Baldwin Street in Dunedin , New Zealand , holds the Guinness World Record for world 's steepest street . Or so the town insists -- others dispute the claim . He runs up and down the street 30 times almost every day -- a total of more than 10 kilometers . The story goes that a local man named John McGlashan was walking his dog one day when he noticed something strange on the side of the road.
Baldwin Street in Dunedin , New Zealand , holds the Guinness World Record for world 's steepest street . Or so the town insists -- others dispute the claim . The story goes that a local man named John McGlashan was walking his dog one day when he noticed something strange on the side of the road.