Happy pontism!

pontist (noun) 1. A historic bridge enthusiast who enjoys either lobbying for preservation
 and/or who enjoys visiting and photographing historic bridges.
2. Anyone who enjoys working with or visiting/photographing bridges of any kind. (Urban Dictionary)

Hello, my name is Sara and I'm a gephyrophile... but fortunately I'm not the only one. There's a Google+ community for bridge admirers and there's a great UK blog called The Happy Pontist where you can find really interesting posts related to bridges.

Bridges are one of the few cases, where the rule "the bigger, the better" does apply. :) 

Unfortunately, I went digital (and started to take more photos) only rather recently, so I don't have a large stock of bridge photos.  A year ago, we crossed the Øresund strait between Sweden and Denmark (and I posted some of these photos). 

Now the next Sunday's Our Beautiful World photo challenge (the prompt is BRIDGE) is a great excuse to post more of the photos taken. The one above shows the last of the bridges you cross on your way from Sweden to Denmark mainland. The following photos are in the order they have been taken.

The Øresund Bridge (below), between Malmö and Copenhagen, is the longest combined road and rail bridge in Europe. It was the setting for the 2011 Swedish/Danish TV crime drama "The Bridge". (The fourth and final series will be shot in late 2016, probably airing in 2018. - There has been also the homonymous American version.)

I know some of my dear blogging friends don't particularly like bridges. For you there's a cute lighthouse at the bottom of this post. ♥

A proposito, blogging friends... Thank you so much for your lovely comments! They never cease to amaze and delight me - and they make these posts much more interesting.

Kiitos kaikille ihanista ja mielenkiintoisista kommenteista esimerkiksi edelliseen postaukseeni! Tällä kertaa nyt hieman erilaisia kuvia:

Have a happy day! xx

Postcards #7: The Bridge, Denmark, and Germany

Hello and happy Sunday! Now we continue our brief vacation trip. These photos were taken at the end of July.

The Øresund Bridge, between Sweden and Denmark, is the longest combined road and rail bridge in Europe. It was the setting for the 2011 Swedish/Danish TV crime drama "The Bridge". (Filming the third series started in September 2014. - There has been also the homonymous American version.)

Denmark was sunny and pretty and cheerful:

We spent the following night in Northern Germany. Next day, we visited the Royal Gardens of Herrenhausen, in Hanover. "The Splendour of Garden Art" and they were grand indeed...

... but soon we were on the road again. :)

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