Noon 5) FROM THE HEIGHTS Take the antique tram called the bonde uphill to the cobbled, winding streets of leafy Santa Teresa.
The experience begins with a ride on the tram, as they call it, a train that carries all visitors from the entry level up a hill to the main buildings.
Streetcar, also called tram or trolley, vehicle that runs on track laid in the streets, operated usually in single units and usually driven by electric motor.
Still, some critics have called the tram a folly.
Critic Jeff Jahn of PortlandArt.net called the tram "the most significant new piece of architecture to be added to Portland since Michael Graves' Portland Building in 1980".
Here's the trailer of his film, Three-Legged Horses: In other highlights, we had a video visit to the Bike Station, more than 800 people voted in our poll on whether Alex Salmond was right to call the tram project a 'waste of money,' Robin Harper bid farewell to Holyrood and the Scottish Poetry Library held a Robert Burns flashmob.
In other highlights, we had a video visit to the Bike Station, more than 800 people voted in our poll on whether Alex Salmond was right to call the tram project a 'waste of money,' Robin Harper bid farewell to Holyrood and the Scottish Poetry Library held a Robert Burns flashmob.
Critics were also positive about the episodes, with The Guardian's Grace Dent calling the tram crash "vivid and terrifying, arriving at the worst possible moment".
The plans called for a regular street tram with regular city tram vehicles.
Tram 12 drives you over the Leien (also called "den Boulevard"), the former ramparts of the city.
