A personal highlight while visiting the Museum of Fairground Arts (Musée des Arts Forains) in Paris, Bercy, was riding the bicycle carousel.
Built in Belgium in 1897, the mechanics are British (so we went clockwise), the paintwork French, and the organ Italian.
Purely pedal-powered, the carousel could reach speeds of up to 40 mph (60 km/h).
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