Would you like to visit one of the oldest and most industrial cities of Scandinavia? It's the city of Malmo which has an amazingly photogenic
tower named Turning Torso and the longest bridge in Europe.
Malmo is the third largest city in Sweden. The city is also perceived
as gates to Denmark. It was founded in the 13th century and was the
territory of Denmark for a long period of time. One can leave the car on
a free parking lot and go to
Copenhagen by railway. The selling ticket
machine will give you two options of how to travel to Denmark. It can be
either over the bridge (the shortest way) or by ferry (the longest
way).
The Oresund Bridge is a combined twin-track railway and dual
carriageway bridge-tunnel across the Oresund strait. The bridge connects
Sweden and Denmark, and is the longest road and rail bridge in Europe.
Its length accounts for 7845 meters and covers half a distance between
Sweden and the Danish island Amager. The border between the two
countries lies 5.3 km away from the Swedish coast.
The bridge weighs 82000 tons, carries two railway lines and 4 traffic
areas across the horizontal bar located along the whole length of the
bridge. Every 140 m the bar is supported with concrete mounts. Two
couples of freely standing counterweight towers which are 204 m high
enable easy navigation through the main corridor which is 57 m high.
Major part of vessels go through the strait under the tunnel. A
cable-stayed structure was chosen to ensure necessary stiffness to take
transport of heavy loads. The bridge is connected with a tunnel on the
Peberholm (Pepper) island. The name was chosen to accompany the adjacent
natural island Saltholm (Salt). The Danes also turned the Peberholm
into reserved area. The island that appeared in the result of bridge and
tunnel construction, is 4 km long and 500 meters wide.
The artificial island Peberholm and artificial peninsula Kastrup which
is the closest inhabited part of Denmark are connected through the
Drodgen tunnel.
3510 meters of the tunnel lie underwater. It is made of 20 reinforced
concrete segments and is united in a channel made in the sea bottom. 2
tubes of the tunnel support railway lines whereas the other 2 carry
auto-roads. The fifth tube is intended for use in case of emergency.
Tubes are located close to one another. The tunnel but not the other
part of the bridge eliminates obstacles for planes from the adjacent
airport and ensures free passage for vessels. The view of the bridge and
the Poberholm island. Here the tunnel that leads from Copenhagen
starts.
The Turning Torso skyscraper is Malmo's visit card. A view from the
window of a train moving along the bridge over the Oresund strait.
The Turning Torso is the tallest skyscraper in Sweden and the Nordic
countries. It was designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava
and officially opened on 27 August 2005. The tower reaches a height of
190 meters (623 feet) with 54 stories. Upon completion, it was the
tallest building in Scandinavia, the tallest residential building in the
EU and the second tallest residential building in Europe, after the
264‑meter (866 ft) Triumph Palace in Moscow.
Art gallery.
This skyscraper is a regular residential house and is not open for
public. This fact was stated on a table at the entrance though according
to Wiki, such visits can be possible in summer.
If you are determined to climb the Torso roof, become a sky-diver.
Thus, on August 18, 2006 the Australian sky-diver Felix Baumgartner
jumped out of the helicopter and landed right onto the roof of the
building. After that he jumped from the skyscraper and landed
successfully again.
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