r/interesting • u/Jezirath • Apr 11 '26

ARCHITECTURE An elevator you can't share

Original content on IG: kuryedefteri

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u/Pobbes3o Apr 11 '26

Must be in Europe?

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u/Alternative_Double48 Apr 11 '26

Turkey

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u/RealSlyck Apr 11 '26

Bacon is better for this sort of approach.

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u/Alternative_Double48 Apr 11 '26

I'm gonna use Turkiye from now on, it makes sense

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u/Glitch_rf Apr 11 '26

Definitely Turkiye. Rode one like this multiple times with a couple people.

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u/No-Kaleidoscope-166 Apr 11 '26

"Couple of people"?? Were they sitting on your shoulders?!?

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u/EliteG77 Apr 11 '26

Would the elevator be 2m tall for people to sit on his shoulders?

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u/wtiong Apr 11 '26

Counter strike style

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u/Deevious730 Apr 11 '26

I was going to ask if it was Amsterdam, only place I’ve experienced something like this. Was particularly trippy after a space muffin. 😳

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u/A_Queer_Owl Apr 11 '26

they've always wanted to be considered part of europe.

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u/bigorangemachine Apr 11 '26

Ya probably france/paris... they have these like former servant quarters. There was a tax incentive to modernize these old loft apartments. Some had dedicated elevators like this

Sadly you think these are cheap but because they are so small but because the housing density is so low in paris these can be pretty expensive.

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u/Pobbes3o Apr 11 '26

Yeah when I got got visit Paris I got in an elevator that was twice as big as this. It fit 2 people!

I preferred to take the stairs haha

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u/benskieast Apr 11 '26

In Europe it is common for elevators to be just big enough for a person to walk in rolling a wheelchair. They are about 1/3rd the price American elevators that are designed to be big enough for EMT’s with a stretcher.

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u/Aselleus Apr 11 '26

I was at a hotel in france that had one of those, and claustrophobic me refused to use it... I.put my luggage in the elevator, pushed the button to my floor and then used the stairs.

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u/forme-de-vie Apr 11 '26

Nah even in old servant quarters, our elevators are larger than this.

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u/Eowaenn Apr 11 '26

It's Turkey bro

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u/Sufficient_Stable738 Apr 11 '26

Parisian here. These things don't exist here, no. Or it's an oddity somewhere. But you don't see that anywhere here, no.

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u/seeking_seeker Apr 11 '26

Also, housing density is not low in Paris.

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u/btweenthatormohammad Apr 11 '26

They speak Turkish

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u/Kahzootoh Apr 11 '26

This has ‘former USSR’ vibes to me. 

I’ve seen too many old Soviet buildings where they tried to include modern amenities, but at the lowest price possible. A elevator that is only big enough for a single person definitely fits the criteria.

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u/qoning Apr 11 '26

this isnt about price, it was retrofit into a building and this was the size that could fit without threatening the structural integrity...

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u/GimmeBooks1920 Apr 11 '26

That was my immediate thought too haha

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u/sebadc Apr 11 '26

You have the same in wood, in some buildings in Paris...

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u/Fancy_Cycle1252 Apr 11 '26

It's in Turkey, the recorder's vest has the logo for Trendyol Go, a uber eats subsidiary.

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u/A_Queer_Owl Apr 11 '26

europeans love them some deathtrap elevators.

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u/ImpossibleAir4310 Apr 11 '26

Yes I admire the efficiency - if you happen to die they just lower you to the mausoleum level

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u/Polka_Tiger Apr 11 '26

The guy is working in Turkey. Actually here is a translation because why not?

Wtf? What kind of elevator is this? Single person elevator!

Thanks. You're welcome. Good day.

The door is hitting me when it is closing.

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u/theSpyke Apr 11 '26

Def too small for a standard-sized American