Elf Freunde Kreisel
KL, Germany
The Elf Freunde Kreisel in Kaiserslautern is special for commemorating the eleven friends (Elf Freunde) who formed the core of the city's successful football team, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, with a sculpture that celebrates teamwork and camaraderie in sports.
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The Elf-Freunde-Kreisel in Kaiserslautern is a traffic circle that’s basically a concrete pep rally for eleven footballers who are forever stuck in their game poses, cheerfully reminding everyone that if you want to win, you need to hang out with your buddies—unless you’re the goalkeeper, in which case, you might want to just keep an eye on your head! After a bout of vandalism that would make even the most chaotic soccer match look tame, the figures got a glow-up for a cool 13,000 euros—because who wouldn’t want to restore their concrete buddies to their former glory?
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