Nurburgring closed by giant genitalia
Have graffiti artists gone too far? Famous race track tarnished with 20-metre penile paintingThe world's most famous road circuit, Nordschleife Nurburgring, was shut down for several hours as track maintenance workers struggled to remove a giant graffiti penis off the track.
The famous 22km track in Germany, sometimes called the "green hell", is well-known for its classic graffiti, much of which has been left on the surface for decades.
But the appearance of a 20 metre-long penis saw the closure of the track for nearly three hours as the crude depiction of male genitalia was removed.
Unseasonal snowfall caused track closure for a couple of weeks prior to the appearance of the 'artwork' and it's likely the artist/s used the recent closures to paint the piece on the track.
Visitors to the track can pay a fee to complete one lap of the course, which takes around 10 minutes on average. However eager pundits had to endure the extra-long delay while the graffiti was cleaned, which was made all the more galling because it was the first time the track had opened in weeks.
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