You'll never believe exactly how much it costs to light the Eiffel Tower every day. The Paris skyline is famous for its, well, lack of skyline. Up until 2010, the city of lights had a ban on how tall a new building could be, limiting most new structures to below 37 meters, or about 11 stories. The rules have recently been relaxed, but the progress has been far from Dubai-like.
Without any high building obstacle, all people in Paris could get the chance to enjoy a wonderful view of the city, with the Eiffel Tower standing as the primary dominating point, pointing at the sky, shining during the day, giving off light in the evening.
But at what cost? The monument certainly keeps the meter(仪表) running fast; each year it costs £963,600, or about $1.12 million. All told, the tower has a total of 20,000 light bulbs lining the frame, and it takes about 22 million watts of electricity per day to run.
Lighting specialists website Festive Lights can be thanked for the detailed breakdown—but they didn't stop there. If you're curious about the costs to power the Las Vegas Strip of Times Square for example, they have all the numbers ever needed on those major monuments, and more.
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