its area is more than one thousand square kilometers. Only in the period after the revolution of 1917 the capital grew almost sixfold. The total length of all the streets of the city is about five thousand kilometers. Every year this figure is increasing more and more.

The longest street in Moscow is Profsoyuznaya. Its length is ten kilometers. Located Profsoyuznaya street between Ho Chi Minh Square and MKAD. It was built in 1955. Its former name is the 4th Cheremushkinskaya. The trade-union street was renamed in 1958. It passes through the territory of the Moscow South-West Administrative District. At the same time, the street crosses such areas as Yasenevo and Cheryomushki, Teply Stan and Obruchevsky, Konkovo and Academic.