What European city is the only one in the world to offer guided tours of its sewers?

McGruff

While nowadays Paris's 800 egoutiers or sewer workers may be the only ones to wander around town in the dark and humid tunnels, a special 'Sewer Museum' located at the corner of the Quai d'Orsay in one of Paris's poshest districts offers the public the opportunity to visit a portion of this unique underworld and take a whiff of Parisian 'eau de toilette'. Visitors are guided through a section of the system with its galleries containing sewer 'rivers' or collectors, pipes and other conduits. Informative displays recall the sewer's history and describe plans for computerized operations, projected for the year 1996. A collection of objects found in the system over the years can also be viewed (until 1970 boat trips down sewer streams were also offered.) http://www.paris.org/Kiosque/mar97/egouts.html Apr 07 02, 2:46 AM