Luchtsingel
Crowdfunded yellow wooden footbridge with sponsors' names engraved on its planks.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Luchtsingel in Rotterdam follows a yellow footbridge built partly from names, and a simple question about how many people actually own it. It goes back to two local architects, Elma van Boxel and Kristian Koreman, and an autumn twenty eleven campaign that asked residents to buy the city a crossing one plank at a time. Stand on the wooden deck and look down at the lettering under your feet.
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