In 1991 a youth group in Denmark wrote to Gorbachev of Russia to ask for a free submarine. He said yes, and 3 years later they received a massive 76 meter (250 ft) submarine.

S-359 (U359)

The Rolling Gallery in Kolding was a youth activation project that in 1991 asked the then reigning president of the Soviet Union Gorbachev if he would donate a submarine as a symbol of peace between East and West. Included in the agreement was that it should be renovated via the activation project and later used as a cultural site and tourist attraction. Gorbachev agreed to the agreement and after 3 years of difficult bureaucracy, S-359 finally arrived in Kolding in 1994. When S-359 came out of the water and was placed on a floating barge to see how big it really was; the submarine was a Whiskey V type, 76 m long, 6.3 m wide and 11 m high with a weight of 1080 tons. The final location was to be Marina South, but residents of the area protested and many citizens generally agreed… Continue Reading (1 minute read)