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There are many ways to explore the seven mountains that surround the heritage city of Bergen in the picturesque UNESCO on the western coast set up with distress in Norway. The latest, however, may be standard.
The three -kilometer (1.8 miles) bicycle and pedestrian tunnel was detonated by the Lävstakken Mountain base and its makers say it is the tallest tunnel designed for this purpose.
Fyllingsdalstunelen, as is known, was opened on April 15 with a family day for sports activities, four years after the construction that started in February 2019. The cost of the huge brightness funded by the country is approximately 29 million dollars, or 300 million Norwegian Kroner.
“We Norwegians are usually modest people,” says Camilla Einarsen Heggernes, a spokesperson for the BYBYBYGGG, to CNN, but in this case, we say that the tunnel is the latest 100 % of the arts. ”
It takes less than 10 minutes a little by the tunnel in the bike and about 40 if it wanders on foot. To dismantle the monotony of the tunnel without windows, there is a variety of technical facilities all over, in addition to different colors and lighting to help users put where they are on the trip and provide a sense of direction.
In the center of the center, there is “Sundial” installation – where the sun will definitely shine – which indicates the time of the day, which helps again to direct visitors and also to dismantle the long sight. The tunnel is completely straight, regardless of slight bends at the entrance and exit.
If you are wondering how bike and pedestrian passengers can use the same space, there are two corridors in the tunnel: a bike lane with a width of 3.5 meters and a 2.5 -meter path for pedestrians and contestants. “We have placed blue rubber floors throughout the tunnel, similar to the sporty path, explains Einarsen Heggernes.” This makes it nice to use it more than if the person will only walk on the asphalt. ”
The new tunnel came a secondary product for the Bergen II Tram, which was opened in November 2022. The tram line through the mountain requires a parallel evacuation tunnel, so the developers decided to make the new tunnel multi -purpose.
Bergen is the second largest city in Norway, and the city of Port Oslo, the Norwegian capital, is connected by the 496 km length of the Bergbonnan railway. This amazing railway flight crosses the largest high mountain plateau in Europe, Harrangvida, and its snow -covered prospects were the background of the battle scenes in the “Empire Strikes Back” supplement.
While fyllingsdlstunelen shows itself as the tallest cycle of a cycle in the world, the reason for this warning is a 3.6 km Snokalmie tunnel in Washington, directly east of Seattle. This previous train tunnel has now become a corridor for bikes, hostility and pedestrians and is part of Palouse 250 miles to Cascades State Park Trail.
Six European cities were made on the last CNN Travel tour from 10 of the world Most bicycle cities. Copenhagen has 385 km of cycling corridors, after she presented her first trend in 1892. Strasbourg has about 6000 bikes available at 24/7 self -service stations that tourists can use. He has the Swiss capital of Burn, a delightful slope trail for passengers who feel the need for speed. The best thing is that cyclists can get top to the top and then ride down – no hard conflict.