One Big Crossword Puzzle

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If you are a fan of crossword puzzles, this is one puzzle you will definitely want to try solve. Painted atop the entire external wall of a residential building in the city of Lvov, Ukraine, the puzzle is 100ft tall.

The best part is that unlike normal crossword puzzles, the clues to this 19 square (across) by 34 square (down) brain-teaser are scattered all over the city.

Residents and visitors are encouraged to spend their days exploring the city's parks, fountains, theaters and other landmarks to seek out the clues and try and figure out the answers.

To see if they are correct, they have to return to the building at night, when the empty squares are lit up with fluorescent letters that solve the entire puzzle.

However, before you book your flight to Ukraine, bear in mind that the clues and the entire crossword uses the Cyrillic (Ukrainian) alphabet, which is a little different from the normal English alphabet, making the puzzle a tad bit more difficult to solve if you don't know the language.

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24 Comments
  • helloalmost 15 years
    that is so cool
    • crossword puzzleabout 15 years
      wow i would never finish that crossword puzzle!!
      • coolover 15 years
        coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
        • miley haterover 15 years
          wow! that is so awesome! i wish i could go there and solve it!and i can! i am really good at crossword puzzles and word searches, just to tell you the truth. (i am not bragging)
          • artzyover 15 years
            Boo cre8ive gurl! WHat the hell! Its a big crossword puzzle. BIG deal? Really?
            • cre8ive gurl over 15 years
              THAT IS SO AWSOME!!!!
              • michaelover 16 years
                that the side of a building
                • allisonover 16 years
                  best friends with kelly, i say that it is one of the coolest articles
                  • kellyover 16 years
                    I think this is pretty cool.
                    • brynover 16 years
                      stick 20,000 pencils together and maybe, just maybe, you will be able to write a word.