Hundreds, possibly thousands are sprinting. It’s the first thing they’ve done all morning. But they’re running. They come from the boulevard just across the way. From the streets encircling the building. They come from as far away as Finland and South Africa. Some pause for a second to catch their breath, then resume. Others jog, unable to keep up with the pace of the herds of people all converging on the same location.

Every morning from 9 a.m. — 9:30 a.m., visitors inside the Expo run to the German pavilion. It’s not like there is an amazing exhibit inside the building, or they’re giving away free beer. People just run to queue up. And they run. If one were to stand catty-corner to the pavilion, attendees come running from all directions just to get in line.

Comparatively, the German pavilion purposefully lets in less people to walk through the exhibit than many of the other buildings in the Expo that are roughly the same size. As a result, they have a larger queue, one that almost wraps around three sides of the building. That is in addition to the large queue area they’ve now put in place — a tent structure that funnels attendees through the line.

I don’t know if it is an example of pack mentality, or why so many people would be possessed to run for the German pavilion, but visitors sprint from hundreds of meters away to get into line. Even members of the German pavilion staff said they don’t know the compelling reason to run to the queue.

I managed to video people running to the pavilion — it was a bit impromptu and I hadn’t planned on videotaping the scene. It’s not as cool as the CNNGo.com video of the fast-pass runners in front of the China pavilion. I figure I will capture some more images of people running to Germany in the morning, splice it together with “Ride of the Valkyries,” and post it up on ‘Zilla. In the meantime, enjoy the preview.