The legendary leaning tower of Pisa has a new rival in Netherlands and is being challenged as Europe’s most steeply leaning tower. The challenger is located in the northern Dutch town of Bedum and was built in the 12th century.
Dutch geometrician Jacob van Dijk who measured the leaning church tower declared that the Dutch tower was leaning more than the Pisa tower.
The tower of Pisa has lost much of its tilt owing to its restoration works to prevent the tower from collapsing.
At a height of 55.86 meters, Pisa’s tower leans about 4 meters, while Bedum’s tower leans 2.61 meters on its height of 35.7 meters. If both towers were the same height, Bedum would have a greater tilt of 6 cm, Van Dijk argues.
Going by the popularity, even if the church technically tilts more than the tower of Pisa, there is absolutely no chance of Pisa tower losing popularity and Dutch tower gaining the same.
