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The Shard Window Cleaners : Europe's Highest Profession

Written By Elmer Maniebo on Tuesday, Apr 16, 2013 | 12:27 AM

 
At 308 metres (1,018 feet) with 72 habitable floors above London, The Shard is the tallest building in Europe at a cost of £435 million. Built from 2009 and opened last June 2012, it has 11,000 windows that need constant attention, cleaning and maintaining. This army of brave men abseil twice a week to keep The Shard spotless. Watch it in HD to see how it's done.