Design
Europe's Most Famous Fictional Bridges, Brought to Life
How the seven imaginary spans depicted on euro banknotes came to be built in a Rotterdam suburb.
They are among the world's most famous bridges, whose images hundreds of millions of Europeans keep close to their hearts — or perhaps in a handbag or jacket pocket. But to see them in person, you must journey to a modest housing development in the suburbs of Rotterdam.
That's where the Dutch designer Robin Stam has built the seven imaginary bridges depicted on the euro note, transforming the town of Spijkenisse into an outdoor museum of European architectural history.