Kungsportsbron
Granite twin-arched bridge over the old moat, lined with ornate candelabras and broad balustrades.
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This guide to Kungsportsbron in Gothenburg stands you at the granite balustrade of the bridge between Kungsportsplatsen and the Avenyn, and goes back to September eighteen ninety-eight, the day a local newspaper announced the old crossing was closed to all traffic. It follows a city council, a sharp-tongued editor and the patience of the people forced onto a makeshift wooden crossing. Best heard with a hand on the stone rail, looking down at the old moat.
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