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Reminiscent of sailing boats, Cirkelbroen, or circle bridge,
is made of five circular platforms in different sizes, each with
its own "mast", according to Danish foundation Nordea-fonden
which commissioned its construction.
Spanning the Danish capital's Christianshavn canal, the bridge,
some 40 meters-long (131 feet), has a section that swings open
to allow boats to pass through.
"One of the main sources of inspiration was for me my childhood
in Iceland where the harbor, ... where I spent a lot of time as
my father was a sailor, sometimes filled up with boats so you
could cross the harbor by going from one deck to the next,"
Eliasson said in a video by Nordea-fonden.
Born in 1967 in Copenhagen, Eliasson is known for his 2008 "The
New York City Waterfalls" project where four waterfalls were
installed along Manhattan and Brooklyn shorelines and his 2003
"The Weather Project" at London's Tate Modern, where he used
lamps, mirrors and mist to represent the sun and sky.
Some 5,000 pedestrians and cyclists are expected to cross
Cirkelbroen daily, according to Nordea-fonden, which has handed
over the bridge's operation and maintenance to Copenhagen city.
(Reporting By Reuters Television; Wriitng by Marie-Louise
Gumuchian in London)
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