The incredible mile-long floating CITY - complete with schools, a hospital, parks and an airport for its 50,000 residents

• The Freedom Ship is 25 storeys high and would feature a casino, an art gallery, a park and a shopping centre
• The concept, designed by a Florida-based company would cost $10billion if was commissioned to be built
  
• The vessel could house 50,000 people but it would contain additional space to hold an extra 30,000 visitors
• The ship would constantly sail around the world - doing a full circuit every two years - but would be too large to enter any ports
  

By VICTORIA WOOLLASTON

PUBLISHED: 12:21 GMT, 28 November 2013 | UPDATED: 17:43 GMT, 28 November 2013

Seasick sufferers look away now. A Florida-based firm has designed a floating city called Freedom Ship that would spend its entire time at sea.

The vessel is a mile long, 25-storeys-high and has enough room for 50,000 permanent residents.

It features schools, hospitals, art galleries, shops, parks, an aquarium, casino and even an art gallery as well as an airport on the roof and a docking bay at the rear. 

The designs also include a shopping centre covering 1.7 million square foot. 

Designed by Freedom Ship International (FSI), the vessel is set to cost $10 billion and would weigh 2.7 million tonnes - meaning it would be too big to ever enter a port.

This means the ocean community would spend the whole time at sea, circling the globe twice a year.

During this time, FSI claim the ship would spend 70 per cent off the shore of major cities and 30 per cent moving between countries.

The route would take the ship from the east coast of the U.S across the Atlantic Ocean into Europe, passing Italy before looping back and sailing around Africa, across to Australia, heading north into Asia before spending the end of the year on the west coast of America and into South America.  

In addition to the permanent residents, the Freedom Ship would also have room for an extra 30,000 daily visitors, 20,000 crew and 10,000 overnight guests.

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