Eighties vibes will be in full gear, along with a lot more surprises. Local fans are also invited to watch in person – for a hint at the best vantage point, study up on your local coordinates (40.7411 N 73.9894 W). In NYC, as dusk approaches at 8:45pm ET on 26 May, a crack will start to grow on the southern facade of the Empire State Building as a massive rift opens, transporting onlookers into the Upside Down through an incredible visual spectacle. Here are a few highlights of what to expect:
Other locations include Shoreditch, London and Tokyo, Japan.Ī visual spectacle and light show of unprecedented size and scale, fans everywhere will be able to witness in real time as giant rifts to the Upside Down open up around the world. As we recently hinted, the Upside Down will take over 14 countries through 15 landmarks including the Empire State Building in New York City Bondi Beach in Australia Duomo Square in Milan Malecon Barranquilla in Colombia the Gateway of India in Mumbai Menara Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia Al-'Ula National Monument in Saudi Arabia Cologne Media Park in Germany XBox Plaza in Downtown Los Angeles Wawel Castle in Krakow, Poland Medborgarplatsen in Stockholm and the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao Telefónica building, Gran Vía 28, Madrid and Plaza del Callao, Madrid in Spain.
Today, in celebration of the upcoming return of Stranger Things, rifts will start appearing on some of the most iconic monuments around the globe.
Now, they’re officially in our world too. Ever since 1983, when a test subject in a Hawkins, Indiana lab named Eleven ripped open a portal between Hawkins and the Upside Down (a terrifying alternate dimension beneath the surface of this small town), similar rifts have been opening up in the most unexpected places.